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Belle counselor suing county board of education, superintendent, claiming retaliation for whistleblower activity - Charleston Gazette-Mail
Opening https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/belle-counselor-suing-county-board-of-education-superintendent-claiming-retaliation-for-whistleblower-activity/article_5c7c720e-75cb-547b-899b-c...
Read moreScott: Employee Rights Act would modernize outdated labor laws - Charleston Post Courier
Opening https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/scott-employee-rights-act-would-modernize-outdated-labor-laws/article_70fdb1b6-ee69-11ed-95e1-d7084f1b081b.
Read moreJury Clears Farmers In Calif. Ex-Agents' Age Bias Trial - Law360
A California jury on Monday cleared Farmers Group Inc. and its exchanges of claims by four former agents that the company implemented a discriminatory policy that took clients from older agents bef...
Read moreEmployee benefit risk management strategies and insights - Mercer
Employee benefits risk management (EBRM) helps reduce people risks and rising healthcare costs The cost and complexity associated with managing employee benefits in a compliant, prudent and fair w...
Read moreEmployee Hairstyles Protected Under NYC Human Rights Law - Mercer
The New York City Commission on Human Rights has issued landmark guidance stating that employer polices on appearance and grooming that ban natural hair or hairstyles constitute unlawful discrimin...
Read moreFormer Wheeling University employee charged with threats to make a terrorist act after allegedly being fired for making racial slurs - WTRF
WHEELING, W.Va. (WTRF) — A former Wheeling University employee is being charged with threatening to commit a terrorist act, with or without intent to commit the act, after he was fired for alleged...
Read moreCalif. Medical Center Settles Nurse's Harassment, Pay Suit - Law360
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Read moreCalifornia: App-based drivers are contractors — not employees - Mercer
App-based transportation (rideshare) and delivery drivers are classified as independent contractors instead of employees after the passage of ballot measure Proposition 22 by California voters. Fir...
Read moreDepartment of Labor rescinds FLSA joint-employer rule - Mercer
On July 29, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) rescinded the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) joint-employer standard rule issued by the Trump administration and effective in March 2020. Under the ...
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Houston-area trio indicted on false Moroccan diplomatic identification charges - Houston Chronicle
Three Houston-area individuals accused of belonging to a sovereign-citizen group have been indicted in federal court on charges of falsely claiming to be diplomats of the “Moroccan Empire,” accord...