Expert Analysis

7 Ways Va. Employers Can Prep For New Noncompete Limits

As of July 1, Virginia noncompete agreements with employees fired without "cause" must provide "severance benefits... (more story)

Employer Tips To Prepare For Va. Family And Medical Leave

With Virginia's paid family and medical leave insurance program taking effect in two years, employers should devel... (more story)

Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting ... (more story)

Labor More

NLRB Attys Defend Letting Amazon Settle Joint Employer Row

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors are defending their decision to let Amazon settle out of a case that could have led to it being forced to recognize a delivery drivers union, fighting the Teamsters' ... (more story)

Safeway Sues to Undo Teamster Local's Driver Mileage Win

Safeway Inc. has urged a Washington federal court to vacate an arbitration award finding the grocery store chain violated its collective bargaining agreement with a Teamsters local by unilaterally changing its... (more story)

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Trump Signs Order Stripping 'Policy' Employee Protections

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order stripping certain federal employees of their job protections in the culmination of a project he began in his first term.

Aluminum Co. Illegally Fired Union Worker, NLRB Judge Says

An Indianapolis aluminum plant violated federal labor law by firing a newly hired fabricator for approaching his co-workers about the possibility of unionizing, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, sa... (more story)

USW Drops Saint-Gobain Retiree Healthcare Change Suit

The United Steelworkers union has dropped its lawsuit over materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain's changes to union retirees' healthcare plans, less than a week after losing a bid for a preliminary injunction an... (more story)

Ore. Hospital Illegally Refused To Bargain, NLRB Says

An Oregon hospital violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a nurses union, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, rejecting the hospital's argument that the union had been wrongly certifi... (more story)

House Proposes Cutting Nearly $100M From NLRB Budget

U.S. House of Representatives appropriators on Thursday floated a bill that would cut the National Labor Relations Board's budget by nearly a third to $200 million and force the shrinking agency to shed more jobs.

Discrimination More

Worker Accuses Hormel Of Discriminatory, Retaliatory Firing

A Black payroll specialist at a Hormel Foods Corp. plant in Georgia has accused the food company of firing her two days before Christmas because of her race and age, and in retaliation for raising concerns abo... (more story)

Total Wine Operator Says Pay Transparency Class Is 'Ruinous'

A Total Wine & More operator urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to deny class certification in a pay transparency suit, warning that certifying a class of up to 20,000 job applicants would be "ruinous" ... (more story)

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6th Circ. Won't Revive Worker's ADA Suit Against AT&T Unit

The Sixth Circuit on Thursday backed a Michigan AT&T subsidiary's win in a disability bias suit from a former employee who claimed she was penalized for working remotely during her pregnancy, ruling the mistre... (more story)

Ex-Detroit News Anchor Files Sex Bias Claims Against Fox

Former Fox 2 Detroit news anchor Taryn Asher is accusing her ex-employer of sex discrimination and retaliation, alleging in a Michigan federal lawsuit that her male co-worker got prime assignments, interviews ... (more story)

Georgia Fed. Judge Facing Impeachment Threat, New DQ Bid

A Georgia federal judge reportedly disciplined for having sexual intercourse in her chambers and attending a political event is facing renewed pressure, as a former UPS employee seeks her disqualification from... (more story)

Trucking Co. Will Pay $4.5M To End Applicant's Race Bias Suit

A trucking company has reached a $4.5 million deal to resolve a lawsuit in which a Black applicant who said the company walked back a job offer because of his race scored a $3.4 million jury award in 2023, acc... (more story)

DOJ Attys Launch Disability Suit Over Telework Revocation

Two federal immigration attorney-advisers have filed a proposed class action accusing the U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review of violating the Rehabilitation Act by denying the... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Jacksons Food Stores Hit With Wash. Wage Class Action

Jacksons Food Stores Inc. pushed workers in Washington state to delay their legally mandated meal and rest breaks, cut them short or skip them entirely in order to complete their assigned job duties, a former ... (more story)

High Court Ruling Backs OT Exemption Win, Distributor Says

A food service distributor told the Ninth Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate can qualify for a federal arbitration... (more story)

House GOP Bill Would Cut DOL Funding, Eliminate OFCCP

The House Appropriations Committee introduced a funding bill Thursday that would cut the U.S. Department of Labor's budget by nearly $4 billion, including a decrease in the Wage and Hour Division's budget and ... (more story)

Maynard Nexsen Grows Dallas Roster With 4 Atty Additions

Maynard Nexsen PC has bulked up in Dallas with a new shareholder and of counsel who joined from Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, an associate who arrived from Winstead PC and an associate who has relocated from the fir... (more story)

Georgia-Pacific Improperly Calculates Overtime, Suit Says

Paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific shorted hourly workers on overtime by failing to include performance pay and other nondiscretionary compensation in their regular rate of pay, a forklif... (more story)

Call Center Worker's Va. Wage Claim Axed For FLSA Overlap

A Massachusetts federal judge tossed a call center worker's Virginia overtime claim against a home security company, finding the state law at issue merely repackages rights already protected by federal law.

The Plaintiffs Atty Now 5-0 At High Court With No Dissents

It's true that Jennifer Bennett is undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's also an understatement. Bennett's five wins, including two recent ones, were all unanimous decisions. They showed that the plai... (more story)