From ‘illegal DEI' to union activity to False Claims Act risks, the past year has been a flurry of activity and high-stakes changes for higher education institutions. From ‘illegal DEI' to union ac...

Washington will raise its minimum wage to $17.13 an hour on Jan. 1, making it once again the state with the highest minimum wage in the country. The big picture: 19 states are raising their wage f...

An employer that refuses to bargain with a union violates NLRA §8(a)(5) — the duty to bargain in good faith. The only remedy available to a union faced with an employer’s 8(a)(5) violation is a ba...

A recent Law & Social Inquiry article quells a myth commonly used to criticize whistleblower reward programs—that reward laws discourage reporting through corporate compliance structures. Writ...

The Supreme Court of Slovakia has temporarily suspended controversial legislation that abolishes the national whistleblower protection office. This decision is an important step in ensuring the rul...

The IRS recently declared it will not enforce tax and reporting requirements for state paid family and medical leave (PFML) benefits in 2026. Thirteen states and Washington, D.C., have enacted st...

By Sabrina Karl Published December 23, 2025 07:00 AM EST In 2026, 19 states will raise their minimum wage on January 1, and three others will make an increase later in the year. Eight states alrea...

Puerto Rico (PR) OSHA has issued a public notice announcing revisions to the fines and penalties imposed on employers for noncompliance with adopted OSHA standards, effective as of November 3, the ...

The European Commission is closely monitoring the latest rule-of-law dispute in Bratislava. Prime Minister Robert Fico’s leftist-populist government has suffered a setback after Slovakia’s top cour...

John Carreyrou, the Pulitzer winner who exposed Theranos, filed a copyright lawsuit on December 22 against OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, Perplexity, and xAI for allegedly training their models ...