Employment Court confirms employee’s pay cannot be under minimum wage after deductions The recent Employment Court case of Soapi v. Pick Hawke’s Bay Inc [2025] NZEmpC 208, emphasises the risks of m...

The landscape of California PAGA litigation continues to shift. In our previous analysis of the Fifth Appellate District’s decision in CRST Expedited, we discussed the court’s controversial endorse...

The Oregon Employment Relations Board has ordered PSU to release certain funds to members of the university’s adjunct faculty union. Portland State’s adjunct faculty union is celebrating what it c...

Ah, California: land of Hollywood, high-tech, empty ocean roads, and—all too often these days—eye-popping jury verdicts. Employment litigation in California now rivals the state lottery as a sourc...

Ah, California: land of Hollywood, high-tech, empty ocean roads, and—all too often these days—eye-popping jury verdicts. Employment litigation in California now rivals the state lottery as a sourc...

The Independent Commission for Infrastructure must establish credibility: it must be fully public and transparent, with no 'sacred cows' spared The public’s outrage is very real: people are angry,...

By Li Muzi, Janet Huang, Vision Times A self-proclaimed insider from China Central Television (CCTV) has resurfaced online, alleging widespread internal discontent with current leader Xi Jinping, ...

On October 8, 2025, California adopted SB 642, which amends both California’s equal pay law and its pay transparency law. According to the legislative history, SB 642 “continues efforts to strengt...

Over the past several years, both state and federal governments have enacted laws to protect nursing mothers’ rights to pump breast milk in the workplace. Under federal law, employers must provide...

California has once again expanded its employee-protection framework — this time by broadening the content employers must include in the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN...