Key Takeaways The Illinois Supreme Court Expands the Boundaries of Compensable Hours: The Illinois Supreme Court held that the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL) does not automatically incorporate...

Director faces personal liability as employer fails to meet basic obligations An employer's failure to honour its most fundamental employment obligations has cost it more than $32,000, the Employme...

A Chicago suburb has sued the law firm Odelson Murphey Frazier & McGrath in Illinois state court, asking a Cook County judge to block its involvement in a federal lawsuit brought... To view the...

Two Parallel Crises Collide In late 2025, the Dolores Huerta Foundation (DHF) was hit with a sweeping wrongful‑termination and whistleblower lawsuit filed by former employee Ruth Sanchez. Just mon...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., reintroduced a bill that would allow incarcerated workers to receive the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a push that the senator said would end... To view...

A former Pentagon official has turned whistleblower, shredding the Trump administration's "shameful" lack of regard for civilian casualties during the ongoing war in Iran, during an interview with...

KidsAbility, an Ontario-based organization that helps families of children with complex and special needs with various forms of therapy, is cutting approximately 21 jobs — effective May 10, 2026. ...

Roundup Calif. Forecast: Full 9th Circ. To Hear Unions' Work Dispute In the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit en banc oral arguments in a jurisdictional dispute involvin...

Combat veteran Wes J. Bryant was senior advisor to a civilian protection center within the Pentagon. He calls attacks on the Iran population "shameful.