Minimum Wage, Collective Bargaining, Employee Rights

New Federal Government Established: What Employers in Germany Can Expect

Mayer Brown on 6/17/2025

Germany's new government—led by former Mayer Brown Partner Friedrich Merz, who serves as Federal Chancellor—has laid out an ambitious agenda for the next four years. Many of the topics addressed on the 144-page-long coalition...more

A Big Swing and a Progressive Senate: What’s Next for Workplace Laws in Australia?

Ius Laboris on 5/28/2025

Experts failed to predict the scale of the Albanese Government’s victory, securing re-election with a landslide. As counting concludes, this majority in the lower house will likely be complimented in the Senate. The...more

Changes to Labor and Employment Law by the New German Federal Government - Legal Insights Germany

Morgan Lewis on 5/16/2025

The German Bundestag has elected Friedrich Merz (Christian Democratic Union (CDU)) as federal chancellor. With the government now in place, it can begin its session. The Christian Democratic Union, Christian Social Union...more

Arbeitsrechtliche Elemente im Koalitionsvertrag

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/10/2025

Gestern haben sich die Spitzen von CDU/CSU und SPD auf den Abschluss eines Koalitionsvertrages geeinigt. Dieser muss nun noch von den jeweiligen Parteigremien abgesegnet werden, bevor er unterzeichnet werden kann. Wir haben...more

Virginia Employment Laws: What Governor Youngkin Just Vetoed and Why It Matters

Sands Anderson PC on 3/28/2025

As the Virginia General Assembly reconvenes next week, employers and employees alike should take note of the recent employment-related legislation that was vetoed, substituted, or approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin. While a...more

Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update: New Laws in Effect in 2023

Franczek P.C. on 1/10/2023

Happy New Year! Several employment laws became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. The new...more

How Might Virginia’s New Legislative Trifecta Affect Employers in the Commonwealth in 2020?

Littler on 1/7/2020

In the November 2019 election Virginia gained a Democratic “trifecta”—both legislative chambers and the governorship are now controlled by one political party. It has been over two decades since Democratic lawmakers...more

Provisional Measure #905 – A New Mini Labor Reform in Brazil

Littler on 1/7/2020

Provisional Measure # 905 (“PM”), published on November 12, 2019, establishes a new type of labor relationship in Brazil. The PM aims to reduce the alarmingly high unemployment rate affecting younger workers in the country,...more

California Legislative Update: Heading Into The 2016 Session's Final Month

Littler on 7/27/2016

The California Legislature will return from its July recess on August 1, and will devote that month to final consideration of legislation for 2016. The session has entered a somewhat anticlimactic stage for employment...more

Putative Class Members Not Lovin’ It – Court Denies Conditional Certification of Supersized McDonald’s FLSA Class of More Than...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 9/24/2014

McDonald’s, the fast food giant known for supersizing its orders, avoided conditional certification of an FLSA collective action this week based on the “very large” size of the putative class. The Eastern District of Michigan...more

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