On March 1, 2024, Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Information announced[1] that a study would be launched to introduce a new piece of legislation, the Digital Infrastructure Act (DIA), to boost the resilience... Read more »
Topics: Arbitration Agreements, Class Actions, Court Decisions, Wage & Hour Issues CDF Wage and Hour Task Force – Monthly Blog Enforceable arbitration agreements continue to provide California employers who are faced with... Read more »
On October 31, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their interagency partnership. The purpose of... Read more »
On December 15, 2023, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs cleared review of the U.S. Department of State’s highly anticipated stateside visa renewal pilot program. The program will apply only to... Read more »
Legal experts from Boston University School of Law and Northeastern University intend to study the medical underpinnings of the lung float test, a dubious forensic test that has helped send some women... Read more »
New York’s groundbreaking Adult Survivors Act (ASA) is poised to expire, closing the door on the opportunity for survivors to have their stories heard and to seek justice, Richard Luscombe reports for... Read more »
Members of Parliament from Albania’s Democratic Party set off smoke bombs Monday in the middle of the country’s parliamentary chamber in protest of what they said was an unconstitutional vote on the... Read more »
On September 15, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection adopted new amended rules related to New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act. The amended rules... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has statutory authority to impose a salary requirement to qualify for an exemption from overtime under the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions under the Fair Labor... Read more »
Thursday, September 14, 2023 Are Federal Contracting Diversity Programs in Danger? Over the summer, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee issued a ruling in Ultima Servs. Corp v.... Read more »