A California Court of Appeal just handed employers a wage and hour win by ruling that meal period waivers prospectively signed by nonexempt employees are enforceable if certain criteria are met. T...

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 30 clarified that differential pay is available to military reservists serving during a national emergency without them having to make the extra showing that their s...

Bünyamin Tekin A Turkish whistleblower who alleged a vast money-laundering and bribery scheme linking northern Cyprus to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inner circle has been gunned down in the N...

Labour chief warns against employers' response to abolishment of offsetting scheme Employers across Hong Kong have been advised against replacing their existing staff with new recruits following th...

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As expected with a change in the White House, and as very recently foretold in Department of Labor court filings, the Trump DOL announced via a Field Assistance Bulletin on May 1 that it will no lo...

As of 1 May 2025, the index applicable to salaries increases from 944.43 to 968.04. This index increase means a mandatory 2.5% increase in gross salaries paid under employment contracts that are su...

The government has opened a call for evidence about reforms to equality law, which includes proposals on extending equal pay claims to cover ethnicity and disability and the introduction of combine...

Seyfarth Synopsis: As of February 3, 2025, California's COVID-19-specific workplace regulations will expire, though employers must still track COVID-19 cases until February 3, 2026. Cal/OSHA can en...