Printer-friendly As we previously reported, in late 2020, the District of Columbia’s Council passed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”), but more than a year lat...

Employers take note: the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) ruled this week for an employee seeking treble damages for untimely paid wages under the Massachusetts Wage Act (“Wage Act”),...

Brook Jackson is a whistleblower who has brought her claims to the attention of the British Medical Journal. She was a Regional Director with Ventavia Research Group, a company that Pfizer contra...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) recently announced it was hiring 100 investigators and planned “vigorous” enforcement of wage and hour laws in the warehouse and logi...

On March 29, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”, HR 2954). The vote was largely supported by both parties (414-5). The Senate wil...

Shoppers exit a Safeway grocery store in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text o...

In California, wage and hour claims are more common than claims of wrongful termination and harassment. Fortunately, employers have had a variety of forums in which to resolve wage and hour claim...

Peel school trustee Kathy McDonald says she paid a price for calling out systemic racism at the public board, fearing for her safety. The threats she says she endured, and how her own children exp...

Tom Godar, of counsel at Husch Blackwell, and host of the Labor Law Insider, explores the impact of the successful union election campaign at Amazon’s Staten Island distribution center. This is i...

In yet another gift to plaintiffs’ attorneys, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court just held yesterday that employees are entitled to automatic triple damages for late final wage payments eve...