Why Trump Is Ending Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws That Ban ‘Disparate Impact’ May 5, 2025 By Daniel Wiessner President Donald Trump recently ordered federal agencies not to enforce laws that prohibit policies and practices with discriminatory impacts that...
Keys Staffing Firm Owner Gets 32 Months for Illegal Worker Tax Violations June 7, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The owner of several Key West staffing companies is on his way to prison after a federal judge sentenced him...
High Court Takes 8 New Cases, 1 About a Religious Mailman January 17, 2023 By Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider what employers must do to accommodate religious employees, among eight new cases...
Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit January 17, 2023 Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination...
Twitter Accused of ‘Sham Redundancy Process’ by UK Staff Targeted in Mass Firings January 11, 2023 By Katharine Gemmell Twitter Inc. was accused of carrying out a “sham redundancy process” and threatened with lawsuits by UK staff targeted by...
Key Biden Administration Labor Policies Will Face Legal Challenges in 2023 December 27, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner The Biden administration and a Democrat-led U.S. labor board will implement a series of major employment policies in 2023 but...
Twitter Must Notify Laid-Off Workers of Pending Lawsuit, Judge Rules December 16, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a...
Canada Employers Shed Unvaccinated Workers With Legal Challenges Expected November 4, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA – Canadian employers are firing or putting on unpaid leave thousands of workers who refused to get COVID-19 shots,...
The Lowdown: Employer Risk in California and Beyond August 21, 2019 Newly released this week on Research & Trends, “Risky Business – Employment Practice Litigation on the Rise” offers insights into...
Small Businesses Under Scrutiny Over Classifying Independent Contractors January 28, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg Small business owners who want to use independent contractors need to be sure these workers really aren’t employees. Federal and...