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Fayette County superintendent files ‘whistleblower’ complaint after being put on leave - Lexington Herald Leader
Fayette County Superintendent Demetrus Liggins on Thursday filed a formal whistleblower-reprisal and education-accountability complaint with the Kentucky Office of Education Accountability, allegin...
Read moreFederal waiver cleared her to drive - deaf applicant's suit hits Schneider - hcamag.com
A regulator vouched for her driving. The road test, she says, became the sticking point A deaf applicant is suing Schneider National Carriers, alleging it refused to hire her as a driver despite he...
Read moreAppeals court backs some union-drive findings against Starbucks, rejects others - hcamag.com
What managers can and can't say during a union drive, mapped by a federal court A federal appeals court handed Starbucks a partial win, upholding some union-drive findings against the company while...
Read moreWaste Co. Penalized Union Backers, NLRB Judge Says - Law360
A waste management company violated federal labor law by interrogating, disciplining and firing employees after the workers launched a union organizing campaign with a Teamsters local, a National L...
Read moreThe deceptively simple question at the heart of the KPMG audit scandal - Capital Brief
The whistleblower at the centre of the audit scandal might not actually be a whistleblower, in the strict legal sense. It’s concerning, and not just for the individual himself. What makes a whistle...
Read moreSupreme Court Rules Termination of TPS Probably Constitutional - SHRM
In a case challenging the termination of Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional claim likely will fail. A strong, race-neutral ex...
Read moreExxonMobil can relocate terminal operators to another site, Commission rules - hcamag.com
A relocation clause buried in the fine print decided where these operators have to work ExxonMobil can require its Altona terminal operators to work at a site seven kilometres away, the Fair Work C...
Read moreMixing Exempt and Non-Exempt Work? Here’s What Employers Need to Know - The National Law Review
A recent opinion letter from the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (WHD), FLSA2026-5, offers a helpful reminder for employers managing exempt classifications — particularly in workp...
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