Employment lawyer explains why ‘doing the right thing is almost invariably doing the wrong thing’ when it comes to progressive discipline When it comes to discipline and just cause dismissals, ther...

Assembly Bill 288, recently passed by the California Legislature and awaiting Governor Newsom's signature, empowers the state labor board to enforce workers' and businesses' rights when the federal...

The Colorado Supreme Court just gave employers significant relief from minimum wage lawsuits. Last week, in By the Rockies v. Perez, the court ruled that the applicable limitations period for a Mi...

Employee challenges employer over missing safety briefings and equipment in negligence claim A District Court in Singapore recently dealt with a negligence claim brought by a worker who sustained i...

Worker wins dismissal case after company fails to get signed agreement first The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) recently dealt with an unjustified dismissal claim involving a worker who was t...

In a significant development, New York enacted S.8034A, a law that would transform its Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) into a mini-National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Under the new law,...

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