Peter A. Steinmeyer, Member of the Firm in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, in the firm’s Chicago office, contributed to the Labor & Employment section of Practical La...

"Employers undertaking a proactive PRP to assess payroll compliance may find aspects of the guide helpful, but the guide is not specifically designed for that purpose. Employers should consider wh...

Whilst whistleblowing never pays off, there’s one particular case where whistleblowing could pay off considerably. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not only focused on collecting taxes, but t...

We all know what “intentional” discrimination means. But what about facially non-discriminatory policies or practices that have a discriminatory effect? The U.S. Supreme Court invented a then-novel...

ODOT rescinded a job offer because of the applicants' whistleblower history, a legal complaint filed April 10 alleges. The employee previously won a $1.5 million settlement from ODOT after he was ...

Although the meteoric rise in remote work prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have plateaued and may even be scaling back as employers press return-to-office policies, the reality is that...

On March 14, President Donald Trump quietly rescinded a Biden-era executive order that raised the minimum wage for private sector employees on federal contracts. The move is just one part of a wid...

Senior Reporter FCA’s government action bar precludes Medicare fraud suit ‘Very little daylight’ between whistleblower’s two cases A whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit alleging Medicare and M...