Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual harassment. In her six years of experience working as a caregiver in the suburbs of Chicago, Myrla Baldonado—a human rights organizer w...

Settlement with gov’t totals $234 million; $42.8M settlement (relator) In 2018, the whistleblower brought a qui tam case against drug-maker Mallinckrodt under the False Claims Act. The whistleblo...

SALT LAKE CITY – A federal judge has upheld an assessment by the U.S. Department of Labor of $1,964,450 in civil money penalties against Paragon Contractors Corp. and its owner Brian Jessop. The ...

General Motors agreed to give hourly workers in Mexico an 8.5% wage increase as part of an agreement with a new union. GM Mexico has agreed to the increase in wages at its Silao Assembly Plant i...

If you are a DoorDash customer, you might have seen a pop-up message urging you to contact City Council in opposition to PayUp – new legislation I’m cosponsoring to ensure app-based workers make ...

On April 20, 2022, Mississippi became the last state in the nation to enact an equal pay law, when Governor Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act ("Mississippi Act" or "...

As we wrote back in January, Massachusetts is in the midst of a multi-fora battle over whether gig drivers (those using app-based platforms such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart) should be ...

California's minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers in the state. The increase is required by a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed multiple bills into law on Thursday, one of which makes changes to the physical exam requirements for Florida officers and firefighters. One of the b...

*Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that state statutes already prevented smoking a year before hiring of firefighters, and that the newly-signed bill is focused on records r...