Labor and Employment

OSHA Inspections Down, Workplace Fatalities Up In 2016

The number of workplace inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration dropped to a 20-year low in fiscal 2016, […]

Wage Issue Before California Supreme Court

Decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a “de minimis rule” for lawsuits seeking compensation under the federal Fair Labor […]

Uber, Lyft Protest Fingerprint Background Checks

Uber and Lyft are threatening to end operations in Maryland unless the state grants a waiver from a fingerprint background […]

A Putative Blow To Franchisors, From The 3rd Circuit

A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled there is sufficient evidence to allow a franchisee […]

Abu Dhabi Development Project, With A Guggenheim Museum, Confronts Labor Protest

In the city of Abu Dhabi, an ambitious plan for a $27 billion development project that would include a culture […]

Another Way To Keep Jobs In America, And Unions May Not Like It

Jaw-boning and new taxes might take a back seat to some hard numbers when it comes to motivating companies to […]

Recreational Pot Legal In CA, Still Banned From Workplaces

Though California voters approved a measure to legalize recreational marijuana last month, the law states that employers still have the […]

How Many Hugs In A Sexual Harassment Claim?

Two years after being thrown out of federal court in Sacramento, a lawsuit accusing the sheriff of Yolo County of […]

Hollywood Studio Sues Netflix For Aggressive Hiring

Netflix has disrupted the traditional Hollywood studio structure, but its growth in original programming has sent it in search of […]

Military Officials: “Unimaginable” Refugee Crisis From Climate Change

At a time when climate change appears to be occurring faster than what many predicted a few years ago, senior […]

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