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Flashpoints In Focus: Shifting Workplace Violence Responses

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

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)

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Labor Groups Sue Ed. Dept. Over Student Loan Access Cuts

The AFL-CIO and several unions have filed a complaint in D.C. federal court challenging new federal student loan caps in a U.S. Department of Education rule that narrows the definition for "professional studen... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says Ransomware Attack Can't Justify Info Delay

A Michigan hospital can't use a ransomware attack to justify taking 15 weeks to give a union the benefits information it requested, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday, dinging the hospital ... (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)

Allegheny DA Says County, Union Usurped His Firing Power

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala has filed suit against the county and the union representing his office's employees, claiming they are usurping his power under state law an... (more story)

Dialysis Co.'s Appeal Came Too Late, NLRB Tells 5th Circ.

The National Labor Relations Board correctly tossed a dialysis center network's late appeal of a ruling, the agency told the Fifth Circuit, saying Satellite Healthcare Inc. didn't meet the standard for showing... (more story)

Hospital Fights NLRB's Overtime Change Ruling At DC Circ.

A Puerto Rico hospital urged the D.C. Circuit to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's finding that it unlawfully changed how it assigns overtime without bargaining with its employees' union, arguing t... (more story)

DOL Backs Off Job Corps Shutdowns To End Students' Suit

The U.S. Department of Labor has agreed to rescind its decision to shutter 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide to settle a suit brought by students who challenged the closures in D.C. federal court.

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11th Circ. Reopens ADA Suit Against Florida Fire Department

An Eleventh Circuit panel has revived a former Florida fire department employee's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against his ex-employer, saying a reasonable jury could find that the department caused... (more story)

NJ Vets Org. Hit With Suit Alleging Harassment, Underpayment

Three former bartenders at a New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars post have sued the organization and its commander in federal court, alleging they were paid below the minimum wage while being subjected to year... (more story)

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Nike Can't Cut Retaliation Claim From Overpayment Dispute

Nike can't erase a Hispanic former employee's retaliation counterclaim from its lawsuit alleging he refused to return a mistakenly awarded bonus, a Maryland federal judge ruled Wednesday, keeping alive the wor... (more story)

Former Philly DA Attorney Accuses City Of Race, Age Bias

A former assistant chief of the diversion unit at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is suing the city and some of its leaders in Pennsylvania federal court for race discrimination, retaliation and ot... (more story)

Mich. Panel Backs TV Station In Reporter's Sex Bias Suit

A former WXYZ reporter lost her sex discrimination suit when a Michigan state appeals court ruled the Detroit station had legitimate reasons for paying a male reporter more and that comments about her "distrac... (more story)

Justices To Hear Ex-Fulton County DA Aide's Bias Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for a former Fulton County District Attorney's Office aide's appeal seeking to revive her pregnancy discrimination claim against her employer.

Auto Supplier Fired Worker Over FMLA Leave, Suit Says

An international automotive supplier fired a lab technician for taking leave to care for her mother and shorted hourly workers for off-the-clock work, according to a proposed collective action filed in Michigan federal court.

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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)

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)

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NY Steakhouse Fights Sanctions Bid In Wage Deal

A steakhouse operator urged a New York federal judge to deny workers' bid for sanctions, arguing it complied with an order on who belonged on the class list and corrected disputed hours and contact information.

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)

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)

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)

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.