By Seema Nanda Since January, the basic human dignity of hundreds of thousands of federal workers has been violated. The people who care for our veterans, inspect our food, water, and medicine, sup...

The highly compensated employee (HCE) exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of the most complex exemptions in employment law. In the recent case of Gilchrist, et. al. v. Schlu...

False Claims Act attorneys and others see new opportunity. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has announced a new Whistleblower Rewards Program, offering incentives to individuals to repo...

It was announced on July 7 that IBM had resolved a former consultant’s “reverse” discrimination claim for an undisclosed sum, closing the door on his Title VII race and sex discrimination lawsuit. ...

Whistle-blowing organization reports negligence in dioxin testing in East Palestine This article features Government Accountability Project Senior Environmental Officer, Lesley Pacey, and whistlebl...

Although the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has operated for most of this year without a quorum and thus unable to issue decisions, that could soon change. President Trump nominated Scott Ma...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Fifth District Court of Appeal held that under pre-reform PAGA, headless PAGA actions in which plaintiffs seek civil penalties only on behalf of other employees and not for v...

Calif. Pot Workers Sue Farm For $1.

Takeaway: A public employer that allowed an employee with a disability to use a service animal as an accommodation, but took six months to do so, may have violated the Americans with Disabilities ...