5th Circ. Panel Blushes At Starbucks Worker's Snapchat Notes

A Fifth Circuit panel pressed the National Labor Relations Board to explain why Starbucks lacks the ability to fire a union organizer who used excessively colorful language in private messages to co-workers, saying Monday the language used would "make any of us blush."

6th Circ. Says High Court Ruling Buoys Bias Suit Against GM

The Sixth Circuit reinstated a male General Motors worker's sex bias suit claiming he got harsher discipline than a female colleague, ruling Monday that his case needs a second look after the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standards for discrimination cases brought by workers in majority groups.

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What To Know About NJ's Family Leave Expansion

A recent update to New Jersey’s family leave law brings more workers under its coverage and therefore means a big shift for employers, Jackson Lewis PC principal David Islinger said. Islinger spoke with Law360 about the New Jersey Family Leave Act amendments.

Expert Analysis

Justices' BDO Denial May Allow For Increased Auditor Liability

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The Supreme Court's recent denial of certiorari in BDO v. New England Carpenters could lead to more actions filed ... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: January Lessons

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In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five rulings from October ... (more story)

What US Cos. Must Know To Comply With Italy's AI Law

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Italy's newly effective artificial intelligence law means U.S. companies operating in Italy or serving Italian cus... (more story)

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5th Circ. Enforces NLRB Order Against NYC Janitorial Co.

A Fifth Circuit panel has enforced a National Labor Relations Board order requiring a New York City janitorial contractor to rehire a longtime cleaner, saying the board reasonably linked the cleaner's 2020 fir... (more story)

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

What happened to a GOP donor's $250,000 Swiss watch? Can cigarette warnings show jarring medical images? Will a circuit split of "far-reaching importance" for arbitration get even wider? That's a taste of the ... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Says Mass. Hospital Illegally Banned Union Reps

A Massachusetts hospital violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing a policy regarding when a nurse's union could access the facility and banning union representatives from the hospital, a National La... (more story)

Custodians Tell NJ Justices COVID Law Doesn't Preempt CBA

School custodians urged the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate an award of extra money for their in-person work during the pandemic, arguing an arbitrator had a reasonably plausible interpretation... (more story)

DC Airports Not Using Project Labor Agreements, Unions Say

Construction industry unions have accused the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority of refusing to comply with a resolution requiring project labor agreements on construction projects worth $35 million or... (more story)

Teamsters Look To Ax Kraft Heinz's Challenge To Grievance

Kraft Heinz shouldn't be allowed to scuttle a benefits fight by arguing that it should have been routed through the company healthcare plan's dispute resolution process, a Teamsters local told a Delaware feder... (more story)

NLRB Defends Starbucks Threat Findings At 9th Circ.

Starbucks can't challenge a new restriction on employer speech that the National Labor Relations Board set out in a decision knocking the company's response to a Seattle union drive because the board only appl... (more story)

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Clorox Settles Male Worker's Gender Bias Suit On Eve Of Trial

Clorox has settled a gender discrimination suit from a former employee who claimed he was fired because the company wanted more women managers, right before the case was set to go to trial and just under a yea... (more story)

Calif. Justices Revive 'Unreadable' Arbitration Agreement Suit

In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court clarified on Monday that courts must "closely scrutinize the terms of difficult-to-read contracts for unfairness or one-sidedness," but the "illegibility" — font... (more story)

Rows of dozens of clear medicine bottles with white and blue labels that read COVID-19 VACCINE are lined up behind a silver statue of Lady Justice who is blindfolded, holding up the scales of justice in one hand and a sword pointing downward in the other
8th Circ. Rejects Minn. Health Worker's COVID-19 Suit

The Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that the Minnesota Department of Human Services didn't illegally fail to exempt a Catholic employee from mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated individuals, saying t... (more story)

Curaleaf Can't Ditch All Ill. Whistleblower Act Claims

An Illinois magistrate judge on Monday mostly denied a bid from Curaleaf Inc. to throw out a former regional director's Illinois Whistleblower Act claims, saying the complaint is sufficient to allege that he w... (more story)

EEOC Calls School Board's Bias Probe Challenge Premature

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a New Mexico federal judge to toss a school board's challenge to an agency investigation into alleged hiring discrimination against Native Americans, argu... (more story)

Philly Art Museum Wins Bid To Arbitrate CEO's Firing Suit

Former Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Alexandra "Sasha" Suda's lawsuit against the museum alleging that a "corrupt faction" in its leadership forced her out of her position must be handled in arbitration, a ci... (more story)

Worker Fired After Bias Claim Should Get $5M, Jury Says

A Utah federal jury awarded a former human resources worker $5 million in her retaliation suit claiming a hospice provider fired her as punishment for lodging an age and gender bias charge with the U.S. Equal ... (more story)

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Colo. Music Venue Failed To Pay Full Wages, Ex-Worker Says

A live music venue in Denver failed to pay workers for all hours worked, misclassified them as independent contractors and retaliated against a worker for complaining about unpaid wages, according to a potenti... (more story)

Ill. Judge OKs $3.3M Deal In Mariano's Managers' OT Suit

An Illinois federal judge has approved a $3.3 million settlement resolving a lawsuit by current and former supermarket meat, bakery and deli managers who alleged Kroger subsidiary Mariano's falsely claimed the... (more story)

Bikini Barista Boss Says Wash. AG Defamed Him In Wage Suit

The owner of Seattle-area Paradise Espresso stands slammed the Washington State Office of the Attorney General on Monday for filing a wage theft and employment discrimination lawsuit "containing known falsehoo... (more story)

NYC Delivery Laws Will Stay In Place During Instacart Appeal

Instacart won't be able to block New York City's laws for app-based delivery workers instituting a new minimum wage, tipping options and disclosure requirements while it challenges a federal court's order, a N... (more story)

Solar Lender Deducted OT From Commissions, Suit Says

A sustainable energy financing company unlawfully deducted overtime from loan officers' commissions, stiffing them on their full pay, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in California federal court.

Worker Claims Univ. Of Colorado Health Underpaid Wages

University of Colorado Health routinely shortchanged its hourly employees of wages under the healthcare system's rounding policy, a former UC Health worker alleged in a proposed collective and class action in ... (more story)

Fed. Circ. Revives IHS Nurse's COVID Overtime Case

A former nurse for the Indian Health Service adequately supported her claims that she's owed wages for work she performed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Circuit ruled, tossing the C... (more story)