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Ex-Workers Want Firm Sanctioned For Unpaid Arbitration Fees

Former employees of a New Jersey personal injury law firm have asked a state court to revive claims in two complaints, one alleging discrimination and the other asserting that the firm owes overtime pay, arguing the firm should be sanctioned for missing payments that led to arbitration proceedings being terminated.

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Labor Board's Majority May Rethink Recognition Bar

The National Labor Relations Board's Republican members on Thursday signaled interest in rethinking a policy that bars elections to replace unions for up to a year after employers begin bargaining with unions they voluntarily recognize.

4th Circ. Gives Black Worker New Shot At Retaliation Claim

A split Fourth Circuit panel revived a retaliation claim Thursday from a Black recycling plant worker who said he was fired for calling out racial discrimination, ruling a trial court was too quick to accept his ex-employer's assertion that unruly conduct was what cost him his job.

Expert Analysis

Trending Legal Implications Of Employee Influencer Programs

Keri Bruce and Mark Goldstein

Employee-generated content is rapidly becoming a popular marketing strategy, as illustrated by Starbucks' new TikT... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Shifting Workplace Violence Responses

Dawn Solowey, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Adam Young

Amid recent threats of violence against artificial intelligence company executives and Jewish-owned businesses, em... (more story)

Limiting Employer Risk If Calif. Case Upends Time Rounding

Jacqueline Crispino

The California Supreme Court's holdings in recent years suggest that it may tighten the rules for — or even elimin... (more story)

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Worker Says GM Can't Escape FMLA, Bias Claims

A General Motors assembly plant worker who alleges the company repeatedly disciplined her for taking disability-related medical leave has urged a Tennessee federal court to reject GM's bid to dismiss her case,... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: SEIU Local, UAW Local In Probation Dispute

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on respective arbitration and dismissal bids in a dispute involving a United Auto Workers local and a Service Employees International Union local. Here's... (more story)

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Hospital Can't Undo Union Election Agreement, NLRB Says

A National Labor Relations Board panel on Thursday denied a Michigan hospital's bid to review a regional official's decision certifying a union's election win, rejecting the hospital's argument that the offici... (more story)

Hospital Owed Bargaining Over Uniforms, NLRB Judge Says

A New York City hospital violated federal labor law by imposing a branded-uniform policy without bargaining with its nurses' union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the dress code change wa... (more story)

Dispensary Operator Must Arbitrate Firing Claims, Union Says

A United Food and Commercial Workers local has asked a Nevada federal court to force a cannabis dispensary operator to arbitrate grievances challenging the terminations of two workers, arguing that the operato... (more story)

CFPB Brass Accused Of 'Sham' Probe Of Union Leader

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is conducting a "sham" investigation into an employee who is active in the staff's union, the union's president said, taking the agency's new leader to task for its pro... (more story)

UFCW Urges Court To Halt Kroger NLRB Election Bid

A United Food and Commercial Workers local asked a Maryland federal court to compel Kroger to withdraw a representation election petition it filed with the National Labor Relations Board, arguing that the groc... (more story)

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Ex-Marathon Worker Says AI Caught Her Bosses' Gender Bias

A Marathon Engineering environmental scientist has sued her former employer in New Jersey state court, alleging she was fired due to her gender, after an AI assistant that recorded her termination meeting sent... (more story)

EEOC Weekly Recap: Advocates Rally Behind Data Surveys

Advocates for both employers and workers pressed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to retain a long-standing data collection program at a public hearing, the day before the agency filed a new su... (more story)

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Simi Valley To Pay $230K To End Calif. Watchdog's Bias Probe

The California Civil Rights Department said the city of Simi Valley will pay $230,000 to resolve allegations that a manager punished an employee for reporting sexual harassment and refused her request for a mo... (more story)

EEOC Aims To Shut Down Trans Ex-Director's Bias Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a California judge to toss a transgender former agency director's suit claiming the EEOC's reduction of LGBTQ protections caused him so much distress he w... (more story)

Law Student's Race Bias Claim Survives In Kirk Discipline Suit

A Texas federal judge on Friday allowed a former Texas Tech law student to proceed with her claim that the university board was discriminatory in disciplining her over comments she made allegedly celebrating t... (more story)

Construction Co. Escapes EEOC Retaliation Suit

A Tennessee federal judge tossed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a construction firm penalized a female worker who opposed on-the-job sex bias, ruling that the case falls apart bec... (more story)

9th Circ. Says U. Of Wash. Is Immune From Vax Firing Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel declined on Thursday to reinstate former University of Washington employees' claims that they were wrongfully fired after refusing the COVID-19 vaccination on religious grounds, concludin... (more story)

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$900M Va. Resort Contractors Face Wage Theft Class Action

Carpenters building Kalahari Resorts' $900 million resort in Virginia are accusing general contractor Hensel Phelps and its subcontractor of misclassifying workers as independent contractors and stiffing them ... (more story)

Texas EMS Provider Misused Fluctuating Pay, Suit Says

A Texas emergency services provider shorted paramedics and other nonexempt workers on overtime by improperly using a fluctuating-workweek pay method and excluding bonuses and stipends from their regular rates,... (more story)

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DOL To Pay Atty Fees To End Demographic Data Fight

The U.S. Department of Labor will pay $225,000 in attorney fees and costs to end a news organization's suit over access to federal contractors' workforce diversity reports, after the Ninth Circuit affirmed an ... (more story)

Manufacturer Owes OT For Time Putting On Gear, Suit Says

An advanced materials maker failed to pay workers for time spent putting on and removing required protective gear, walking to and from work areas and showering after their shifts, a former worker for the compa... (more story)

Katz Banks Adds Partner From Sanford Heisler In DC

Katz Banks Kumin LLP has bolstered its ranks in the nation's capital by adding a former co-managing partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP's Washington, D.C., office, bringing on a lawyer whose experien... (more story)

John Deere Workers Fight Bid To Toss Severance Claims

Former John Deere workers urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to preserve proposed class claims alleging the company manipulated performance ratings to reduce severance payouts, arguing its severance prog... (more story)

Walgreens Faces Pregnancy Bias Suits From 2 Ex-Workers

Two former Walgreens corporate employees sued the pharmacy chain in Illinois federal court, alleging the company fired them both on the same day while they were on approved family leave, targeting them because... (more story)