Labor & Employment

App Built To Fight Minimum Wage Increases

The Employment Policies Institute recently launched Wage Engage, an iPhone app that will alert business owners when minimum wage legislation […]

Last year, Seattle became the first U.S. city to pass a law giving drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other crowd-sharing […]

Atlanta-based BlueLinx Holdings Inc. broke the law when it required outgoing employees to waive their rights, the Securities and Exchange […]

What people can say at work without it being labeled as harassment has become a contentious issue and the subject […]

The Illinois attorney general has filed a putative class action against Jimmy John’s, claiming the restaurant chain requires low-wage workers […]

For corporate defendants, there is nothing fair about the Fair Credit Reporting Act, at least in the way it’s currently […]

An appeals court this week ruled that employers may legally fire workers based on sexual orientation. A three-judge panel of […]

An NLRB judge held that a California Casino interfered with workers’ labor law rights by issuing a handbook with a […]

Minor-league baseball players seeking fairer pay were dealt a setback this week when a judge rejected their bid for class […]

The Department of Labor under President Obama has been taking a hard line approach to independent contractor classification, but the […]