With 2022 underway, set forth below are the major labor and employment policy issues that the Buzz is keeping an eye on as we begin a new (midterm election) year. COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements. T...

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained at historically low levels, suggesting that the job market remains strong. U.S. jobless claims rose by 7,000...

The first Europeans to visit California were Spanish explorers who assumed it was an island and named it for a fictional island in a 16th century Spanish novel, occupied by a band of woman warrio...

By Brian Dowling (January 7, 2022, 1:54 PM EST) -- Massachusetts justices struggled Friday to find their way through a complicated wage-and-hour appeal filed after a jury held a restaurant liable...

Attorney General Maura Healey is reminding employees and employers that the state’s minimum wage increased to $14.25 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The AG’s Office has also made available its w...

Ex-Govs., AGs Tell Justices To Release Trump’s Jan. 6 Docs This excerpt features Government Accountability Project’s Executive Director and CEO, Louis Clark, and was originally published here The...

On January 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL/WHD) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the agencie...

A six-year False Claims Act suit alleging AECOM improperly billed the U.S. Army under an Afghanistan support contract will be stayed to let the whistleblower challenge a recent appeals court ruli...

A six-year False Claims Act suit alleging AECOM improperly billed the U.S. Army under an Afghanistan support contract will be stayed to let the whistleblower challenge a recent appeals court ruli...

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Minimum wage workers in Illinois will see a boost in their hourly pay to $12 per hour starting Jan. 1, while tenants in affordable housing uni...