A growing number of states and municipalities are restricting the types of inquiries employers can make during hiring, creating concerns with what employers can include or must include on job app...

In September 2016, there was a major shift in the Mexican Supreme Court’s approach to damages, where the highest court in the country ruled on the legality of punitive damages. In April 2020, fed...

As we move into a post-pandemic future, HR Connect focuses on reviewing employment law changes, HR compliance, recruitment, corporate culture, employee life-cycle learning, and more to help HR pr...

Svitlana Kotova held out as long as she could in her home in Mariupol, but when shrapnel from a Russian rocket left a hole in her kitchen in early April, she knew it was time to leave. Ms. Kotova...

On July 12, 2022, the District of Columbia Council voted to modify key aspects of the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act ("the Act"), passing the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act ...

In an attempt to incorporate the doctrine of universalisation of social security, the gig workers are brought into the ambit of the labour laws for the first time, with the provision of some welf...

Ismail Ahmed had spent last fall canvassing for Democratic candidates in Alexandria, but now he was speaking up against them. Lawmakers in this D.C. suburb were getting ready to vote on a major r...

An insider trading case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday argues that a Coinbase Global Inc. employee passed tips about the timing and content of Coinbase’s “listi...

The case against Meta brought to the limelight by a former employee of the company has attracted the attention of global rights organizations who are now calling on the tech giant to desist from ...

Listen To This Story Thirteen years after the federal government last raised the federal minimum wage, a ballot initiative in Nebraska aims to raise Nebraska’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 202...