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Home Contractor Inks $70K Deal To End EEOC Race Bias Suit

A home contractor business has agreed to pay $70,000 to close a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired a Black employee out of retaliation after he complained that his coworkers called him racial slurs on the job.

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'Contracts Of Employment' Next Arbitration Exemption Battle

Employers facing wage claims have been arguing that a federal arbitration exemption does not apply because workers did not have “contracts of employment,” an emerging issue that recently came up during oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case exploring a related question. Here, Law360 takes a look at the issue.

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Legal Aid Org. Defeats Ex-Atty's Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

The Legal Aid Society defeated a Black former staff attorney's lawsuit claiming she was fired for complaining that white colleagues disrespected and sidelined Black employees, with a New York federal judge saying Tuesday that her allegations were too flimsy to stay in court.

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Motorola Case Shows Reach Of NLRA Dishonesty Protections

Gabriel Trujillo-Lederer, Patrick Muldowney and Christian White

A recent National Labor Relations Board case, involving a Motorola employee who was terminated for lying about dis... (more story)

Spotlight On Legal Battles Over EEOC Subpoena Powers

Jonathan Meer and Angela Sekerka

Attorneys at Wilson Elser consider the spate of litigation over the past year, spurred by the Equal Employment Opp... (more story)

NFL Hiring Bias Ruling Signals Trend Away From Arbitration

Masood Ali

A New York federal court's recent decision in Flores v. NFL, declining to compel arbitration in a class action all... (more story)

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Worker's Layoff Tip Was Protected, NLRB Prosecutors Say

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors urged an agency judge to find that a software maker illegally fired a worker for sharing a rumor about impending layoffs, saying his message was protected in itself a... (more story)

Amazon Says SF Facility Changes Weren't Union-Driven

Amazon has urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to toss allegations that it increased upper management presence at a San Francisco warehouse after the workers began organizing with the Teamsters, argui... (more story)

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DOL, HHS Must Face Unions' Claims In DOGE Data Suit

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services must continue facing claims that they illegally gave Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to employee records, as a D.C. federal ju... (more story)

SEIU Arbitration Suit Strains Order, Hospital Says

A Service Employees International Union unit is stretching an arbitrator's finding that a hospital unfairly punished a worker who tested positive for cannabis use by seeking to restrict drug tests going forwar... (more story)

Calif. Cargo Workers Are Supervisors, NLRB Official Says

A group of workers at a California container shipping company can't vote on representation by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled Tuesday, finding t... (more story)

Teamsters Deal Covering 17K At Bus Co. Averts Strike

The Teamsters union reached a tentative agreement with school bus operator First Student Inc., the union announced Tuesday, avoiding a nationwide strike that would have involved thousands of school bus employe... (more story)

Nurses Union Can't Force Arbitration, Mich. Hospital Says

A Michigan hospital has urged a federal court to toss a lawsuit alleging it is refusing to arbitrate claims that it removed more than $500,000 in retirement health account credits owed to registered nurses, ar... (more story)

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Attys Suing NBA's Suns Sanctioned For Fake Case Citations

An Arizona federal judge has sanctioned two attorneys mounting a workplace harassment and discrimination suit against the NBA's Phoenix Suns, slamming the lawyers for using artificial intelligence to cite fake... (more story)

DHL Axed Worker Over Sickle Cell Disease, EEOC Says

DHL violated federal disability bias law by firing an employee who asked for a work assignment that wouldn't exacerbate her sickle cell disease, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Georgia federal court.

Fast Food Co. Scolded For Anonymity Challenge In EEOC Suit

A Kansas federal judge denied a Burger King franchisee's bid to unveil the name of a minor who said she was sexually abused by her manager in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission harassment case, cal... (more story)

Dunkin' Stores Kept Disabled Staff Off Job, EEOC Says

Fifteen Dunkin' franchisees and their management company have been hit with a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint claiming employees with medical conditions or disabilities are forced to tak... (more story)

Delivery Co. Forced Christian To Work Sundays, EEOC Says

A mail delivery contractor forced a Christian driver to quit by failing to find someone else to take on a weekend delivery route that conflicted with his Sunday church services, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... (more story)

Card Room Co.'s Absence Policy Flouted PWFA, EEOC Says

A Florida poker room operator flouted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by enforcing a rigid attendance policy that pushed female staff who needed time off for pregnancy-related reasons out of their jobs, the ... (more story)

Medical Center Ousted Worker Over Leg Injury, EEOC Says

A New Mexico medical center illegally fired an employee after failing to find her a new role that would have better accommodated her leg injury that caused lasting damage, according to a suit the U.S. Equal Em... (more story)

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NJ Hospital Workers Win Collective Cert. In OT, Break Suit

A New Jersey healthcare network must face overtime claims on a collective basis, a federal judge ruled, saying a former employee adequately backed up allegations that the network had companywide policies under... (more story)

Amazon Beats NY Warehouse Workers' Screening Time Suit

A New York federal court has tossed wage claims brought by Amazon warehouse workers who alleged they were not paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings before and after their shifts, finding... (more story)

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4th Circ. Revives Va. Worker's OT Retaliation Suit

A worker's suit accusing a production supervisor at a packaging company of firing him after he reported violations for unpaid overtime should have stayed alive, the Fourth Circuit ruled, saying a Virginia fede... (more story)

Wage Class Attys Get $254K Fee For Post, Smucker's Deal

A Pennsylvania federal judge has signed off on a just over $254,000 fee request for Winebrake & Santillo LLC attorneys representing employees of Post Consumer Brands LLC and The J.M. Smucker Co. who alleged th... (more story)

Salvation Army Enrollees Not Employees, Ill. Court Says

A Salvation Army rehabilitation program's participants are not employees despite working at least 40 hours per week supporting its thrift stores, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding they did not expect to... (more story)

Defunct Pizza Shop Beats Driver's OT Suit

A Connecticut federal judge has tossed a former pizza delivery driver's suit claiming he worked 100-hour workweeks without overtime, saying the worker didn't show that the now-defunct pizzeria he worked for wa... (more story)

Wash. Gov. Signs 2 Employment Bills For Immigrant Workers

Two new Washington laws aim to protect immigrants in the workplace, including by requiring employers to notify workers of upcoming immigration enforcement activity and by allowing state government workers to d... (more story)