Both Democratic and Republican administrations have boosted the number of available H-2B visas to address critical labor shortages in seasonal industries. The Biden administration hopes expanding the program might help stem the surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. It’s unclear, though, if it will make a difference.
While artificial intelligence is seeding upheaval across the workforce, from screenwriters to financial advisors, the technology will disproportionately replace jobs typically held by women, according to human resources analytics firm Revelio Labs.
A newly created standard for certifying wage-and-hour collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act is drawing praise from the Biden administration and the plaintiffs’ bar despite also scoring a win for businesses, signaling a potential compromise path forward.
A newly enacted Texas law bans employers from discriminating against workers for hairstyles and textures commonly associated with race, giving CROWN Act supporters a major win in the nation’s most populous red state.
The US is becoming increasingly split between high-priced cities where the rich and powerful congregate and more affordable locales that offer
A petition seeking to oust the union at a
Workers who build and repair water mains and sewers asked a federal judge for final approval of their $1.5 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing their employer of stiffing them on pay.
Lacey’s Place LLC Series Midlothian, which does business as Lacey’s Place, has agreed to pay $92,964 and furnish additional relief to settle a pay discrimination and retaliation lawsuit in Illinois, the EEOC said Friday.
The California state Senate approved a bill that would force the country’s two largest pensions to divest an estimated $15 billion from oil and gas companies, a measure opposed by the funds’ managers.
Investors told the Ninth Circuit they adequately supported a proposed class suit alleging that
AmeriHealth Caritas Services LLC and service coordinators who say it failed to pay them overtime received court approval for a $2.5 million deal resolving their wage-and-hour suit.
A former First Mid Wealth Management Co. financial adviser and an assistant saw an Illinois court vacate a temporary restraining order prohibiting them from soliciting previous clients.
New details in a probe examining whether the Federal Circuit’s oldest and longest-serving member is fit to remain on the bench highlight issues about anti-discrimination protections in the judiciary and efforts to obtain medical information about the judge.
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, the US and its allies froze an estimated $300 billion in Russian central bank assets that were being held in non-Russian financial institutions. Sanctions imposed on prominent Russian individuals have frozen an additional estimated $58 billion in assets, including homes, yachts and private aircraft.
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The Republican-dominated Texas House of Representatives is scheduled to consider articles of impeachment against Attorney General
The US Patent and Trademark Office’s decision that a LegalForce trademark attorney violated the agency’s rules of professional conduct was upheld by a Virgina federal judge who denied the attorneys’ attempt to fight the decision.
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Republican state leaders have been pulling billions out of pension funds managed by investment firms like Black Rock. Why? Something called ESG. In this video, we explain what ESG is, why it’s become such a hot topic and what regulation — and litigation — we can expect in the near future.
A secretary working for the town of Monroe, N.Y., can be fired at will, the New York Court of Appeals court ruled, overriding a union contract clause that protected workers from termination without just cause. Matter of Teamsters Loc. 445 v. Town of Monroe, 2023 BL 174911, N.Y., 40, 5/23/23
An Illinois federal district court ruled that Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, Inc. is entitled to summary judgment on a terminated Black vice president’s race discrimination claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Wise v. Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House, Inc., 2023 BL 172749, S.D. Ill., 3:21-cv-01265-SPM, 5/19/23
A Florida federal district court denied a motion for partial judgment on the pleadings on an affirmative defense to the EEOC’s claims that The Princess Martha and TMJ Properties, Inc. violated the ADA by failing to hire a veteran with PTSD. U.S. EEOC v. Princess Martha, LLC, 2023 BL 172435, M.D. Fla., 8:22-cv-2182-CEH-AAS, 5/19/23
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