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9th Circ. Revives Aya Health Arbitrations In Nurses' Wage Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday reversed a district court ruling that voided arbitration agreements between Aya Healthcare Services Inc. and more than 250 employees, ruling that the lower court erred when it used the individual findings of two arbitrators to nix the agreements entirely.

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NLRB Says Amazon Dodged Bargaining, Lining Up Court Fight

Amazon violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a union that won a landmark representation election at a Staten Island warehouse, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday, setting up the company to challenge the union's certification in federal court.

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Fruits Of UPenn's Resistance Seen At Margins Of EEOC Win

While the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's victory in a contentious subpoena battle with the University of Pennsylvania affirmed the agency's expansive investigative authority, attorneys said a close read of Tuesday's decision also showed the value of pushing back on EEOC information bids.

Expert Analysis

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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Union, Employer Group Beat NJ Contractor's Benefits Suit

A union and a contractors association have beaten back allegations that they coerce employers into making excessive contributions to a union benefit fund, with a New Jersey federal judge tossing a proposed cla... (more story)

U. Of Chicago Grad Union Gets Antisemitism Suit Tossed

An Illinois federal judge tossed a nonprofit's lawsuit claiming that University of Chicago graduate students were forced to pay fees to a union that the organization said was antisemitic, finding the disputed ... (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)

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)

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)

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Tech Co. To Pay $495K To Resolve EEOC Nationality Bias Suit

The U.S. arm of a global technology company will pay $495,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to hire an Indian job applicant in his 60s because of his age ... (more story)

County Worker's Sex Bias Suit Lacks Evidence, 2nd Circ. Says

The Second Circuit backed the dismissal of a former New York county worker's sex bias suit claiming she was fired by her male boss out of gender discrimination, ruling that her case lacks evidence that prejudi... (more story)

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)

Novo Nordisk Unit Says Ex-Exec's Poor Work Dooms Bias Suit

By the time she was fired, a finance director of Novo Nordisk unit NNE Inc. had been falling short of company expectations while the pharmaceutical giant was preparing to get a multibillion-dollar drug facilit... (more story)

Emory, Falcons Escape Ex-Team Doc's Race Bias Suit

Emory Healthcare and the Atlanta Falcons defeated a Black doctor's lawsuit claiming he was denied leadership opportunities and then abruptly fired as the NFL team's head doctor, with a Georgia federal judge ru... (more story)

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.

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Adult Performers, Cos. Seek Wins In Misclassification Suit

Adult-content performers and a streaming platform's operators filed dueling bids for quick wins in their dispute over the workers' classification, as the performers insisted to a Connecticut federal court that... (more story)

Musk, X Settle Former Twitter Workers' Severance Suit

X Corp. and Elon Musk have agreed to settle claims by a group of six former Twitter employees that they were falsely promised severance benefits in connection with Musk's acquisition of the social media company.

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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)

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)

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)