On December 16, 2022, the Bundestag passed the long-awaited Whistleblower Protection Act (we reported). Today, February 10, 2023, the Bundesrat was supposed to approve the law. Despite ongoing infr...

You’d be hard pressed to find a more divisive issue in the Canadian trucking industry than the so-called Driver Inc. employment model for truck drivers. Driver Inc. — a definition coined by those w...

This groundbreaking European law designed to limit big tech's power over the internet comes into effect in 2023 What Is the Digital Markets Act (DMA)? The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a groundbre...

The SEC announced on February 3, 2023 a settled enforcement action against Activision Blizzard, Inc., finding that it failed to have adequate controls for reporting widespread workplace misconduct ...

New Jersey Authorities Uncover Over $1.3 Million in Back Wages ...

On Jan. 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed rules imposing a broad restriction on noncompetition agreements (proposed rule). The proposed rule would require employers to rescind existin...

In today’s News and Commentary, Starbucks violated labor law by threatening several workers and firing one at a Colorado store; the Fifth Circuit appears open to creating a religious carveout for ...

Missouri’s new attorney general says his office has been investigating “disturbing allegations” that a transgender center has “been harming hundreds of children each year.” Andrew Bailey confirmed ...

Alert A number of recent case law and regulatory updates—at both the state and federal levels—carry important implications for California employers in the upcoming year. Effective January 1, 2023,...

For nursing mothers, the Department of Labor is on a campaign to let them know about extended rights that allow them to pump breastmilk at work. The newly enacted Providing Urgent Maternal Protect...