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What Employers Should Know About New Wash. WARN Act

Washington state's Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act will soon require 60 days'... (more story)

Collective Cert. In Age Bias Suit Shows AI Hiring Tool Scrutiny

Following a California federal court's ruling in Mobley v. Workday, which appears to be the first in the country t... (more story)

Age Bias Suit Against Aircraft Co. Offers Lessons For Layoffs

In Raymond v. Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, an aircraft maker's former employees recently dismissed their remaining... (more story)

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Kevin Costner Sued By Stuntwoman Over Ad Hoc Rape Scene

Kevin Costner and the producers of the American West film series "Horizon" were sued in California state court by a stunt double who alleged she had to perform an impromptu, unscripted violent rape scene witho... (more story)

Leaders Of SEIU Local Challenge Suspension Amid Audit

Two longtime members of a Service Employees International Union affiliate who served in leadership posts accused their union of unlawfully suspending them and imposing a gag order about their discipline, telli... (more story)

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Starbucks Pans NLRB Threat Findings In 9th Circ. Challenge

The National Labor Relations Board "thumb[ed] its nose" at employers' speech rights by ruling that Starbucks threatened workers and using the case to reverse precedent letting employers opine that a union woul... (more story)

IUOE Ex-Leader Pardoned In DOL Disclosure Case, Attys Say

President Donald Trump has pardoned a former International Union of Operating Engineers president who was facing the prospect of six months in prison for accepting free sports tickets without disclosing their ... (more story)

Calif. Nonprofit Lawfully Fired SEIU Backer, NLRB Judge Says

A social services nonprofit in California was within its rights to fire an employee who supported organizing efforts with a Service Employees International Union local, a National Labor Relations Board judge r... (more story)

1st Circ. Axes NLRB's Northeastern Police Bargaining Order

The First Circuit quashed a National Labor Relations Board decision ordering Northeastern University in Boston to negotiate with a union representing campus police department employees, determining the board s... (more story)

Judge Says Kaiser, UFCW Staffing Fight Belongs In Arbitration

A United Food and Commercial Workers local and a Colorado healthcare group affiliated with Kaiser Permanente must resolve their understaffing dispute in arbitration, a Colorado federal judge ruled Tuesday, say... (more story)

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Flamin' Hot Cheetos Defamation Suit Snuffed Out, For Now

A California federal judge Wednesday granted Frito-Lay Inc.'s motion to strike a former employee's discrimination and defamation suit claiming he invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos and had his livelihood destroyed w... (more story)

EEOC Settles Suit Claiming Worker Lost Job Over Egg Allergy

A pediatric healthcare system has agreed to pay a job applicant $50,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit filed in Georgia federal court, claiming it yanked a job offer over her egg al... (more story)

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1st Circ. Sinks Overseas Worker's Bias Suit Against US Co.

The First Circuit backed a logistics company's win in a former Hong Kong-based account manager's suit claiming he was unlawfully fired over false accusations of sexual harassment, saying he'd failed to show th... (more story)

Ex-Worker Claims NJ Law Firm Fired Her Over Maternity Leave

A former human resources manager at a New Jersey employment law firm alleged she was fired in retaliation for taking maternity leave less than one month before she was to return to work and due to receive a bonus payment.

Ex-Texas Solicitor General Accused Of Harassment In Suit

A new lawsuit from a onetime executive assistant at Stone Hilton PLLC alleges various forms of misconduct at the firm and claims that one of its founders resigned from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's offic... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs White Bus Driver's Win In Race Bias Trial

The Sixth Circuit upheld a trial victory for a white bus driver who claimed Detroit's transit system promoted less-qualified Black workers over her out of racial bias, finding there was enough evidence of raci... (more story)

2nd Circ. Revives Girl Scouts Race Bias Claim, Rejects Others

The Second Circuit on Tuesday declined to revive claims from former officers for a New York Girl Scouts chapter who said they suffered retaliation after complaining that the group misused pandemic relief loans... (more story)

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Flooring Co. Faces Trafficking, Forced Labor Suit In Ga.

An Oregon-based flooring manufacturer has been sued in Georgia federal court by a group of Chinese nationals who allege they were brought to the U.S. to work at a flooring manufacturing facility in Cartersvill... (more story)

DOJ Says Justices' Ruling Backs Nursing Exec's Conviction

The U.S. Department of Justice is pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to bolster its fight against a new trial being sought by a convicted Nevada nursing home executive, saying that the new high cou... (more story)

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NJ Firm Loses Bid To Toss Worker's Wage Suit

A New Jersey personal injury law firm will not be able to escape a former employee's lawsuit alleging she was paid less than men and harassed while pregnant, a state court judge ruled, saying that she fulfille... (more story)

Fla. Ambulance Co. Must Make Missed Payments In OT Deal

An ambulance service will have to shell out the remaining $42,500 it owes to a group of emergency medical technicians and paramedics to settle their overtime after having missed payment deadlines several times... (more story)

Vail Ski Instructors Can't Expand Collective In Wage Suit

Snow sport instructors cannot revisit previous court orders denying class treatment in their wage and hour lawsuit against Vail Resorts, a Colorado federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the case will proceed i... (more story)

University Of Utah Claims Immunity From Boot-Up Pay Suit

The University of Utah is an arm of the state and is therefore shielded against a proposed class and collective action accusing it of failing to pay customer service workers for the time they spent booting up ... (more story)

Miner's OT Suit Stays Alive On Joint-Employment Grounds

A coal miner claiming unpaid wages failed to show how a mining company directly employed him, but supported his allegations that the entity could have jointly employed him with a subsidiary, a West Virginia fe... (more story)