Investigation revealed 'inappropriate private communications,' 'lapse in professional judgment' Leadership accountability is at the forefront of the issue at the Regina Police Service, where the c...

Most construction contracts include a provision stating that the contractor or subcontractor is an independent contractor and not an employee of the owner or contractor. That should settle the mat...

Trade groups that challenged a Minnesota independent contractor classification law have dropped their lawsuit in federal court after an Eighth Circuit panel had turned down their arguments that the...

On October 13, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 339 (“AB 339”) into law, adding Section 3504.1 to the California Government Code. This legislation expands upon existing provisions o...

California recently passed Senate Bill 617 which requires additional information to be provided in Cal-WARN Act notices issued on or after January 1, 2026. As a brief background, there are federal ...

Can a supervisor who has worked with an employee for six weeks fairly evaluate performance? The Industrial Court of Malaysia recently dealt with a case involving a probationary employee who was dis...

This week, we discuss highlights from Epstein Becker Green’s 44th Annual Workforce Management Briefing, which covered some of the most pressing issues for employers today.

Where the Attorney General’s Office has issued four citations, the petitioners have failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the citations were erroneously issued, as the petitioners...

New legislation aimed at improving accountability and offering greater incentives to public sector workers in Qatar has been hailed as a “significant evolution” for the Gulf state by an expert. Th...

ERA awards 10 weeks annual leave but finds worker abandoned employment after five-month absence The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found that a worker was not dismissed from a family garage d...