Labor struggles and the scourge of COVID-19 were the two issues that sparked Orlando Weekly news junkies' interest the most in 2021. While the rest of the nation was fretting about the same, nowh...

As of New Year’s Day, the minimum wage employers must pay California employees once again jumps up, with ramifications beyond simply paying at least the new minimum rate. The New Minimum Wage Fig...

The day after former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen went public in October, the company’s team in Washington started working the phones. To lawmakers and advocacy groups on th...

Seyfarth Shaw does it again with the 21st Edition of its annual publication Litigating California Wage & Hour Class And PAGA Actions. This latest iteration continues to be a valuable resource...

Welcome to Part 2 of the 2021 Year-End Edition of the State Law Round-Up, covering states in the second half of the alphabet. Part 1, covering the first part of the alphabet, can be found here. M...

On December 17, 2021, the highest state court in Massachusetts held that an employer may not terminate an employee solely for exercising his right to file a rebuttal to be included in his personn...

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he asked his local congregation’s leader for help paying his mortgage. That bishop, Nolan says, authorized him to receive $40 for food...

HENRICO, Va. (WRIC) — Starting Jan. 1, minimum wage workers in Virginia are getting a raise. Thanks to legislation passed last year, the minimum wage will rise statewide from $9.50 to $11 an hour...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In addition to Chicago businesses having to check the vaccination statuses of patrons, a host of new state laws are about to take effect in the new year. Illinois’ lowest wage...