Employment Law and Labour Law

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") provides an exemption from its overtime requirements for employees covered by the Motor Carrier Act.

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As of June 1, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received a total of approximately 74,300 H-1B cap filings for employment in FY 2013.

Due to the volatility of the economy and the nature of work, manufacturing companies are prone to highs and lows, which can create operational challenges.

This briefing note outlines the key provisions of the Employment Rights Bill (the Bill), which will introduce far-reaching reforms of employment law in the UK trailed in the Labour Party election manifesto.

As layoff procedures in Poland and Germany are anchored in the same EU Directive, their national regulations are similar in direction, but they still have their own flavor and local specificity.

Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Here are last week's updates.

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In recent years, internal investigations into employee complaints and employee conduct have been on the rise across a variety of industry sectors.

Yes, several laws in the US protect whistleblowers. For example, 31 USC. § 3730(h) of the US False Claims Act ("FCA") provides a cause of action for a whistleblower who is retaliated against because of the whistleblower's efforts to stop a violation of the FCA, a law that applies broadly to companies or individuals that contract with the US government or sell products reimbursed by US government programs.

From a private law perspective, there is no specific law binding companies to protect internal whistleblowers. The LGRA foresees mechanisms to be observed by private parties in implementing self-regulating mechanisms and an integrity program to include a whistleblowing system guaranteeing the protection of its users, for which only indicative guidelines have been developed.