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Calif. High Court Mulls Wage Suit Against Temp Agency Client - Law360
class action against it after settling similar labor claims against the agency, arguing Tuesday it was an agent of the temp company with an "intertwined" relationship. Eisenhower Medical Center i...
Read moreLaw.com Litigation Trendspotter: Third-Party Vendor's Cyberbreach Leading to Wage-and-Hour Class Actions Against Major Companies - Law.com
Like malware and computer viruses themselves, the consequences of cyberbreaches have a way of spreading in unpredictable ways. A recent ransomware attack on third-party payroll and timekeeping so...
Read moreProtecting Gig Workers: Boosting Pay Rights For Contractors - Law360
States and cities across the country are proposing and passing laws granting employee-like pay protections to independent contractors, highlighting a growing trend upending the employee-employer d...
Read moreJordan Shanks, the Parliament prayer room, a police raid and the sounds of silence - Michael West News
Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Withi...
Read moreSEC Says Employees Improperly Accessed Privileged Legal Records - The Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission improperly accessed documents prepared for cases being litigated in the agency’s administrative court system, according to an agency...
Read moreOntario's minimum wage for gig workers faces mounting criticism - The Globe and Mail
Ontario’s move to legislate a $15 minimum wage for gig workers is facing mounting criticism from workers rights groups, who say that the language in the proposed bill will effectively result in t...
Read moreNew requirements on written employment terms in Swedish Employment Protection Act - Lexology
Introduction The implementation of the EU Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive (2019/1152) will result in several amendments to the Swedish Employment Protection Act. Under Sw...
Read moreEmployment law changes in April 2022 - Commentary - Lexology
Covid-19 guidance in England Increases to UK national minimum wage and national living wage Increases to other employment limits and statutory payments Introduction of social care levy Introducti...
Read moreLive-In Providers Win Collective Cert. In 24/7 Care Wage Suit - Law360
Georgia federal judge awarded a group of live-in care providers collective certification Tuesday in a suit accusing the workers' ex-employer of underpaying employees when they clocked in more than...
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Lee defends live Cabinet broadcasts, rejects claims of silenced ministers - The Korea Herald
President Lee Jae Myung on Friday reaffirmed his commitment to keeping Cabinet meetings open to the public, expressing "deep regret over false claims" that live broadcasts were preventing minister...