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Living wage rates increase for 2.5 million workers - Wales Online
Millions of workers will receive a pay rise from Friday as national living wage rates increase. The UK Government said around 2.5 million people will benefit from the largest ever increase to the...
Read moreAmazon Upstart Union on Track for Historic Victory in New York - Bloomberg Law
Christian Smalls, who started a labor union after being fired by Amazon.com Inc., was on track to potentially win a historic election to unionize one of the e-commerce giant’s facilities in New Y...
Read moreSwift Pork Worker Fired Over Text to Top Manager Gets Bias Trial - Bloomberg Law
A manager on a Swift Pork Co. cut floor who was fired at age 60 after sending a text message containing a swear word to his general manager may be able to prove age discrimination, an Iowa appeal...
Read moreDOL’s Proposed Revisions of Davis Bacon Act Rules Will Have Significant Impact on Federal Construction Contractors - JD Supra
Federal wage and hour officials recently issued proposed rules that will make it easier for unions to have their hourly rates of pay established as the prevailing wage rates and will increase the...
Read moreRoetzel Hires Labor & Employment Shareholder In Ohio - Law360
management-side discrimination and retaliation litigation and arguing labor issues in state and federal courts. Heather Renée Adams joins the firm after serving as of counsel at Ice Miller LLP in...
Read moreSCOTUS Argument on Viking River Cruises - The National Law Review
Silence can be telling. That is especially so in the legal industry. In the context of a hearing or oral argument, if judges or justices don’t ask an attorney a question, it can be incredibly enc...
Read moreActivision Blizzard settles sexual harassment lawsuit - HRD America
The California video game giant has agreed to pay quite the hefty sum A federal court has approved Activision Blizzard’s settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) relatin...
Read moreColorado Inmates Subject to Minimum Wage, Wage Payment Rules - Bloomberg Tax
Colorado inmates are subject to new minimum-wage and wage-payment laws under a bill (S.B. 22-050) Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed March 30. The bill went into effect March 30. Internal and External P...
Read moreMoms Slower to Return to Workforce Than Dads, Survey Finds - Bloomberg Law
Women—particularly mothers—continue to lag behind men in returning to the workforce, despite overall signs of recovery two years after the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, a national survey released ...
Read moreFalse Claims
He followed a debunked conspiracy theory to claim a tax refund. So why did the CRA agree to a $40M payout? - CBC
In the summer of 2023, northern Ontario ironworker Jonathon Pearce filed bogus tax returns to the Canada Revenue Agency, falsely claiming he was owed refunds going back several years totalling mor...