BRASILIA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Brazilian civil servants begin a partial strike on Tuesday to demand wage increases, adding to pressure on the federal budget in an election year after President Jair...

COVID-19 cases in ICE detention centers have jumped 520 percent this year This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Dr. Scott Allen, and was originally publi...

As Washingtonians rang in the new year, a big change took place. The state’s minimum wage rose by nearly a dollar, and its minimum threshold for salaried workers increased to $52,743.60 for all e...

A brand new year is upon us which means a host of new laws go into effect which may impact you or your family’s rights, duties, and business interests. We would like to take this opportunity to h...

Illinois is following the national trend to place limitations on employers’ use of noncompetes and non-solicit covenants. Some states have banned them altogether or prohibited them for certain pr...

Be sure to check out a new report that the good folks at Carolina Forward have published this morning about the minimum wage. As it notes, the fact that Virginia raised its wage substantially and...

Speaking Out: What impact will the EU whistleblowing law have on business transparency? In the past few years, demands have been growing around the world for more accountability by businesses and...

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers Déjà Vu at WHD | Does the PRO Act Have a Pulse? Rebecca Rainey: What’s old could one day be new again at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour...