The Supreme Court of Canada agreed on Wednesday to hear an appeal concerning the rights of Native Americans with US citizenship north of the border. Richard Desautel, the plaintiff in this case, is a US citizen and member of the Lakes tribe of the Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington state. Desautel was charged with hunting [...]

Judge Gregory Woods of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down a narrowing of the standard of “joint employer” by the Department of Labor (DOL) this Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by the attorneys general of 17 states and Washington, DC, who argued that the narrowing of the standard [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday exempting two dozen professions from last year’s historic rewrite of California employment law that limited use of independent contractors. The amendments to last year’s bill, effective immediately, include exemptions for artists, promoters and distributers of sound recordings, and cosmetologists. These exemptions fall into the state’s ongoing effort [...]