Pursuant to Senate Bill 294 which went into effect January 1, 2026 and added a new Part 5.6 to the California Labor Code (sections 1550 – 1559), the California Department of Industrial Relations (“...

Beginning December 8, 2025, New Jersey implemented a significant change to how employers must report employee separations to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL). T...

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Senior execs in Ontario alleging bad faith, mental distress and punitive damages The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that two former senior executives of Nickel 28 Capital Corp. can rel...

The U.S. Labor Department ordered a Texas trucking company to reinstate a driver and pay more than $100,000 in damages after finding the worker was unlawfully fired for raising vehicle safety conc...

Following a period of legislative proposals and consultations, 2026 looks set to be a significant year for employment law reform in Northern Ireland. Following a period of legislative proposals and...

Fired 5 weeks before vesting in benefits – handwritten notes sealed employer's fate A federal court has upheld a jury's finding that agency leadership targeted older workers for extra scrutiny befo...

The suit claims an alleged harasser got promoted while the accuser was told to "look elsewhere" The NHL's top HR executive is personally named in a lawsuit alleging systemic harassment, failed inve...

Technologies Ltd. fired him for blowing the whistle on a data security flaw, finding it more likely that he was dismissed for other reasons. . . . Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscri...

Latest impact assessment finds legislation will only cause ‘modest increase’ in employer costs following U-turn on day-one protection from unfair dismissal 9 January 2026 The watering down of refo...