The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Georgia federal judge to force a Hyundai subsidiary to fully comply with an agency subpoena related to its probe into allegations that the company showed unlawful preference to Korean workers, arguing the company's incomplete responses have hamstrung the investigation.
Two ex-executives at a wellness beverage company can proceed with wage claims in their suit alleging the company stopped paying their salaries before firing them, with a New York federal judge finding they may have lost their wage-law exemption when their pay fell to zero.
A law taking effect in Connecticut next week regarding tipped wages for cannabis employees comes as those workers' tips are often a focus of lawsuits, which attorneys attributed to the industry's rapid growth and regulatory quirks.