Appeal Gives Trump NLRB Chance To Mull Group Action Lines

A recent appeal of a National Labor Relations Board judge's ruling that federal labor law protected a worker who complained to a co-worker about a colleague's pay could narrow protections for job actions on the legal margins.

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EEOC Suit Against Coke Bottler Illuminates Anti-DEI Strategy

A recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming that a Coca-Cola distributor violated federal law by holding a women-only corporate event sheds light on the agency's strategy for challenging workplace diversity initiatives, and suggests that a broad range of employer programs are under scrutiny, experts said.

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Rulings Could Lead Wage Policy To Court, ABA Panel Says

A trio of U.S. Supreme Court rulings could result in the U.S. Department of Labor's pushing wage and hour policy through litigation rather than rulemaking, attorneys said at an American Bar Association event Friday.

Expert Analysis

Emerging Themes In Post-Groff Accommodation Decisions

Helen Jay

Nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court's seminal decision in Groff v. DeJoy reshaped the legal framework ... (more story)

Del. Dispatch: Workplace Sexual Misconduct Liability In Flux

Gail Weinstein, Philip Richter and Steven Epstein

Following the Delaware Court of Chancery's recent contradictory rulings in sexual misconduct cases involving eXp W... (more story)

NLRB May Not See Employer-Friendly Changes Anytime Soon

Jesse Dill

Despite the long-awaited confirmation of a new National Labor Relations Board general counsel and two new board me... (more story)

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VW Workers OK First Contract At Major Southern Auto Plant

Volkswagen employees have voted to ratify the first labor contract between the automaker and the United Auto Workers covering more than 3,000 workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the union announced.

Striking NY-Presbyterian Nurses Notch New Contract Offer

Striking NewYork-Presbyterian nurses who rejected a contract offer they said lacked safe-staffing guarantees have secured another offer from the hospital containing stronger language on staffing, the nurses' u... (more story)

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NLRB Clears Amazon's Education Offer Amid Labor Concerns

Amazon managers at a Staten Island warehouse didn't place the company on the hook for a labor law violation by reminding the warehouse's staff of improvements to the company's educational-expense reimbursement... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Bakery's Class Cert Challenge

This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether a trial court properly approved opt-in notices for potential members of a federal wage and hour collective action who worked outside the state where the suit was brought.

TV Show Fired Crew To Thwart Unionizing, Judge Says

A TV production company violated federal labor law by firing four employees during filming of a show after it discovered that the workers intended to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.

Alcoa Fights Retirees' Win In Life Insurance Dispute At 7th Circ.

Alcoa USA Corp. is looking to erase its retirees' win in a class action that claimed the aluminum manufacturer illegally cut off their life insurance benefits, telling the Seventh Circuit that the retirees owe... (more story)

NYC Pension Funds Sue AT&T Over Proxy Proposal Exclusion

Several New York City pension funds have sued AT&T over what they say is the illegal exclusion of their shareholder proposal requesting a corporate diversity report from the telecom giant's corporate ballot, f... (more story)

Discrimination More

Ex-Exec Must Arbitrate Claims In CoStar DQ-Embroiled Spat

A California federal judge sent most of a former Matterport executive's harassment and retaliation suit to arbitration, amid a suit that has prompted CoStar's efforts to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sul... (more story)

NYC's Expanded Leave Law Goes Into Effect

Employees in New York City will get an extra, unpaid 32 hours of sick and safe leave every year under an expansion of a city leave law in effect as of Feb. 22.

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EEOC, NC Health Co. Ink $150K Deal To End COVID Vax Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has struck a $150,000 deal with a Raleigh, North Carolina, healthcare provider it accused of illegally firing a remote Christian employee who refused COVID-19 v... (more story)

Court OKs $376K Arb. Victory For Accountant In PWFA Suit

A Texas federal court approved a $376,000 arbitration award for a former community center accounting employee who alleged she was belittled by a supervisor and denied telework as a temporary accommodation foll... (more story)

'Scare Tactics Work' But Hope Persists For Legal Industry DEI

The suspension of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program is the latest indication that political threats against BigLaw are working, as the Trump administration targets DEI programs, observers say. St... (more story)

Lack Of Standing Dooms GardaWorld Health Fees Suit

A North Carolina federal judge on Friday threw out a suit alleging that GardaWorld Cash Service violated federal employment law with surcharges on its employee health plan for those who use tobacco or refused ... (more story)

Former Calif. Judge Seeks To End Sex Assault Case

A former California Superior Court judge facing five criminal counts alleging he sexually assaulted a court staffer and later lied to investigators in an attempt to cover up the encounter and another alleged a... (more story)

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Merck Wants Out Of Ex-Workers' Wage, ADA Suit

Merck urged a North Carolina federal court on Friday to dismiss a former manufacturing facility employee's proposed class and collective action, arguing federal wage law bars his state overtime claim and that ... (more story)

Construction Worker's 65-Hour Weeks Lacked OT, Court Told

A New Jersey construction company and two of its owners systematically failed to pay overtime, regular wages and earned sick leave in violation of state labor laws, a worker has claimed in a complaint filed in state court.

Va. City Fights Fire Chiefs' OT Suit Rehearing Bid At 4th Circ.

The city of Alexandria, Virginia, urged the Fourth Circuit to reject a rehearing bid from fire department battalion chiefs in an overtime dispute, arguing a unanimous panel correctly applied U.S. Supreme Court... (more story)

Biohazard Cleaning Co. Faces Unpaid Overtime Class Action

A Colorado professional biohazard remediation and technical cleaning services business violated federal and state law by failing to pay employees for overtime worked, according to a proposed class and collecti... (more story)

DOL Asks High Court To Weigh In On H-2A Fines Power

Congress authorized the U.S. Department of Labor to impose $580,000 in penalties and back wages on a New Jersey farm for alleged violations of the H-2A program, the department said last week, urging the U.S. S... (more story)

Fabiani Cohen Escapes Fired Black Atty's Discrimination Suit

A New York federal judge tossed a Black attorney's case claiming Fabiani Cohen & Hall LLP subjected her to racist harassment and fired her after she sued, backing a magistrate judge's conclusion that the alleg... (more story)

Drilling Co. Accused Of Shorting Workers On Overtime

A drilling services company stiffs employees on wages by requiring off-the-clock work, rounding their hours and miscalculating overtime, a worker alleged in a proposed collective action filed in Utah federal court.