Fair and Just Dismissal When considering disciplinary action that may lead to an employee's dismissal, an employer has to wrestle with questions of both fairness and "just reasons" in order to su...

This summer marks the second year with Juneteenth as a premium pay holiday for Massachusetts retailers. In 2020, as part of a COVID-19-related spending bill, the Massachusetts legislature added J...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently affirmed a district court finding that the Massachusetts Wage Act did not apply to a person who mostly lived and worked in Florida. While ...

New York State On June 3, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill 4927, which if enacted would require employers to include a salary range and position description in each job adv...

As summer starts to sizzle in Colorado, and the Colorado General Assembly closes its session, employers have seen a flurry of new laws affecting Colorado employees. Among them are now expanded pr...

What You Need to Know The company is banning nondisclosure clauses and most noncompete agreements for U.S. employees. It also will begin providing pay ranges in salary postings and will launch a...

Workers represented by labor unions earn 10.2% higher wages than their non-union peers, have better benefits and collectively raise wages industry-wide, according to a report released by the Hous...

Ronald G. Ehrenberg, the Irving M. Ives Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Labor Relations, served as a Cornell vice president and university Board of Trustees member, as well as a State Univer...

Public health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike connected with ordinary people nearly every day during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she is CEO of a top state medical contractor. Did D...

Dr Tim De Maayer wote open letter published by Daily Maverick in which he pleads with authorities to help provide quality healthcare to children at the hospital. He was served with a suspension l...