This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a former University of Connecticut professor's lawsuit claiming he was forced out of his job because of his race after the school launched an inves... (more story)

A Rhode Island federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' indefinite hold on processing immigration applications for individuals from the 39 countries on President Donald Tru... (more story)

U.S. House of Representatives appropriators on Thursday floated a bill that would cut the National Labor Relations Board's budget by nearly a third to $200 million and force the shrinking agency to shed more jobs.

In the week ahead, a California federal court will weigh whether to sign off on a $2.4 million deal in a proposed wage and hour class action against a medical clinic. Here's a look at that case and other labor... (more story)

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors are defending their decision to let Amazon settle out of a case that could have led to it being forced to recognize a delivery drivers union, fighting the Teamsters' ... (more story)

Safeway Inc. has urged a Washington federal court to vacate an arbitration award finding the grocery store chain violated its collective bargaining agreement with a Teamsters local by unilaterally changing its... (more story)

An Indianapolis aluminum plant violated federal labor law by firing a newly hired fabricator for approaching his co-workers about the possibility of unionizing, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, sa... (more story)

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP told a Texas federal judge that a Hispanic former employee's race bias suit claiming she was denied promotions and mocked for her accent belongs in arbitration, arguing she is bound ... (more story)

A New York federal magistrate judge recommended tossing a former cancer physician's federal equal pay claim, finding she failed to show that two higher-paid male physicians performed substantially equal work.

The Sixth Circuit backed a Michigan AT&T subsidiary's win in a disability bias suit from a former employee who claimed she was penalized for working remotely during her pregnancy, ruling Thursday that the mist... (more story)

A Georgia federal judge paused a former security company worker's lawsuit alleging she was harassed and ultimately fired because of her pregnancy, saying the court needs time to consider allegations that the c... (more story)

A Louisiana federal judge denied a Coca-Cola bottling business's bid to dismiss or transfer a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired a worker who sought a schedule change to manage... (more story)

The Ninth Circuit will hear from a benefits administrator that claims federal law preempts state-law data breach claims, and Amazon will defend its win in a military leave bias suit at the Second Circuit. Here... (more story)

A project manager sued Oregon-based cannabis software company Dutchie on Thursday in Iowa federal court, saying he was paid less than a less-qualified female colleague and fired just days after complaining abo... (more story)

Jacksons Food Stores Inc. pushed workers in Washington state to delay their legally mandated meal and rest breaks, cut them short or skip them entirely in order to complete their assigned job duties, a former ... (more story)

A Black payroll specialist at a Hormel Foods Corp. plant in Georgia has accused the food company of firing her two days before Christmas because of her race and age, and in retaliation for raising concerns abo... (more story)

The House Appropriations Committee introduced a funding bill Thursday that would cut the U.S. Department of Labor's budget by nearly $4 billion, including a decrease in the Wage and Hour Division's budget and ... (more story)

A Total Wine & More operator urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to deny class certification in a pay transparency suit, warning that certifying a class of up to 20,000 job applicants would be "ruinous" ... (more story)

A food service distributor told the Ninth Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate can qualify for a federal arbitration... (more story)

Maynard Nexsen PC has bulked up in Dallas with a new shareholder and of counsel who joined from Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, an associate who arrived from Winstead PC and an associate who has relocated from the fir... (more story)

Paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific shorted hourly workers on overtime by failing to include performance pay and other nondiscretionary compensation in their regular rate of pay, a forklif... (more story)