A federal class-action lawsuit led by a Cleveland County Emergency Services worker would head to trial in November 2024, under a schedule released this week. If successful, current and former employees could collect back pay in the dispute involving overtime.
A federal judge will allow a Cleveland County Emergency Medical Services worker to continue her push for class-action status in her pay dispute with county government. If successful, more than 100 current and former employees could collect back pay.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not use a Cleveland County wage dispute to take on the legal issue of “Skidmore deference.” The court announced Monday that it had rejected a request to hear a case titled Cleveland County v. Conner.
A case involving a local government in North Carolina could help define the federal government's limits.
On Monday, 68 police officers, firefighters and other Raleigh municipal employees filed a lawsuit against the City of Raleigh and Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin over the city’s denial of promotions to those who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine, and their requirement that employees either need to be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. The suit was...
The president's new regulations would cut off an important avenue of advancement in the labor market, especially for workers who are just beginning their careers.
RALEIGH — The unemployment rate in North Carolina and around the country may be flirting with double digits, but that isn’t preventing the U.S. Department of Labor from tight enforcement of employment laws.
There is no legislative magic wand for prosperity. As Walter Williams notes, the minimum wage is “maximum folly.”
In 1914, Henry Ford paid his factory line employees $97.30 per day—in 2005 dollars. The minimum wage is currently an issue in North Carolina, as well as at the national level. Interest in a new federal minimum has little to do with Ford's productivity and tedium argument, however, and there is no legislative magic wand for prosperity.
George Leef accuses liberals of picking on Wal-Mart simply because it is successful.
