Following its recent ruling regarding California’s ban on Private Attorneys General Act representative waivers in employment arbitration agreements, on June 6, 2022, the Supreme Court issued Sout...

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived an employee’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Mariana. Chelsea...

The long-running battle over who is an employee versus a contractor in California has been put on hold after the Supreme Court denied cert in California Trucking Association v. Bonta. The ABC tes...

There Are Still Situations Where It’s Unlawful to Fire You In both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, all employees without a written contract specifying their length of employment are considered to be...

The Seventh Circuit revived a suit from a former Federal Aviation Administration worker who said she was fired for complaining that requiring her to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after a dr...

Motor carriers that use owner-operators in California are working to re-evaluate their operations in order to meet strict restrictions on the use of independent contractors, as labor officials at...

If your staff member wants his or her paycheck in cryptocurrency, should you – as an employer keeping up with the times -- accommodate the request? You don’t have to work in Silicon Valley or pla...

Discovery requests in product liability litigation matters are often a costly and time-consuming black hole. They consume precious resources manufacturers and distributors could use to build up t...

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in FDRLST Media LLC v. National Labor Relations Board[1] highlights the ongoing tension that exists between the constitutiona...

A judge last week the Michigan minimum wage increased to $12 an hour and required businesses to offer paid sick leave. Those changes are now delayed, after the judge considered the ability for b...