Company argues that the consultant was not an employee and therefore, not dismissed The Fair Work Commission (FWC) examined whether a consultant was an employee after his engagement was terminated ...

Labour's flagship workers' rights bill has passed its last parliamentary hurdle and is set to become law before Christmas. Lord Sharpe, the shadow business and trade minister, had tabled an amendm...

Merits & Tree hires capital markets, labour partnersLaw.

By Li Muzi Guan Heng, a Chinese national from Henan province who once risked his life to film detention camps in Xinjiang, is now facing possible deportation from the United States. Guan, 38, was ...

HR can no longer safely ignore complaints based on 'wrong' legal assumptions in California A California court just made it riskier to fire workers who complain about legal violations, even when the...

The twist that sets this law apart from routine compliance measures is what happens next. A city agency will analyze all the data annually, hunting for patterns in who gets paid what across differ...

Split decision settles decades-long debate over verbal overtime orders for federal HR Federal agencies must get overtime approvals in writing, a closely divided appeals court ruled December 12, rea...

At a glance Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has approved Bill nº 3.935/2008 to create a permanent framework for paternity leave. The proposal gradually extends paternity leave from five to 20 days o...

PIDA came into effect for school districts in 2023 The Delta School District, at its Dec. 9th meeting, released its second whistleblower report for the public. The 2024/25 Public Interest Disclosur...

Learn how Marsh McLennan successfully boosts staff well-being with digital tools, improving productivity and work satisfaction for more than 20,000 employees. The proliferation of artificial i...