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Limiting Employer Risk If Calif. Case Upends Time Rounding

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

Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base

The U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Trump v. Slaughter, expanding presidential control over those exercising execu... (more story)

EEOC Bias Guidance Rollback Doesn't Negate Employer Risks

Despite the U.S. Department of Justice recently challenging Title VII's disparate impact provisions and the U.S. E... (more story)

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Split 11th Circ. Upholds FRA's Train Crew Size Rule

A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person train crew rule, saying the agency reasonably justified the safety rationale for the rule and rejecting the r... (more story)

UPS Says Driver's Colo. Sick Leave Claim Is Moot After Pay

UPS has told a Colorado federal judge that the driver pursuing a proposed class action over paid-sick-leave violations can't win his bid for partial summary judgment because he isn't owed any money for sick le... (more story)

Amazon Says NLRB Botched Analysis In NY Election Row

Amazon urged the Fifth Circuit to set aside a union's 2022 representation election win at a Staten Island warehouse, arguing that activists repeatedly pushed the envelope during the campaign and that the Natio... (more story)

Pot Law Labor Deal Requirement Is Preempted, NJ Judge Says

A New Jersey law requiring cannabis operators in the state to enter into labor peace agreements with labor unions in order to secure a license is preempted by federal labor law, a federal judge has ruled, prov... (more story)

CSX Settles FMLA Retaliation Suit Over Holiday Leave

CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle a suit from three workers who claimed they were illegally suspended or fired after they were falsely accused of misusing medical leave to take holidays off, accordi... (more story)

Denver Firefighters Sue To Block $389K Union Dues Claim

A Colorado firefighters union is refusing to recognize a Denver local's disaffiliation from the state union and is asking for over $388,000 in dues the local doesn't owe, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

Stericycle Says NLRB Agent Wrongly Set Union Vote By Mail

A union representation election at a medical waste disposal company's Kent, Washington, facility should take place in person, the company told the National Labor Relations Board, asking it to undo a regional d... (more story)

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Tractor Trailer Maker Settles EEOC's First PWFA Suit

A tractor trailer manufacturer struck a $50,000 deal to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it wouldn't let a pregnant assembly-line worker transfer to a safer position, an agr... (more story)

Ogletree Says Equinox Owes $1.4M In Unpaid Legal Bills

Ogletree said Monday that fitness company Equinox owes nearly $1.4 million in fees and expenses for the firm's work representing it in an employment matter in Los Angeles, according to a complaint filed in Cal... (more story)

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Vassar College To Pay $5M To End Profs' Gender Pay Gap Suit

Vassar College has struck a $5 million deal to end a suit by a group of female professors who alleged that the institution systematically underpaid and under-promoted women, despite them performing as well as ... (more story)

Red States Back DA's Office In High Court Bias Carveout Fight

A group of mostly Republican state attorneys general backed a Georgia prosecutor's office, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a former aide's argument she wasn't covered by a Title VII exemption for the p... (more story)

Meta Fights Ex-Workers' Rehire Bid In Suit Alleging AI Bias

A group of former Meta employees who claim they were included in a round of layoffs because an artificial intelligence tool and didn't factor their disability accommodations or protected leave into a productiv... (more story)

EEOC Urges 9th Circ. To Back Broader Retaliation Standard

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has told the Ninth Circuit it should undo the dismissal of a fired Southwest Airlines worker's retaliation suit alleging he was sacked for complaining that a co... (more story)

Ex-Wells Fargo VP Says Bias, Retaliation Forced Exit

A senior vice president at Wells Fargo told a North Carolina federal judge he was forced out of his position following biased evaluations and comments from his supervisor about his age, disability and the race... (more story)

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NYC Fights Gig Cos.' Bids To Halt Pay Laws At 2nd Circ.

New York City urged the Second Circuit to uphold rulings rejecting requests by DoorDash, Uber and Instacart to temporarily block gig-worker tipping and pay laws, arguing DoorDash and Uber are dressing up a pol... (more story)

OpenAI Employment Counsel Rejoins Munger Tolles

An employment lawyer with OpenAI has rejoined Munger Tolles & Olson as of counsel in its Los Angeles office after a year with the tech company.

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Calif. AG, Agency Say Religious Orgs. Can Face Wage Claims

A legal doctrine that is meant to protect religious organizations' faith-based decision-making from courts does not exempt such organizations from wage and hour laws, the California attorney general and the st... (more story)

Elevance Nurses Seek Final OK Of $14.75M OT Settlement

Nurses who accused a major health insurer of misclassifying them as exempt from overtime pay have asked a Virginia federal court for final approval of a $14.75 million global settlement resolving five related ... (more story)

Costco Can't Shake Wash. Workers' Moonlighting Class Action

More than 26,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. workers have beaten back the company's bid for an early win in their Washington state court moonlighting class action, though a judge also denied the workers' own push f... (more story)

Insurer Must Defend Education Fund In Termination Dispute

An insurer must defend and indemnify a plumbers' union-backed education fund accused of retaliating against a member who claimed he was wrongfully terminated after submitting a request for paternity leave, a N... (more story)

BNSF Changed Weekend Travel Pay, Teamsters Unit Says

BNSF Railway violated the terms of its collective bargaining agreements with a Teamsters unit by unilaterally changing the way it calculated weekend travel allowances for employees, the union alleged in a comp... (more story)