A number of new state laws are set to take effect January 1st. Probably the best known is marijuana legalization. It will be legal to possess marijuana. Communities must decide by the end of this...

The Christmas holiday period has been quite different for many this year as thousands of Irish people will have been forced to self isolate during their holidays from work due to Covid-19. The su...

(Reuters) - In January, I wrote that I would be keeping an eye on the case against former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. As I expected, the case dominated courts an...

Employment and Labour Protection The Civil and Commercial Code (“CCC”) and the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541 (1998) (“LPA”) are the major employment and labor protection laws. The CCC defines ...

Arizona's minimum wage will get an inflation-fueled boost to $12.80 an hour in 2022, putting it above the level in most other states but still lagging the minimum pay levels offered by many local...

Some 81 different states, cities, and counties will hike their minimum wage in 2022—a single-year record if we’re counting just government-mandated pay increases, the National Employment Law Proj...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it is withdrawing most of the Emergency Temporary Standard for healthcare employers (Healthcare ETS) it promulgated mor...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- A new year means new laws. In New York, local governments had until the end of the year to decide if they wanted to opt-out of having marijuana dispensaries, minimum wage i...

We continue to see affiliation activity among hospitals and health systems, albeit at a slower pace than previously experienced, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting slow down in...

Fewer labor bills than usual in a pandemic year Lawmakers could revive sick leave, family leave push Laws to ban sexual-harassment gag orders, place restrictions on warehouse-worker quotas, an...