The law changes how most public employees pay union dues, while requiring more members pay dues to keep unions alive. The double-whammy law is seen as an existential threat by many workers and uni...

Two important principles under the National Labor Relations Act are worth reiterating to construction employers: first, employees cannot be disciplined for engaging in activity protected by that Ac...

Saturday, July 1, 2023 is the day dozens of state laws take effect, including the massive plan to reorganize state government. The number of state agencies is shrinking from 37 to 16. Next week, t...

The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday that effectively ends affirmative action in higher education raises questions about the future of employer-run initiatives and programs that consider race — w...

This is WESA Politics, a weekly newsletter by Chris Potter providing analysis about Pittsburgh and state politics. Sign up here to get it every Thursday afternoon. It may seem crazy at first: Coun...

On June 21, 2023, the New York Department of Labor ("DOL") adopted amendments to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the "Act") regulations to "address the post-pa...

June 2023 – Slovakia currently has an outdated Whistleblower Act (Act No. 54/2019 on the Protection of Persons Who Report Antisocial Activities). The relevant EU Whistleblower Directive (No. 2019/...

Written by Martin D. Kappenman - Peters, Revnew, Kappenman & Anderson, P.A. On May 24, 2023, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Omnibus Jobs Bill, which carries far-reaching implic...

The main rule is that the EPA shall apply to all employments in Sweden. However, there are explicit exemptions in the EPA that exempt certain employees from most of the provisions. One of these ex...