Vaccines, unemployment, and more!

This is not your usual summer, Gentle Reader.

PUA, FPUC, PEUC -- TMA (Too Many Acronyms)!

New York has just passed major COVID-19 employment laws!

Employers make their own luck.

How can I sue thee? Let me count the ways.

I didn't know God was in favor of ripping off unemployment funds.

This makes me want to cry. 

The state of Oregon is the first in the Union to have a statewide "scheduling law." The new law will take effect (for the most part) on July 1, 2018, and will apply to retail, hospitality, and food services employers with operations in Oregon, as long as they have at least 500 employees worldwide. Bob Ortbals, who has been following and covering municipal scheduling laws, has an ...

On August 11, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law the North Carolina Employee Fair Classification Act. The portion of the legislation that deals with worker classifications will take effect December 31.

The legislation does not change existing definitions of “employee” and “independent contractor” under state law but creates an Employee Classification Section of the North ...