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The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council has formally adopted a Directive of the EU Parliament, which aims to harmonise the protections available for EU whistleblowers who report breaches of EU law....By: Dentons

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) short- and long-term regulatory agendas remain busy as we close out 2019 and enter 2020. The regulatory agenda is published twice a year and sets forth the Agency’s priorities over the...By: Littler

On Nov. 4, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an amended complaint against Collectors Café and its CEO, Mykalai Kontilai, to add charges against defendants for alleged violations of whistleblower protection laws. According to...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

On 19 November 2019, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) posted a draft of the Interim Measures on Rewards for Complaints Against Significant Illegal Conduct in the Market Regulation Field (“Draft Reward Measures”) on its website...By: Hogan Lovells

It's not what you know – dismissal for whistleblowing despite dismissing manager's belief - In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti the Supreme Court has reinstated a decision that an employee was dismissed because she had blown the whistle, even though the...By: Hogan Lovells

Because who wants a nice quiet December, right? Yesterday, the U.S. opened yet another trade war front by proposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on a wide range of French imports after announcing that “it found France’s newly enacted digital...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

When, if ever, is swearing at your supervisor or coworkers a federally protected activity? The National Labor Relations Board (Board) currently is reconsidering what constitutes protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The government published its Good Work Plan back in December 2018 in response to Matthew Taylor's review of employment practices. The Good Work Plan's stated aims are to provide clarity, ensure fair and decent work and facilitate enforcement....By: Dentons

On November 27, 2019, the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on the implementation of Executive Order 13873 (the EO), "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain." This...By: White & Case LLP

Where a business fails to allege that it was denied the opportunity to investigate certain representations or that it could not have learned the true facts about the representations through reasonable due diligence, its claim that it was fraudulently...By: Womble Bond Dickinson