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Rulings Offer Lessons On Credible Workplace Investigations

Three recent rulings illustrate that while internal investigations are a critical tool for managing workplace risk... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Navigating EEOC's Religious Bias Push

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has placed a heightened focus on religious accommodation requests... (more story)

What Mass. Ruling Clarifies About Whistleblower Protections

A Massachusetts appellate court's recent decision in Galvin v. Roxbury Community College, finding that an employee... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Orders AV Co. To Bargain With Union

An audiovisual technology company must bargain with an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees local after its misconduct during a union campaign to organize its audiovisual technicians in Jersey ... (more story)

5 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In May

HP, Siemens and Honeywell will defend victories in 401(k) forfeiture suits at the Ninth and Third circuits, while union pensioners will battle over life insurance and early retirement benefits at the Tenth and... (more story)

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Hospital Isn't Doctors' Joint Employer, NLRB Says In Reversal

A Washington hospital operator does not jointly employ doctors and other staff of a hospital services provider, the National Labor Relations Board said Thursday, reversing a regional official's ruling and call... (more story)

NLRB Asks To Move Amazon Union Vote Fight To 2nd Circ.

Amazon's challenge to a union representation election at one of its Staten Island warehouses should move forward at the federal appellate courthouse in New York City, not New Orleans, National Labor Relations ... (more story)

Calif. Sued Over Ballot Measure For Health Clinic Fund Use

Federally designated community health clinics that serve vulnerable populations sued the California secretary of state and a union to keep an initiative off the November 2026 ballot that would control their bu... (more story)

NLRB Says Orchestra Didn't Dodge Union On Wage Rates

The National Labor Relations Board has partially reversed an agency judge's decision finding that three Texas symphony orchestras unlawfully bypassed a union to negotiate with employees on wages, finding that ... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: $50M Google Race Bias Deal Back At Court

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a final approval hearing on a $50 million deal to resolve a race discrimination suit against Google. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment mat... (more story)

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Netflix Looks To Push Disability Bias Suit To Arbitration

A former Netflix engineer should have to arbitrate her lawsuit alleging she was fired for taking medical leave to address her mental health conditions, the streaming giant told a Georgia federal court, arguing... (more story)

4 Argument Sessions Bias Attys Should Watch In May

The full Fifth Circuit will consider whether the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was validly enacted, the D.C. Circuit will hear the Trump administration's bid to reinstate diversity-focused executive orders tar... (more story)

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Jury Awards Ex-Wayfair Manager $4.7M In Retaliation Suit

A former Wayfair manager should get nearly $4.7 million on her claims that she was placed on a performance improvement plan and ultimately fired because she complained about supervisors' age bias and took seve... (more story)

Ex-Staffer Says 50 Cent Pushed Her To Frame Bodyguard

Rapper 50 Cent has been hit with a lawsuit in Georgia federal court by a former executive at his companies, claiming that he threatened and harassed her after she refused to file a police report accusing a bod... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Social Worker Test Bias Case

This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a proposed class action accusing a social worker accreditation nonprofit of violating federal civil rights law by designing a test that disproporti... (more story)

Pilot Says Age Bias, Taunts Led To Forced Exit From Frontier

A pilot claimed that Frontier Airlines discriminated against him during training because of his age, prohibiting him from taking part in certain training programs and making jokes about his age in violation of... (more story)

'Christian Witch' Says Jenner & Block Must Face Vax Bias Suit

A former Jenner & Block LLP employee told an Illinois federal judge that she didn't need to disclose that she's a "Christian witch" in order to seek an exemption to the law firm's COVID-19 vaccine requirement,... (more story)

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NC Statehouse Catch-Up: Data Centers, AI, School Funding

North Carolina lawmakers are several weeks into their 2026 "short session," and already they are taking big, multi-bill swings at data centers, public-facing energy costs and artificial intelligence. They also... (more story)

Waitress Sues Md. Casino Over Confiscated $76K Tip

A Maryland casino waitress sued her employer after two managers allegedly forced her to surrender a $76,000 tip that a winning baccarat player had placed in her hands and repeatedly confirmed was hers to keep.

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Streamers Say They're Not Like App Dog Walkers In Pay Suit

Performers for an adult livestream platform urged a Connecticut federal judge Friday to reject the platform operators' reliance on a ruling that found a dog-walking app was not a service provider with employee... (more story)

TD Bank Says 'Call Ready' Policy Didn't Force OT

TD Bank asked a New Jersey federal court to toss a proposed collective action over its "call ready" policy, arguing the former call center worker who brought the suit failed to identify any workweek in which u... (more story)

Colo. Bistro Accused Of Illegal Tip Pool, Retaliation

A Colorado restaurant operated an unlawful tip pool that shortchanged employees and retaliated against a server who complained to the U.S. Department of Labor, the worker said in a suit filed in federal court.

NY Judge Confirms Hotel Union's $1.1M Award In Wage Fight

The operators of a New York City hotel must pay a roughly $1.1 million arbitration award in a wage and benefit dispute with a hotel workers union, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

LA County Stiffed Child Welfare Workers' OT, Suit Says

Los Angeles County knowingly required child welfare workers to perform unpaid overtime to manage workloads that could not reasonably be completed within a standard 40-hour workweek, according to a proposed col... (more story)