On 25 February 2023, Austria’s Whistleblower Protection Act (Act) entered into force. The Act transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive (Directive 2019/1937/EU; ‘Directive’) into Austria’s nationa...

What You Need to Know A former Brown University employee filed a wrongful termination suit against the university Wednesday. John Gomes is seeking a declaratory judgment finding that the universi...

A new Washington law regulating employers’ use of production quotas or production standards for employees working at warehouse distribution centers (House Bill 1762) will go into effect on July 1,...

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (“PUMP”) for Nursing Mothers Act into law. The law went into effect immediately, as we previously reported. T...

The administrative record shows that the Whistleblower Office’s denial of award was consistent with Treasury regulations defining when a whistleblower’s contribution is sufficient to justify an awa...

Jim Jordan Hearing Descends Into Chaos After GOP Withholds ...

On May 16, 2023, the Minnesota legislature passed SF 3035 (the “Bill”), banning nearly all post-termination non-compete agreements with employees and independent contractors. Although the Bill mar...

An estimated 30 million workers in the United States, roughly 18 percent of the American workforce, are subject to a noncompete agreement, according to the US Treasury Department and Federal Trade...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [This is a] reflection of who is holding the power right now. Right now, the power is largely with the employers and this is the sort of ma...