December 09, 2015
The biggest labor and employment rulings in 2015 show that federal agencies and courts continue to grapple with the employer-employee relationship, a tension attorneys say will only continue as modern advances alter how we view work.
September 25, 2015
The International Franchise Association on Friday lost its bid for a preliminary injunction to push back the date Seattle will start requiring franchisees to pay a $15 minimum wage, after the Ninth Circuit ruled the organization's reasons for putting franchisees on a slower track were not convincing.
June 03, 2015
The International Franchise Association Inc. has urged the Ninth Circuit to direct a trial court to issue a preliminary injunction pushing back the date on which Seattle will require franchisees to pay a $15 minimum wage, calling the city's wage ordinance discriminatory and unconstitutional.
May 26, 2015
Seattle's ordinance that increases the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour does not violate the dormant Commerce Clause or the Washington Constitution, the state's attorney general's office told the Ninth Circuit on Friday in the International Franchise Association's appeal of a decision against stalling the law.