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'Seasonal amusement:' Des Moines Metro Opera leans on controversial law to avoid paying OT - The Des Moines Register
Part of a series on the labor practices of the Des Moines Metro Opera. For years, Des Moines Metro Opera leaders have explained to their workers that they are “generally exempt from overtime.” Empl...
Read moreIs DEI D-E-A-D? How Workplace Diversity Initiatives Being Reshaped - Legal Talk Network
Diversity, equity, and inclusivity initiatives, DEI, have been under scrutiny in the past year. Is DEI “dead” or simply “evolving under pressure?” Guests Stephanie Jones and Joan Willaims – with d...
Read moreHR warning after German court ruling over excessive severance sum - Pinsent Masons
Companies must have robust procedures for implementing fair severance agreements and before conducting restructuring measures following the jailing of an HR manager in Germany for awarding an exce...
Read moreIn the Pipeline - September 2025 - Travers Smith
Under the proposals, non-financial misconduct will be incorporated into the FCA's Conduct Rules with effect from 1 September 2026. The FCA is currently consulting on draft guidance on how firms...
Read moreMalaysian employers risk heavy penalties as Perkeso non-compliance persists - HRD America
Lawyer Niki Lim Hui Min warns that misunderstood exemptions and looming reforms could leave businesses exposed Many Malaysian employers are still falling short of their legal obligations under the ...
Read moreUpdates In Illinois Employment Law: Neonatal Intensive Care Leave, Military Funeral Honors And Paid Break Time For Nursing Mothers - Mondaq
A new wave of Illinois employment laws requires covered Illinois employers to provide unpaid leave for parents with a child in neonatal care... A new wave of Illinois employment laws requires cover...
Read more£14k payout | Employee sacked for online shopping during work wins unfair dismissal case - HR Grapevine
An office administrator has been awarded more than 14,000 after a tribunal ruled she was unfairly dismissed for using her work computer to shop online and browse property listings. Miss A Lanuszka...
Read moreMalaysia's Gig Workers Bill covers verbal agreements – reports - HRD America
Minister assures protection for creative sector workers under new law Malaysia's new Gig Workers Bill will recognise even verbal contracts between employers and their workers, according to reports....
Read moreWork destination Netherlands: lies, abuse and precarious conditions in Europe's logistics hub - Equal Times
The Netherlands may well be functioning as a kind of “social laboratory” for testing the production model of the future – one that is increasingly depersonalised by outsourcing and algorithmic man...
Read moreFalse Claims
Did French media silence enable Brigitte Macron fake news story to go viral? - RFI
Claims that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman first emerged online in 2021 and have since gone viral. “Two billion people have been exposed to this story in French and 2.5 billion in English,...