Labor and Employment
There were more references to “wage theft” in U.S. newspapers during the last six months than there were in the entire span from 2000 to 2010, says Sam Diehl with Gray Plant Mooty, but the term is just a new way to describe violations of wage and hour laws.
In the case of an employee who took a new job, in direct violation of the one-year notice period mandated by his employment contract, the UK’s High Court found the employer could refuse to allow the worker to resign.
The concept of a separation agreement is simple, writes Burns & Levinson attorney Renee Inomata, but there are some devilish […]
When Starbucks recently vowed to change its policies to give workers more stability and consistency in hours, the move highlighted […]
The unemployment rate for blacks is a lot higher than it is for whites. In the latest jobs report, the […]
Apple, Google and other major tech firms have appealed a federal court judge’s rejection of a proposed a $324.5 million […]
The Department of Labor has sent out a Request for Information (RFI) about so-called “brokerage windows.” This could signal an […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby found that some companies, “closely held corporations,” did not have to […]
The recent case of Jimmy John’s workers protesting for additional sick days led the NLRB to overrule long-standing precedent, expanding the ability of employees to protest and curbing an employer’s ability to discipline workers for publicly criticism.
A second employee of the EEOC’s Phoenix Regional Office has sued the agency for race discrimination, retaliation, and violation of civil rights.
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