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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Mayor of Durham, Leo Williams, spoke to ABC11 about Police Chief Patrice Andrews allegedly making highly charged statements on her personal social media account in the w...

Fisher Phillips has added the co-chair of Cohen Vaughan LLP's construction, crane and heavy equipment litigation practice to its Atlanta office, strengthening the firm with an attorney who has defe...

You have the freedom to post whatever you want, but that doesn't mean there aren't consequences. GREENSBORO, N.C. — Fired. Terminated. Let go. A bunch of workers heard those words last week after t...

This U.S. Supreme Court season may include cases that address the contours of a Federal Arbitration Act exemption, whether requiring federal contractors to pay immigrant detainees minimum wage disc...

On September 5, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law what is dubbed a “NLRB Trigger Bill” amending the New York State Labor Relations Act. The statute itself is hardly a model of c...

ERA finds practical difficulties and relationship breakdown weigh against reinstatement The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) recently dealt with an interim reinstatement application from a farm...

There's very little legal protections for employees who are punished for speech made both in and out of private workplaces In the days following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie ...

FWC examines workplace tensions that escalated into serious misconduct allegations The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently dealt with a construction manager's summary dismissal. The case arose when...

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