With 87% of companies already tracking employee wellness data and AI layoffs creating desperate workers, this dystopian ...

Employers can take a variety of proactive steps to protect themselves from meal and break time violations, writes attorney Jonathan Fraser Light. Human resources managers’ eyes may glaze over when ...

A now-closed nursing home has agreed to pay $380,000 to settle allegations it deducted pay from workers’ paychecks for meal breaks even when officials knew employees routinely worked through them. The ...

Amid the pandemic, the widespread closures of offices spurred a new era of remote working. That, of course, came with its fair share of changes. Telework suddenly became the new norm. Same with casual ...

On September 30, 2024, the Washington State Court of Appeals (Division I) issued a new opinion, Androckitis v. Virginia Mason Medical Center, 556 P.3d 714 (2024), addressing the appropriate penalties ...

Question: Some of my employees regularly waive their 30-minute meal breaks so they can leave earlier. We normally ask these employees to sign a meal period waiver for each shift for record-keeping ...

Minnesota law now mandates paid 15-minute rest breaks every four hours worked. Employees are entitled to at least a 30-minute meal break for shifts of six hours or more. Employers may face ...

Lunch breaks have been part of American workers' lives for nearly a century. It's just a time to eat for some, while others use it to get some much-needed time to themselves. But, not everyone is ...

The January 1, 2026, changes to Minnesota’s meal and rest break laws require employers to provide fifteen-minute breaks and a thirty-minute meal break depending on hours worked. However, the vague ...