Expert Analysis

Employer Tips To Prepare For Va. Family And Medical Leave

With Virginia's paid family and medical leave insurance program taking effect in two years, employers should devel... (more story)

Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting ... (more story)

New Connecticut Law On Employers' AI Use Is Inventive

A recently passed Connecticut law regulating the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions innovates ... (more story)

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House Proposes Cutting Nearly $100M From NLRB Budget

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.

Colo. Health Center Must Bargain With Union, NLRB Says

A group of Colorado nonprofit health centers violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a physicians union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, rejecting the employer's claims that it didn't ... (more story)

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Trump Signs Order Stripping 'Policy' Employee Protections

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order stripping certain federal employees of their job protections in the culmination of a project he began in his first term.

Fla. Public Employers Can Close Arb. Hearings, Court Says

Public-sector employers in Florida don't have to let people observe arbitration hearings in labor-management disputes, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a trial court's finding that state law ... (more story)

OPM Relaxes Remote Work Guidance For World Cup

The Trump administration told federal agencies that employees based in 11 cities hosting World Cup matches should be allowed to work remotely during the international soccer tournament, easing restrictive guid... (more story)

DOL Drops Suit Over NJ Union Election Candidacy Rules

The U.S. Department of Labor has dropped its lawsuit accusing a New Jersey-based union local of holding an unfair leadership election that disqualified candidates who failed to attend a specific union meeting ... (more story)

Texas Hotel Co. Claims Pre-Vote Threat Justifies Union Ouster

A Texas hotel operator is fighting its workers' unionization in court, asking the Fifth Circuit to undo the National Labor Relations Board's October 2024 certification of a UNITE HERE local on the grounds that... (more story)

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Tech Co. Settles Fired Worker's Sex Harassment Suit

An ultrasonic technology company has agreed to settle a former employee's suit claiming she was fired after she rejected her boss's ongoing romantic advances and began looking into legal action against him, ac... (more story)

Maynard Nexsen Grows Dallas Roster With 4 Atty Additions

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)

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EEOC Cancels Public Meeting On Biden-Era Enforcement Plan

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission canceled a public meeting scheduled for Thursday morning during which commissioners were set to vote on replacing a five-year enforcement playbook the agency ap... (more story)

Amazon Denied Medical Accomodation, Ex-In House Atty Says

A former in-house attorney for Amazon Web Services Inc. is accusing the company of failing to accommodate unpredictable flare-ups of her autoimmune disorder, claiming in a Washington state lawsuit that manager... (more story)

11th Circ. Revives Cop's Military Service Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit reopened a lawsuit alleging that a Florida city police officer was harassed and demoted because he took time off for military service, holding that the trial court needed to take a closer ... (more story)

Education Advocacy Groups Settle Ex-Director's Bias Suit

A group of Democratic educational advocacy organizations settled claims that they fired their former Massachusetts director after she complained about a new CEO's treatment of women and outreach to conservative groups.

EEOC Sues Health System Over Female Van Driver's Firing

A Maryland healthcare system discriminated against a female driver by firing her after a wheelchair-bound nursing home resident fell from her transport van, whereas a male van driver was not disciplined after ... (more story)

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Georgia-Pacific Improperly Calculates Overtime, Suit Says

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)

Call Center Worker's Va. Wage Claim Axed For FLSA Overlap

A Massachusetts federal judge tossed a call center worker's Virginia overtime claim against a home security company, finding the state law at issue merely repackages rights already protected by federal law.

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3rd Circ. Nixes DOL's $35.8M Nursing Home Wage Win

Federal wage law doesn't allow workers to recover pay for nonovertime hours during weeks when they logged more than 40 hours, the Third Circuit held Wednesday as a matter of first impression, partially undoing... (more story)

The Plaintiffs Atty Now 5-0 At High Court With No Dissents

It's true that Jennifer Bennett is undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's also an understatement. Bennett's five wins, including two recent ones, were all unanimous decisions. They showed that the plai... (more story)

Treatment Providers Can't DQ Participants' Atty In Wage Suit

Several Texas-based addiction recovery program operators cannot remove a worker's attorney from a proposed wage class action over his prior involvement with the programs, a federal judge found, saying the oper... (more story)

Ariz. Judge Sends Cracker Barrel Wage Claims To Mass.

An Arizona federal judge sent out-of-state Cracker Barrel workers' wage claims to Massachusetts federal court, finding the claims should be transferred, not dismissed, after a Ninth Circuit ruling left the Ari... (more story)

NC Corrections Dept. Loses Bid For Immediate Pay Appeal

North Carolina's corrections department cannot skip ahead to an appellate court to challenge a ruling that found correctional officers must be paid for all time spent inside prison facilities, a federal judge ... (more story)