Expert Analysis

How Litigants Are Testing Conversion Therapy Ruling's Scope

Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutin... (more story)

How Justices' TPS Ruling Affects Workforce Planning

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protect... (more story)

What To Know Before Justices Rule In Title IX Employee Case

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Title IX protections extend to employees alleging sex discrimin... (more story)

Labor More

3rd Circ. Restores Award In Worker Suspension Row

The Third Circuit has vacated a district court's voidance of an arbitration award ordering a nonprofit organization to pay a reinstated employee for the overtime shifts she missed while suspended, ruling the d... (more story)

NLRB Member Calls For Expediting Blocking Charges

The National Labor Relations Board stood by a regional official's decision to pause a push to dissolve a Starbucks bargaining unit amid claims the company's alleged disregard for the union sapped workers' free... (more story)

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NLRB Wants Briefs On Reach Of Hospital Unit Rules

The National Labor Relations Board panel on Wednesday put out the call for stakeholder feedback on the application of its rules for bargaining unit makeup in acute care hospitals to proposed bargaining units t... (more story)

Nursing Home Illegally Fired Workers, NLRB Judge Says

A Michigan nursing home operator violated federal labor law by telling two workers not to talk about their pay and firing them after they threatened to take their complaints to the National Labor Relations Boa... (more story)

USPTO Decries Arbitrator's 'Extreme' Mgmt Rights Threat

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has pushed back on an arbitrator holding that the agency violated union agreements when ending telework arrangements, saying the arbitrator ignored management rights provis... (more story)

BOP Retaliated Against Local Union Leader, Suit Claims

The American Federation of Government Employees is accusing the Federal Bureau of Prisons of unlawfully suspending the leader of a local affiliate for speaking to the press about the government shutdown and th... (more story)

Writers Guild Joins Fray Against Paramount-Warner Merger

The Writers Guild of America's East and West branches piled Tuesday against Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a California federal court complaint adding buy-s... (more story)

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EEOC To Shift Publication Of FEPA Lists To Public Website

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission unveiled a final rule Wednesday that will tweak the method for publicizing its list of recognized state and municipal antidiscrimination enforcement agencies by... (more story)

Basketball Hall Of Fame Denies Bias Claim In Hiring Decision

The Basketball Hall of Fame denied Wednesday that it had unlawfully passed over a female applicant for a marketing executive position in favor of less qualified male candidates, telling a Massachusetts federal... (more story)

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9th Circ. Kicks EEOC Suit Over Pain Meds Back To Trial

The Ninth Circuit breathed new life into a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing a financial services company of unlawfully rejecting an applicant because she took pain medication, find... (more story)

Sports Bar Calls Ex-Manager's $431K Atty Fee Bid Gratuitous

A North Carolina sports bar urged a federal court to slash a former manager's bid for nearly $431,000 in attorney fees following her jury win on a claim that the restaurant's owner sexually harassed her, argui... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs Whole Foods In Pregnancy Bias Dispute

The Fifth Circuit upheld Whole Foods' win in a former bakery manager's pregnancy discrimination suit, finding she failed to show the grocer's explanation for firing her over a discounted baby shower purchase w... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs DHS' Victory In Fired Officer's Age Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit declined to revive an ex-security officer's bias suit alleging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found him unfit for duty due to his age, ruling his case lacks evidence that prejudic... (more story)

Northwestern Prof Alleges Pro-Palestinian Stand Cost Tenure

Northwestern University denied tenure for a journalism professor and set him up for termination because he spoke openly about his support for Palestinians and blocked police from clearing a student encampment ... (more story)

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Northrop Grumman Denied Calif. Workers Full Pay, Suit Says

Northrop Grumman shorted California workers by rounding recorded time, automatically deducting 30-minute meal periods and requiring off-the-clock work, according to a proposed class action and California's Pri... (more story)

Retail Worker Says Anthropologie Shaved Time Records

Retail clothing company Anthropologie has directed store managers to systematically alter employee time records in an electronic timekeeping system to reduce recorded work hours and avoid paying overtime, a fo... (more story)

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Golden Nugget Casino Seeks To Tap Out Of Wage Suit

Atlantic City's Golden Nugget casino moved Wednesday to cash out of a table game dealer's proposed class action alleging its tip pool practices and mandatory rest period policy violated federal and state wage ... (more story)

Meta Employees Say AI-Tainted Layoffs Should Be Blocked

Over two dozen Meta employees accused the tech giant of unlawfully picking them to be laid off using artificial intelligence tools that penalized people who took protected leave or received workplace accommoda... (more story)

Paul Hastings Hires McKinsey Vet To Drive AI Push

An artificial intelligence executive with more than two decades of experience at McKinsey was named the new chief innovation officer at Paul Hastings LLP on Monday.

PetSmart Hit With Wage Suit By Colo. Pet Care Workers

Four former pet care employees have sued PetSmart in Colorado state court alleging the company denied them meal breaks and rest periods, failed to pay them for off-the-clock work and improperly calculated their overtime pay.

EEOC Sets Meeting On Worker Demographic Reporting Repeal

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday that it will convene in a week to consider its plan to scuttle its decades-old requirements mandating that certain employers report their work... (more story)