On March 12, 2019, Uber settled a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of ride-service drivers for $20 million. The lawsuit, filed in 2013, alleged Uber misclassified its drivers as independent contractors to avoid paying...
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While an Indiana lawmaker has made headlines as of late due to his push to repeal Indiana’s child labor laws, you may wonder, “Are child labor laws still an issue in this country?” According to...
On February 19, 2019, Illinois became the fifth state to implement a $15-per-hour minimum wage increase when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the “Lifting Up Illinois Working Families Act,” which was passed by the Illinois legislature...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule on January 25, 2019 revising its electronic reporting rules in an effort to protect employee privacy. The final rule, originally announced in July 2018,...