ATLANTA – Shirley Akrasih, an associate attorney in Troutman Pepper’s Labor + Employment Practice Group, has been selected to join the 2022 class of National Employment Law Council (NELC) Academy...

This month, the Ninth Circuit’s decision in DePuy Synthes Sales v. Howmedica Osteonics held that a U.S. district court in California properly invalidated a foreign choice-of-law and forum select...

Press Release: New Zealand Educational Institute NZEI Te Riu Roa welcomes the introduction of the Fair Pay Agreements Bill to Parliament, with Early Childhood Education set to be among the first ...

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday heard oral arguments in a case involving a Southwest Airlines employee who claims she was stiffed by the Dallas-based company on wages and unpaid ...

Paid-sick-leave law tweaked The B.C. government is tweaking its Employment Standards Act, which ensures that all B.C. workers are eligible for at least five paid sick days per year. After a chang...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday pressed Southwest Airlines to explain how a plain-text, common-sense reading of the interstate transportation worker exemption from federal arbitration requirement...

Former workers accusing a construction company of misclassifying them as independent contractors don't need to show that the company hired them before California's ABC test can be applied to their...

Organizations overseeing physician training (like ABMS1 and ACGME2) have recently demonstrated a renewed commitment to supporting physicians’ holistic development by adopting new mandatory leave ...

On March 10, 2022, Florida became the first state in the nation to pass a law (which Governor DeSantis is expected to sign) placing strict limitations on the topics that an employer can discuss w...

Last month, a jury in Texas delivered a stunning $70 million verdict in favor of 10 employees who worked for Glow Networks. Nine of the ten plaintiffs were Black employees. The case, Yarbrough, e...