The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a challenge to Harvard University's race-conscious admissions process, a case that private employers are eyeing because it could create momentum for ...

Summary. This post describes the Governor’s budget assumptions and proposals related to the In‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program and offers relevant issues for Legislative consideration. Ba...

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the quasi-judicial agency tasked with ruling on federal employee whistleblower retaliation cases, has lacked a quorum for over 5 years. Because the Boar...

Donald Trump Jr., Giuliani accused of ‘intimidation’ campaign Smears allegedly ‘sent a message to other potential witnesses’ Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani are defendants in a lawsuit filed...

On Jan. 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc., clarifying that whistleblower retaliation claims brought pursuant to Se...

The U.S. Supreme Court to should review whether a False Claims Act whistleblower’s suit alleging that Executive Health Resources Inc. defrauded Medicare by falsely designating patient admissions ...

Breathless headlines warn of the “Great Resignation” or a “Resignation Apocalypse” that will soon empty cubicles all around the nation. Exaggerated as these reports may be, there is a kernel of t...

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past...

While many employers use the term "1099 employee" as a means to distinguish independent contractors from the company's W-2 employees, no such term exists from a legal standpoint. In fact, in add...

The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division and the National Labor Relations Board released a Memo of Understanding announcing that the two agencies will be collaborating “to strengthen the ag...