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4 Tips For Cos. That Want To Call Workers Back To The Office

Companies that want to increase in-person attendance for their employees must navigate a legal landscape different from the one that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic normalized remote work, experts say. Here are four things that businesses that want to promote in-person or hybrid work need to consider.

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Wage-Hour Tips For When Employees Have Side Hustles

Employers should have clear timekeeping policies but avoid jumping to conclusions when employees work side jobs, especially as states add moonlighting protections and workers sue under those laws, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores what employers should keep in mind.

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NLRB Poised For Quick Action With New Republican Member

The National Labor Relations Board is prepared to shift federal labor law in an employer-friendly direction with the Senate's confirmation of a third Republican member Friday, and former board members said the cemented majority could be well-positioned to revisit precedent quickly.

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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)

Justices' FTC Ruling Weakens Qui Tam's Constitutional Base

Daniel Passeser

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

Kevin Koronka, Catarina Colón and Sarah Vincent

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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9th Circ. Backs City Of Tacoma In Pension Liability Rate Fight

A Ninth Circuit panel sided with the city of Tacoma, Washington, in a pension fund dispute Monday, holding that a lower court correctly upheld an arbitrator's reassessment of the city's liability after it with... (more story)

Clinics' Suit Over Fund Use Ballot Measure Gets Tossed

A California federal judge tossed a suit that federally designated community health clinics filed to block the placement of an expenditure transparency reporting initiative on the November ballot, saying the c... (more story)

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Split NLRB OKs Arbitration Deal With Labor Carveout

Employers may bar workers from bringing employment claims outside of arbitration if their agreements explicitly carve out labor claims, the National Labor Relations Board said Monday in a divided decision reso... (more story)

NLRB Asks 1st Circ. To OK Norris-LaGuardia Injunction Denial

A Puerto Rico federal judge correctly tossed a hospital's bid to block a National Labor Relations Board case on constitutional grounds, the agency argued, telling the First Circuit that the judge properly held... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs Unions In Members' Race Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit upheld a win Monday for a pipe fitters union in a lawsuit alleging it routinely passing over Black journeyman pipe fitters for work assignments in favor of white workers, finding the claim... (more story)

DOJ Loses Suit Over Minn. Program For Black Male Teachers

A Minneapolis public school district has beaten the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to a program aimed at attracting Black male teachers, with a Michigan federal judge saying Monday that the discriminat... (more story)

3rd Circ. Shuts Down Driver's CBS, Teamsters Retaliation Suit

The Third Circuit declined Monday to reinstate a driver's suit claiming he was blocked from working on CBS film sets out of age bias and for complaining that Teamsters leaders were handing jobs to their friend... (more story)

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Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court

The Ninth Circuit's rejection of a spa's religious objections to serving transgender customers is incompatible with several major precedents, according to a U.S. Supreme Court petition filed Monday in litigati... (more story)

CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal

A California federal court rejected a bid Monday from Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, for a stay in CoStar's copyright case while CREXi looks to undo the disqualification of its attorneys from ... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Revives Ex-Roosevelt Island CEO's Termination Suit

The Second Circuit reopened a former Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. CEO's lawsuit alleging she was publicly accused of racially and sexually inappropriate behavior after being fired for raising public safety... (more story)

Conn. Town Wins Cop's Medical Marijuana, Discrimination Suit

A Connecticut town has prevailed against a former police officer's discrimination claims tied to a training injury, comments by colleagues, a pension application and subsequent medical marijuana use, with a st... (more story)

NJ Public Defender Atty Says Demotion Was Due To Age, Race

A former deputy in charge of a regional New Jersey public defender office has filed an age and race discrimination lawsuit, alleging she was demoted and received a pay cut at the direction of the state's top p... (more story)

Gates Manager Fired After His Bias, Safety Reports, Suit Says

Power transmission belts manufacturer Gates Corp. unlawfully fired a regional health and safety manager after he escalated concerns about regulatory violations, environmental compliance and the disparate treat... (more story)

11th Circ. Affirms Ga. University System's Win In Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a win for the University System of Georgia in a disability discrimination case brought by a former respiratory therapy student who alleged he was improperly found to be en... (more story)

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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)

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Judge Certifies Military Class In Delta Pilots' Leave Suit

Delta pilots who alleged that the airline failed to pay them for short-term military absences secured class certification in Georgia federal court, with a judge finding the core question of whether the airline... (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)

Production Co. Fired Exec Over Pay Demands, Suit Says

A media production company and its president misclassified an executive as an independent contractor, denied her overtime pay and fired her after she pressed for compensation she was owed, she said in a suit f... (more story)

Cable Techs Must Arbitrate Comcast Misclassification Suit

Cable technicians who say that Comcast and several other companies have been misclassifying them as independent contractors to deny them job protections will have to arbitrate their claims, a Virginia federal court has ruled.

Engineer Says Unsigned Contract Bars Oil Co. Arbitration

A former worker of an oilfield services company told a Colorado federal judge that the company can't compel arbitration on his Fair Labor Standards Act and North Dakota wage law claims because the company isn'... (more story)