Employment News
Androscoggin sheriff employees offered wage increase in final year of contract - Lewiston Sun Journal
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Commission adopted a proposal Wednesday by Sheriff Eric Samson to award union employees a wage hike beginning in 2022. The Patrol Division would receive a wage in...
Read moreNew York Whistleblower Law Expansion - The National Law Review
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed two bills (the “Bills”) into law that: (1) amend New York’s whistleblower law (the “Whistleblower Law”); and (2) establish a digital workplace law (...
Read moreCommissioners court discuss election worker pay – Front Porch News Texas - frontporchnewstexas.com
The Hopkins County commissioners court discussed election worker payment, among other items of business at their regular December 13 meeting. After opening the meeting at 9:03 a.m., Hopkins Count...
Read moreThis whistleblower is a decades-long thorn in the US government's side - KCRW
Joseph Carson, an Energy Department nuclear safety engineer originally from Brooklyn, NY, walked into the moral hazard of working for the U.S. government nearly as soon as his career started. The...
Read moreLaBelle Winery Companies Fined $22K For Child Labor Violations - Patch.com
AMHERST, NH — The owners of two New Hampshire wineries have paid a child labor violation fine as well as back wages to 69 employees, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The LaBelle Winery ...
Read moreReview IL State Law Changes Impacting Employers for a Happy 2022 - JD Supra
When the clock strikes midnight and 2022 arrives, Illinois employers should remain mindful of updates to the state's employment laws taking effect. Changes include a rise in the minimum wage, cha...
Read moreFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen inks book deal - New York Post
The former Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safet...
Read moreCorporate E-note - December 2021 | Burr & Forman - JDSupra - JD Supra
Resources South Carolina businesses have historically been subject to business license taxes on their gross income that vary widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The South Carolina Business ...
Read more9th Circ. Asks Ore. Justices If Amazon Must Pay For Screening - Law360
The Ninth Circuit asked Oregon top courts to determine whether the state's minimum wage law should be interpreted like the Fair Labor Standards Act and not consider compensable the time Amazon...
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DOJ: Health Care Provider Will Pay $2.4M to Settle Fraud Allegations - MyNewsLA.com
A health care provider has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes to increase payments under the ...