The Government has launched a review of the UK’s current whistleblowing framework. THE FACTS The Public Interest Disclosure Act (sometimes known as “PIDA”), the legislation that protects whistlebl...

Several recent changes impacting employers in jurisdictions across the nation are summarized below. Many states and municipalities have increased their hourly minimum wage rates, some to as high a...

The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has adopted final regulations regarding Local Law 144, the city’s Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) law. The DCWP wil...

Germany adopted the Whistleblower Protection Act (‘Act’) on 12 May, which implements the EU Whistleblowing Directive (‘Directive’). It will enter into force one month after the publication in the G...

Three of the required federal work-site posters were recently updated or will be updated by the end of June. The Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) po...

Ban on Weight and Height Discrimination: Last Thursday, May 11, 2023, the City Council approved a bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person’s height or weight in opportunities of...

That AI Is So Hot Right Now, But What Is It? As we noted in this podcast, the labor and employment community – nay, most of the world – is struggling to figure out the best way to reap the benefit...

On May 11, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Koninklijke Philips N.V., an Amsterdam-based medical supplier, agreed to pay $62 million to settle charges that it viola...

At a glance The chief minister called for an independent review of the government's handling of an employment tribunal A report is to be brought back to Tynwald in September The Department of Hea...

Resolves UMass claims, Kronos portion still pending Workers’ counsel to seek $400,000 in attorneys’ fees Two University of Massachusetts health care entities reached a deal to resolve wage-and-h...