Florida House Votes to Loosen Child Labor Laws a Year After Tougher Immigrant Statute February 5, 2024 By Brendan Farrington TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A year after Florida enacted a law making it more difficult for employers to hire immigrants...
Kentucky House Endorses Paid Family Leave Insurance Bill January 31, 2024 By Bruce Schreiner FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation portrayed as a market-driven, voluntary approach to expand access to paid family leave in Kentucky...
US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Starbucks Firing Pro-Union Workers in Tennessee January 16, 2024 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by Starbucks to a judicial decision that...
Tampa Settles Lawsuit with Feds Over Parental Leave for Male Workers December 27, 2023 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The city of Tampa has reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve a discrimination...
Tennessee Settles Fired Vaccine Chief’s Lawsuit for $150,000 November 3, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its...
Appeals Court: Atlanta Weatherman Fired for Harassment, Not Because He Is White September 11, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports One of the longest-serving TV meteorologists in Atlanta was terminated from his high-profile job in 2019 because of repeated instances...
Mass. Police Must Reinstate 7 Who Refused to be Vaccinated, Arbitrator Says August 8, 2023 Massachusetts State Police must reinstate seven troopers who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, an independent arbitrator has ruled. The...
McDonald’s Kentucky Franchises Fined for Working 10-year-olds at Restaurants May 5, 2023 Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald’s restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky...
Tesla Violated Law by Telling Florida Workers not to Discuss Pay, Conditions, NLRB Says April 27, 2023 Tesla supervisors at a Florida service center violated U.S. labor law by telling employees not to discuss pay and other...
$1 Million Settlement in Class Action over Immigration Raid at Tenn. Meat Plant March 2, 2023 A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a...