Trump Labor Department Rescinds Biden-Era Overtime Expansion

The US Labor Department is rescinding a 2024 rule that sought to expand overtime eligibility for millions of workers. The rescission, published in the federal register Thursday, formalizes the administration’s move …

The Federal Anti-Trafficking Statute Can Deliver Civil Remedies for U.S. Workers

Twenty-five years ago, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581 et seq., as a criminal statute prohibiting forced labor, slavery, peonage, or indentured servitude, as …

Partisan Lines Emerge as Circuit Courts Tackle NLRB’s Power

Federal appeals courts are assessing the viability of one of the NLRB’s most effective tools to protect workers’ rights in the aftermath of a US Supreme Court decision that dialed …

Employers Should Choose a Lane

mazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island are caught in a labor-law no-man’s land. Amazon has challenged the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in federal court, …

Volkswagen Opens Door to Challenging NLRB Regional Directors

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. expanded the courtroom attack on the National Labor Relations Board’s constitutionality, newly targeting officials who are critical to the agency’s administration and enforcement of workers’ …

California appeals court jettisons Blue Origin arbitration agreement

The California Court of Appeals has shot down an arbitration clause used in space technology company Blue Origin’s employee contracts, halting its efforts to force a harassment complaint out of …

California: Garment Labels Liable for Wages

“GARMENT WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2022 may collect their wages, not merely from the production facility that employs them, but alternatively from the garment labels and some retailers for whom …

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Trump tariff threats should spur UK to ban forced labor, say Labour MPs

Keir Starmer’s government needs to ban forced labor from nations like China as a probe of U.K. supply chains by the Trump administration threatens new tariffs, senior Labour lawmakers told …

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Lawyers urge federal ban on U.S. forced labour imports, cars built by prisoners

Human rights lawyers are calling on Ottawa to ban American imports that stem from forced labour linked to automotive firms using prisoner work in Alabama, under the same law meant …

Labor Department Proposal Makes It Easier for Firms to Avoid Liability for Contract Workers

Businesses can more easily avoid liability for overtime, minimum wage and other employment law violations alleged by their contract employees under a Department of Labor proposal announced this week. https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/04/24/labor-department-proposal-makes-it-easier-for-firms-to-avoid-liability-for-contract-workers/?slreturn=20260501041021