This Q&A looks at Bill 249 (the Bill), which has finally been published and proposes amendments to the existing Protection of the Whistleblower Act (the Act) in Chapter 527 of the Laws of Mal...

A Pennsylvania locality may tax its share of a whistleblower's $34.6 million payment from the federal government, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled, overturning a lower court's decision in a ca...

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Minimum-wage increases, animal protections, police accountability measures, tax cuts and tax increases all were reflected in new laws that took effect across the country as 2022 began. Some of th...

Portland City Council repeals state of emergency and approves a citywide indoor mask mandate Portland’s emergency minimum wage will come to an end after only 12 days, as the Portland City Council...

The Colorado Legislature and Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, specifically the department’s Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (DLSS), have acted aggressively to reshape rules...

Although COVID-19 may have caused last year to feel like a long extension of 2020, 2021 saw several significant changes to New Jersey’s employment law landscape that have nothing to do with face ...

As whistleblower awards continue to reach record highs, five former attorneys at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Labaton Sucharow LLP have opened the nation's first law firm dedic...

OPM is preparing to revoke several rules ordered in late 2020 under the prior administration, but one that it is keeping in place calls for mandatory discipline for retaliation against whistleblo...

Our weekly Business in 2021 series will continue to cover how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do business as well as other topics relevant in today’s business environment. Our 45-min...