Effective February 22, 2026, New York City employers must provide employees with an additional 32 hours of unpaid Sick/Safe leave, which is available for use immediately upon hire. Depending on em...

The Eighth Circuit should nix a $220,000 penalty imposed on BNSF Railway by the U.S. Department of Labor's whistleblower tribunal, the railway argued, claiming the tribunal lacks the authority unde...

Some employers that rely on staffing arrangements, franchise relationships, or independent contractors may see meaningful shifts in federal labor policy because of a pair of federal agency rulemak...

California law requires private employers with 100 or more employees and/or 100 or more workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the...

For decades, the law firm business model operated on a familiar premise: a broad base of junior lawyers, a small group of partners at the top, and clients footing the bill for hours billed at ever...

The Supreme Court of Illinois answered in the negative a certified question from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that Illinois’s Minimum Wage Law does not incorporate the federal Port...

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The cook was allegedly too good to lose — the women who reported him were not A new lawsuit alleges Panda Express repeatedly transferred a cook accused of sexual harassment — then fired the women w...

At least five enterprise clients followed her to a competitor within two months A former senior sales leader leaves for a direct competitor. Five high-value clients follow within two months. And a ...

The employer also kept zero payroll records — and a court presumption made it worse An employer who kept zero payroll records and paid a worker only with a basement apartment just lost at New Jerse...