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6th Circ. Hints White Worker Lost Chance For Strong Bias Suit

There are strong indicators that the University of Toledo sacked a white human resources employee to shield it from racism allegations, two Sixth Circuit judges agreed Thursday, but they said the evidence is of little use since no race discrimination claim was brought in the case before them.

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: State Debates, DOL Changes

From a look at policy changes at the U.S. Department of Labor to the perils of "bossware," catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour coverage from July.

9th Circ. Tells DOL To Hand Over Workforce Data To Reporters

The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Labor must release federal contractor demographic reports to the Center for Investigative Reporting, backing a lower court's order that the data can't be concealed from the public under the concern that it contains commercial information.

Expert Analysis

Corp. Human Rights Regulatory Landscape Is Fragmented

Leah Malone, Matt Feehily and Emily Holland

Given the complexity of compliance with nations' overlapping human rights laws, multinational companies need to be... (more story)

Justices' Decision Axing Retiree's ADA Claim Offers Clarity

Luke Breslin, Patricia Anderson Pryor and Katharine Weber

The U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Stanley v. City of Sanford that protections under Title I of the Americans wit... (more story)

Texas Med Spas Must Prepare For 2 New State Laws

Brad Cook

Two new laws in Texas — regulating elective intravenous therapy and reforming healthcare noncompetes — mark a pivo... (more story)

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NLRB Atty's Free Speech Suit Sent To Wash. State From DC

A National Labor Relations Board attorney's suit accusing the agency of infringing her First Amendment rights belongs in Washington state, a D.C. federal judge found, transferring the case out of the nation's capital.

Mich. Home Caregivers Ask State Court To Stop Union Vote

Two Michigan laws that classify home caregivers as public employees who can unionize violate the First Amendment, caregivers alleged in a complaint, urging a state court to issue an injunction preventing the c... (more story)

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Full DC Circ. Rejects Rehearing Bid In State Dept. EO Dispute

The full D.C. Circuit on Wednesday chose not to take a second look at a panel ruling that stayed a district court decision blocking the U.S. State Department from implementing President Donald Trump's executiv... (more story)

Rising Star: Proskauer's Rachel Fischer

Proskauer Rose's Rachel Fischer has successfully defended high-profile clients such as Fox News in a former producer's sexual harassment and assault suit and the MLB in an umpire's race discrimination suit, ea... (more story)

6th Circ. Doubts Union Failed Fire Chief Accused Of Threats

A federal appellate panel appeared unlikely based on oral arguments Thursday to revive a suit by a former fire chief at a Michigan paper mill who allegedly threatened coworkers but claimed that the United Stee... (more story)

Kaufman Dolowich Adds Jackson Lewis Employment Pro

Kaufman Dolowich is boosting its labor and employment team, bringing in a Jackson Lewis PC labor attorney as a partner.

MSNBC Technicians Get Green Light For Union Vote

About 160 technicians who produce news programs for MSNBC and NBC News Now in New York City can vote on union representation by the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, a National Labor... (more story)

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Drexel Ordered To Pay $546K In Fees, Costs In Equal Pay Case

A former Drexel University professor found at trial to have been paid less than her male colleagues can recoup nearly $546,000 in attorney fees and costs, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting... (more story)

Honeywell Ex-GC Claims Age Bias Led To Firing At 55

A Honeywell International Inc. former vice president and general counsel accused the Charlotte-based conglomerate of age discrimination, telling a North Carolina federal court that she was fired for turning 55.

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NJ Town Knocks Out Worker's $1.6M Disability Bias Win

A New Jersey appellate court scrapped a $1.6 million verdict Thursday for a township employee who said she was discriminated and retaliated against for taking leave to treat her anxiety, ruling the evidence pr... (more story)

ABA Seeks To Toss Race Bias Suit Over Scholarship Program

The American Bar Association urged an Illinois federal court to throw out a lawsuit from The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleging the association's Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund constitutes race-ba... (more story)

Firefighter Says Military Service Cost Her Pay, Opportunities

The Jersey City, New Jersey, fire department shorted a firefighter on pay and pension benefits while she was out on military leave and deprived her of opportunities upon her return to work, according to a laws... (more story)

Dept. Head Ends Claim Of Being Forced To Work After Injuries

Scientific Systems Company Inc., a Massachusetts-based military contractor, and a former department head have agreed to dismiss a Connecticut federal employment discrimination lawsuit that claimed the company ... (more story)

Clinic Settles EEOC Disability Bias Suit Over Worker's Firing

A pediatric clinic told a Georgia federal judge Thursday that it struck a $70,000 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired an employee because she asked to work remotel... (more story)

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Wyndham Can't Escape Hotel Workers' Labor Trafficking Suit

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. can't get out of a lawsuit alleging that two hotels, in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, forced homeless or desperate people into servitude in exchange for shelter, though ... (more story)

J&J Fired Sales Worker Who Reported Pay Issue, Suit Says

Johnson & Johnson wrongly credited a former executive sales representative's sales to another worker, leading to lost earned commissions, and then fired him once he complained, the former employee said in a su... (more story)

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Agriculture Co. Strikes $2M Deal To End Workers' Wage Suit

An agriculture company agreed to pay $2 million to resolve a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit accusing it of failing to pay warehouse employees for work they perform off the clock and not providing duty-f... (more story)

LA Metro Fails To Pay For Preshift Work, Suit Says

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority requires certain employees to show up to work 15 to 30 minutes before their scheduled shifts but declines to compensate them for this additional wor... (more story)

Judge Presses Both Sides On Denver Wage Ordinance Fight

A Colorado federal judge had a slew of questions Wednesday for attorneys regarding competing motions for dismissal and summary judgment in two employment companies' case against the city and county of Denver a... (more story)

Wash. Lumber Co. Strikes $1.6M Deal To End Wage Case

A Washington state lumber company agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it didn't provide legally required breaks, forced employees to work off the clock and didn't properly pay... (more story)

Gas Co., Fired Exec Agree To End Stock Options Dispute

A former executive agreed to resolve her lawsuit accusing a gas company of refusing to let her exercise millions of dollars' worth of stock options and then firing her for complaining, a filing in Virginia federal court said.