Employee Discipline
Temporary workers in New Jersey will have greater protections against unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, unlawful deductions, and other forms of mistreatment under the recently signed Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights.
The Department of Labor found the company violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's whistleblower protection provisions by improperly terminating a manager who voiced concerns about financial misconduct.
Title VII's retaliation protections do not exempt HR managers and other managerial-level employees, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, to be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, it would also mark the first time four of the nine justices have been women.
In a win for whistleblowers, the California Supreme Court has lowered the bar for employees to prove that their employer retaliated against them.
The US Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board have announced a joint effort to raise awareness about workplace retaliation issues.
The judge held that employees' suspicion of COVID-19 vaccines cannot override the law in denying a group's request to block their health care employer's vaccine mandate.
Connecticut has joined 18 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing recreational marijuana, following the passage of a bill containing a number of provisions relevant to employers.
A record-breaking number of awards issued to whistleblowers and a record number of tips shows the importance of complying with securities laws.
New Mexico and Virginia have joined the growing list of states to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana.
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