Recently, federal employment laws have been revised, clarified and implemented. In this column, I’ll focus on these: The Form I-9 policies due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been terminated, while...

Flexsteel, the Iowa-based company has agreed to pay $1,275,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of using the pandemic to collect millions in federal aid while newly installed executiv...

The esports industry is a breed apart. The novelty, dynamism, and creativity that have spurred its remarkable growth in recent years differentiate it from most other industries, but the legal lan...

Monday May 2, 2022 5:30pm; Room 313 Senate Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight Committee meets on Monday to hear from new Providence...

The federal minimum wage is a hot topic of discussion in the offices of political leaders and at family dinner tables. Yet the wage gap doesn’t start at $7.25 an hour, but lower. That’s because p...

Connecticut is gearing up to be the next state with a comprehensive privacy law. On April 28, 2022, the Connecticut General Assembly passed SB 6, “An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Onli...

New York employers must be aware of several important changes to employment laws that have already come into effect during 2022, those that have imminent effect (with deadlines just around the co...

Activision Blizzard Inc. investors are dropping three suits over the company’s $69 billion merger with Microsoft Corp., they told two federal courts in New York and a third in Pennsylvania. Inves...

Maine employers with more than 10 employees must pay employees all unused vacation pay accrued on or after Jan. 1, 2023, upon termination, according to a bill (L.D. 225) Gov. Janet Mills (D) sign...

The National Football League is making an “unconscionable” move by trying to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging widespread racial bias in team front offices, a lawyer for former Miami Dolph...