Employment / Labor Law News

Workers who want to report they've been underpaid or mistreated on the job are getting stronger protection against retaliation by their employers under a new state law that goes into effect this week.

Vermont Department of Labor officials say they've begun notifying some people receiving jobless benefits that they could be eligible for more.

Bradley C. Birkenfeld was sentenced to 40 months in prison for helping rich Americans dodge their taxes.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009; The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that workers from New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.

There are new signs that enhanced training benefits just granted to NUMMI workers by the U.S. Department of Labor may also open the door for similar benefits to tens of thousands of NUMMI suppliers losing their jobs.

The Justice Department today announced an agreement with the city of Poplarville to improve access for persons with disabilities to its programs, services, activities and facilities.

Share + Nov 25, 2009 10:28 am US/Eastern Timeline: U.S. Credit Crunch & Financial Failures 1 of 1 Veterans and family members wait on line to attend the 'Operation: Hire Veterans Career Fair' sponsored by the Department of Labor at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum November 23, 2009 in New York City.

Selectmen held a preliminary review of 21 proposed warrant articles for the March 2010 ballot on Nov.

In a depressed neighborhood in the City of Angels, hundreds of good jobs appeared to fall from the sky last week.

Federal regulators leviedA the second largestA workplace safety fine in Colorado history against a rural businessA accused of poor safety practices and child labor law violatons.

" Moving company owner Michael Stamm thinks if New Hampshire wants to mandate paid sick days for his business, New Hampshire should pay for them, and not require him to pay.

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that $4.4 million in National Emergency Grant funding has been awarded to Ohio to continue assisting workers that were affected when DHL Express eliminated its North American air and ground freight operations in Wilmington.

The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry has opened an investigation that could last six months into the industrial accident that killed a Burris Logistics worker in Lyndhurst, officials said Monday.

The state has notified about 2,000 jobless Montanans whose unemployment benefits have expired that they are now eligible for extended payments under a recently passed federal law.

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The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401 customers.

The first federal anti-discrimination law in nearly 20 years takes effect today, prohibiting employers from hiring, firing or determining promotions based on genetic makeup.

My column today provides context for the SEIU bullying of Boy Scouts in Allentown, Pa.

The 8,000 Kentuckians due a 20-week extension of unemployment compensation won't see their checks for at least a month, while a similar number of Hoosiers could start getting their payments as early as next week.

About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions, according to a new report and legislators and state officials.