Labor Day 2026 comes amid rapid adoption of AI systems in American workplaces, with many workers now applying for jobs through AI screeners or finding their performance managed and judged by bossw...

A whistleblower working inside the United States Postal Service (USPS) has told Congress that a brand-new system for screening mail-in ballots — built in a matter of months, against the advice of ...

He cleared the performance plan and kept the reviews clean - then came the pink slip A 61-year-old Boeing engineer says the company used its own performance system to force him out over his age. In...

She flagged the defect for months - then got blamed for sabotaging it, the filing claims A former Ford worker says the automaker fired her just weeks after she complained about a supervisor, took m...

A dying worker filed days before her death - then a notice arrived saying step one was done A pension plan may not rely on an unwritten step to deny benefits, a federal appeals court ruled - revivi...

He kept flagging an impossible caseload. His employer built a sacking case instead A Tasmanian care provider treated performance problems as misconduct to justify a dismissal. On August 31, 2026, t...

The timing of his rights complaint helped sink his push to be reinstated A dismissed Sydney Trains apprentice cannot force his way back into the job while a disability discrimination complaint runs...

The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) have survived their most serious constitutional challenge to date. In United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC, No. 24-1...

Subtle pressure, not a formal notice, was enough to prove constructive dismissal South Pole IP Holding's bid to frame a resignation as voluntary has failed, Judge J C Holden ruled on 21 August 2026...

His union pulled out two days before the deadline - then the Commission looked closer A sacked worker filed his unfair dismissal claim one day late. The Fair Work Commission decided he should still...