Labor and Employment
OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor has pressed Congress to extend the 30-day statute of limitations for whistleblower complaints, but until then the agency said it plans to refer complaints filed after that time period to the NLRB.
The Indiana Court of Appeals found that an employee’s non-compete clause was voided when he was fired, though he was re-hired within days.
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 […]
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