Shutdown 2025 Update. Today is day seventeen of the 2025 federal government shutdown, and there is no clear political path to reopening. To date, the U.S. Senate has tried—unsuccessfully, ten time...

A pair of whistleblowers who worked for the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit have reached a settlement with the IRS and the Department of Justice over claims they faced retal...

Home Depot asked a California federal judge for an early win in a former assistant store manager's proposed class action, arguing that she is not entitled to overtime pay because she... To view the...

News release The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced its annual 2026 Employment Law Update, taking place 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the College of the Canyons University Ce...

In its ruling of August 20, 2025 (Ref.: 10 SLa 2/25), the Munich Regional Labor Court (LAG Munich) decided that an employee who takes preparatory steps to establish a works council during the firs...

Section 216(b) of the FLSA “establishes only the mechanism by which FLSA claims may be litigated, not the conditions under which they may be waived.” Vacating a district court’s denial of the prel...

As the federal budget impasse continues, thousands of workers are missing their paychecks through no fault of their own. This situation is stressful for federal employees and their families, who re...

On September 25, 2025, the New York City Council sent to the mayor a bill (Int. No. 0780-2024) that would amend the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA) to incorporate the requirements under the ...

Just as the deciduous trees turn autumn orange and the pumpkin lattes start sloshing about, our busy-bee lawmakers in Sacramento have unveiled a whole new slate of rules and regulations to further...

Survey responses cited in $2.7bn defamation lawsuit filed against Fox by voting technology company Smartmatic Fox News employees expressed concerns about the network’s editorial standards and the ...