General Assembly's Republican minority leader, as a partner and the new head of its employment practice. . . . Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. Yo...

Petrochemical Company Failed to Protect Worker From Harassment After Nooses Were Displayed in Its Baton Rouge Complex, Federal Agency Charges BATON ROUGE, La. – Exxon Mobil Corporation, doing busin...

products dropped his case after a decade of litigation aimed at whistleblowing, according to documents filed in D. C. federal court. . . . Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, informati...

In a significant victory for California employers, the state Court of Appeal issued a decision on February 27, 2023, that provides them with a defense to wage statement penalties recoverable under ...

Bill Would Ensure Teachers and Police Officers Get Full Social Security Benefits Washington (March 2, 2023) – Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Su...

In the California Legislature’s latest attack on the fast-food industry, Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) introduced the Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act (“AB 1228”). AB 1228 was in...

Summary. This post describes the Governor’s budget assumptions and proposals related to the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program and offers relevant issues for legislative consideration. Back...

On February 16, 2023, the Supreme Court of Kentucky, in Oufafa v Taxi, LLC, adopted, for the first time, the economic realities test to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent c...

This past month, the California Supreme Court granted a petition to review the Court of Appeal’s decision in Camp v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. As we wrote about previously, the Court of Appeal in Ca...

Or, really, in anything other than money. That was the lesson learned by a Chick-Fil-A franchise recently, as the U.S. Department of Labor recently announced. According to a CBS news story, the fra...