Along with the start of a new year, January 1 saw a change in the State of Missouri’s minimum wage. Missouri’s minimum wage increased by 85 cents starting on Sunday January 1, 2023 to $12 per hour....

The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with Youth UpRising, a community organization in Oakland, California, that provides youth services. The agreement r...

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 ("SECURE 2.0"), signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022, is another round of retirement reforms that began with the original SECURE Act (i.e., the "Settin...

In the recent $1.7 trillion Omnibus Spending Bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden, two measures were included aimed at providing additional workplace protections for preg...

In Josie McCarthy’s 17 years as a program manager at The Dining Room, she says she has never needed to call police to break up violence or disputes. The dine-in restaurant serves 1,000 meals per w...

An independent review into the government's carbon credit scheme has rejected suggestions it is fundamentally flawed. Professor Andrew Macintosh, blew the whistle on the scheme last year, and he's...

Outside salespersons are exempt from legal requirements for overtime, wages, meal and rest breaks An employee who works more than half the time away from the employer’s place of business qualifies ...

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On January 1, 2023, the IRS mileage rate increased to 65.5 cents per mile for driving done for business purposes. This is a three (3) cent increase from the rate set for the second half of 2022. A...

Takeaway: An employee who resigned from her job after failing what she claimed was a discriminatory physical fitness test could proceed with sex and age discrimination claims. A doctor who brought...