A Colorado federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pressed frivolous allegations that an appliance retailer unlawfully failed to accommodate a worker's long COVID-19, potentially putting the EEOC on the hook for all the business' attorney fees.
Workday won't be required to hand over bias-testing data in a suit claiming the company's artificial intelligence-powered software unlawfully discriminated against job applicants, after a California federal judge ruled that the information is protected by attorney-client privilege.
Federal appeals courts have split on the legality of the National Labor Relations Board's 2022 precedent change expanding the payments it will order employers to make to victims of unfair labor practices, though it is unclear whether the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in before the board's Republican majority reverses the change.