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Amazon Failed to Pay Area Managers Proper Overtime Wages, Class Action Alleges - ClassAction.org
A former Amazon employee claims in a proposed class action that she and other area managers were misclassified as exempt from receiving overtime wages, among other alleged violations of Californi...
Read moreFederal Circuit Rejects Perceived Whistleblowing Claim - FEDmanager
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has long recognized whistleblowing claims even where the employee has not made a protected disclosure, where the employee’s supervisors perceive the empl...
Read moreWhy gig work is so hard to regulate - BBC.com
Policymakers in many nations are trying to reform the gig economy. Yet regulations have a long way to go to meet the needs of growing numbers of platform-based workers. S Shaik Salauddin logs lon...
Read moreGEICO Faces Revived Disability Suit From Employee With Scoliosis - Bloomberg Law
Government Employees Insurance Co. must face an employee’s allegations that it refused to provide her with adequate accommodations for her scoliosis after a California appellate court revived cla...
Read moreRide-hailing startup Alto expands with Silicon Valley launch while obeying labor law fought by Uber and Lyft - MarketWatch
An on-demand ride-hailing startup with a business model decidedly different from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. is taking them on in their backyard. Alto launched service in Silicon Valley ...
Read moreECG introduces award scheme for whistleblowers of illegal power connection - Myjoyonline
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has introduced a system that will reward persons who report those engaged in illegal connections to enable them to enjoy power for free. According to the Ge...
Read moreCase: Individual Employment Rights/Noncompete Agreements (Ga. Ct. App.) - Bloomberg Law
A Georgia Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to ServeStar LLC on American Plumbing Professionals, Inc.'s claim of tortious interference with employmen...
Read moreFalse Claims
Ukraine's General Staff rejects Gerasimov's claims of capturing Dobropillia and advancing on Kramatorsk - The New Voice of Ukraine
Ukrainian General Staff spokesperson Andriy Kovalov dismissed Russian military chief Valery Gerasimov's claims of advances toward Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia and the capture of several settlements...
