On Monday, March 24, Catherine Eschbach, the new head of a civil rights agency within the Labor Department, sent an email to her staff introducing herself and announcing her plans to downsize the ...

In today’s news and commentaries, Florida legislature proposes deregulation of child labor laws, Trump administration cuts international programs that target child labor and human trafficking, and...

As Polsinelli has discussed, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order No. 14151 titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” and Executive Order No. 14173 titl...

California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits discrimination both in the selection of employees and during employment based on certain protected characteristics. Federal law provid...

Sarah Wynn-Williams’ tell-all memoir is a nightmare for Mark Zuckerberg – and a joy for the rest of us The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our ...

A discount retailer chain and a former employee claiming he was misclassified as overtime-exempt told a New York federal court Thursday that they have settled his suit brought under the Fair Labor ...

The Employment Rights Bill has completed its passage in the House of Commons and has now progressed to its second reading in the House of Lords. An amended version of the Bill has been published, i...

On March 26, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025, which increases protections for federal employee whistleblowers who provide inform...

Senior Reporter Whistleblower alleged improper billing under vehicle contract But Army knew of ‘misdeeds,’ which negates FCA materiality AECOM defeated a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit al...

By Jamila M. Brinson, Dawn S. Holiday, and Ariel Perez Following multiple executive orders from President Donald Trump concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), employers have been eagerly...