Compliance

• Should whistleblower protections be wider?

  By The Associated Press  |  May 20, 2013

  The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.

• Calif. Senate considers family leave discrimination bill

  By Allison Bell  |  May 17, 2013

  A California lawmaker wants to protect workers who use the state's temporary disability insurance family leave program against employer discrimination.

• Problems surface over Arizona’s 2007 immigration law

  By Jacques Billeaud  |  May 17, 2013

  The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

• Justices review $100 million award for home care workers

  By Gene Johnson  |  May 15, 2013

  Justices on the Washington Supreme Court are considering whether the state should have to pay a $100 million verdict awarded to some 22,000 home care workers who were shortchanged by a rule that was in effect from 2003 to 2007.

• Del. workers compensation panel releases report

  May 13, 2013

  A state panel examining soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is recommending that the state implement a two-year inflation freeze on medical providers' fee schedules.

• Wet Seal to pay $7.5M in discrimination lawsuit

  By Associated Press  |  May 13, 2013

  Wet Seal Inc. has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a federal racial discrimination lawsuit filed by three of the retailer's former employees.

• Landmark $240M EEOC verdict to be slashed to $1.6M

  By Ryan J. Foley  |  May 13, 2013

  A $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million.

• Federal wage-and-hour lawsuits hit record high

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 13, 2013

  Hitting an all-time high, federal wage and hour lawsuits increased by 10 percent with 7,764 cases filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act for the year ended March 31.

• Group of conservatives backs immigration action

  By Erica Werner  |  May 9, 2013

  More than two dozen conservative leaders have signed on to a statement supporting action to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and calling legislation pending in the Senate an "important starting point."

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  Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security

  By Erica Werner  |  May 8, 2013

  A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.