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BREAKING: EEOC Takes Key Step Toward Scrapping Workforce Data Reports

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Tuesday to publish a proposal to abandon decades-old requirements that employers report their workplace demographics, moving a step closer to rescinding the disclosure mandates. 

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New York NLRB Trigger Law Struck Down By Federal Judge

A New York federal judge on Monday made permanent his temporary block on a 2025 New York law empowering state enforcers to act for the National Labor Relations Board when it can't, declining to second-guess U.S. Supreme Court precedent barring states from stepping on the board's ground.

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Aramark Must Face Seattle Worker's Wage Class Claims

A Washington federal judge has allowed most of a campus food-service worker's wage and hour claims to proceed, finding the worker adequately pleaded violations of state meal and rest break laws and willful withholding of wages.

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Remote Work Rulings Show ADA Fights Hinge On Process

Paul Sweeney

Two opposite outcomes in recent Fifth Circuit and D.C. federal court cases underscore that the legality of denying... (more story)

Labor Contract Bill Would Introduce Sweeping Risks For Cos.

Haley Crum, Catherine Burgett and Richard Cleary

The House-approved Faster Labor Contracts Act would force rapid first-contract bargaining, subject businesses to b... (more story)

How Litigants Are Testing Conversion Therapy Ruling's Scope

Anwar Graves, Lauren Weinstein and Simon Hedlin

Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutin... (more story)

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Michigan Says Airline Sick Leave Suit Lacks Factual Basis

Susan Corbin, director of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, says the state's Earned Sick Time Act does not interfere with airline operations and urged a Michigan federal judge to dismiss... (more story)

Pension Guarantor Proposes Rule On Disclosure Penalties

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. proposed a rule Monday on monetary penalties for failures to provide information on single-employer and multiemployer benefit plans that clarifies how plan sponsors can lower... (more story)

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UC Doctors Push To Unionize Over Workload, Safety Concerns

Almost 10,000 attending doctors working for the University of California health system are joining a Service Employees International Union affiliate, the union announced in a statement Monday.

7th Circ. Backs Arbitrator's Finding That Ill. Hotel Flouted CBA

A Chicago hotel can't duck an arbitrator's finding that it needed to employ union workers while operating as a migrant shelter, a Seventh Circuit panel ruled, rejecting the hotel's argument that the arbitratio... (more story)

CWA Says Microsoft Gutted Game Unions Without Negotiating

The Communications Workers of America has accused Microsoft of including more than 400 unionized video game studio employees in recent mass layoffs without negotiating and urged the National Labor Relations Bo... (more story)

4 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2026

New limits on the ability to challenge patents tied to when they were issued, the invalidity standards for antibody patents and the test for design patent infringement are all at issue in cases patent attorney... (more story)

Another NYC Public Defense Union Sets Strike Deadline

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union became the latest New York City-area legal aid union to set a strike deadline this week, announcing Monday that its over 230 members will walk off the job if t... (more story)

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Plumbing Co. Illegally Fired Pregnant Worker, EEOC Alleges

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Georgia plumbing company, claiming it unlawfully fired an employee for taking too much time off work for pregnancy-related symptoms and medical appointments.

EEOC Defends Subpoenas In Suit Over NM Native Bias Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a New Mexico school board hasn't explained why it failed to exhaust administrative remedies to challenge the agency's subpoenas seeking employment and appl... (more story)

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EEOC Says Restaurant Ignored 'Egregious' Racial Harassment

A South Dakota chicken restaurant failed to take action when a Black employee complained that a supervisor had used racial slurs, made sexual comments and threatened to kill her, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppo... (more story)

Ex-Worker, Ga. Property Manager End ADA Suit Over Firing

A property management firm and a former employee who accused it of discrimination have reached an agreement to end the ex-worker's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit, according to paperwork filed Monday i... (more story)

Littler Adds Ex-EEOC Litigator To Chicago Office

Littler Mendelson PC has added a former Jackson Lewis PC attorney with two decades of experience as a litigator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a shareholder in its Chicago office, the ... (more story)

Lowe's Fired Finance Director For DEI Advocacy, NC Suit Says

A former finance director for Lowe's who is Hispanic was criticized by management and ultimately fired in retaliation for advocating for the promotion and hiring of more Hispanic and Latino employees, accordin... (more story)

Alleged Anti-Gay Remarks Sink Ex-Chipotle Worker's Bias Suit

An Alabama federal judge tossed a Black Chipotle manager's suit alleging she was fired for complaining that her boss favored Hispanics, ruling she failed to overcome the restaurant chain's position that she wa... (more story)

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BofA Agrees To Pay $4.3M To Settle Unused Vacation Pay Suit

Bank of America agreed to a $4.3 million deal to end claims that it didn't pay out unused vacation time for thousands of workers, though the settlement hit a minor setback when a federal judge ruled the plaint... (more story)

Denver Strip Club Says Officer's Suit Taints Labor Appeal

A Denver strip club Friday asked a state court judge to prohibit a Denver Labor hearing officer from presiding over its appeal challenging $14 million in fines stemming from wage theft allegations, claiming th... (more story)

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Firm Fired Paralegal After Wage Complaints, Suit Says

A former medical malpractice paralegal accused a personal injury law firm and three attorneys in New York federal court of failing to pay overtime, alleging the firm gave her $600 cash after she complained abo... (more story)

Oilfield Services Co. Says OT Suit Must Be Arbitrated

An oilfield services company urged a Colorado federal judge to compel arbitration of a proposed class and collective action alleging unpaid overtime, arguing the former worker behind the suit agreed to arbitra... (more story)

Workers Say They Opted Out Of Wayne-Sanderson Deals

Poultry plant workers looking to bring claims in state court over an alleged scheme to suppress wages told a Maryland federal court they opted out of nearly $70 million in settlements struck with Wayne-Sanderson.

Ex-Worker Says CSX Can't Avoid FMLA Trial

A former CSX Transportation Inc. conductor has urged a Florida federal court to let his medical leave retaliation claims go to a jury, saying the company's investigation into his alleged misuse of approved lea... (more story)

Colo. Corrections Dept. Settles OT Pay Suit

A Colorado state corrections agency and a group of criminal investigators who accused it of failing to pay them for time spent on call have reached a settlement in principle in federal court, ending a lawsuit ... (more story)