The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued three decisions with significant implications for employers in the commonwealth, holding that (1) when an employer pays wages to an employ...

By Dave Simpson (May 2, 2022, 11:06 PM EDT) -- A chipmaker startup hired away dozens of Apple's former engineers and then instructed at least some of them to rip off key trade secrets for use at ...

This story has been updated. DeKalb County, GA — The former chief operating officer of DeKalb County Schools in March filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the district, alleging he was terminat...

A dancer was awarded conditional collective certification Monday in her suit against a strip club, alleging the business misclassified her and other dancers as independent contractors to avoid pay...

On April 28, 2022, the New York City Council amended the City’s pay transparency law, which was scheduled to go into effect on May 15. The amendments delay the effective date of the law until Nov...

In April 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that paying an employee a set amount for each day that he works (i.e., on a “day rate” basis) does not s...

Printer-friendly Starting in 2025, Maryland workers may have an easier time making ends meet when they take otherwise unpaid leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Thanks ...

English websites are important for foreigners to be aware of social problems that cannot be solved by Japan alone. Especially in Japan, there are many cases where social problems that cannot be s...

Dozens of Los Angeles housekeepers and other hotel workers delivered petitions to the City Clerk’s office Monday that call for pay hikes and increased safety measures to protect them from sexual ...

Dozens of Los Angeles housekeepers and other hotel workers delivered petitions to the City Clerk’s office Monday that call for pay hikes and increased safety measures to protect them from sexual ...