Expert Analysis

3 New Pay Transparency State Laws Raise Compliance Risks

Wage transparency measures taking effect in Delaware, Maine and New Jersey add a layer of complexity to the hiring... (more story)

Vax Ruling Offers Employer Tips For Handling Political Speech

A California appeals court's recent decision in Rademacher v. ABC, rejecting a "General Hospital" actor's suit all... (more story)

What Colorado AI Law's Major Rewrite Means For Employers

Colorado's landmark law regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence tools was recently replaced with a na... (more story)

Labor More

AFL-CIO Sues Over Lack Of Comment Period For OLMS Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards "blindsided" American unions by imposing new disclosure obligations on them right before the start of a new fiscal year without seeking their... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs NLRB Bargaining Order Against Casino

The D.C. Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Las Vegas casino violated federal labor law during a union campaign for hospitality workers but said it would not rule on th... (more story)

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Key NLRB Nominee Tells Senate Panel He'll Be Independent

President Donald Trump's pick to fill a pivotal seat on the National Labor Relations Board told senators during a confirmation hearing Wednesday that he will decide cases independent of political influence and... (more story)

NLRB Says Painting Co. Forced Out Union Supporters

A Brooklyn, New York, painting company cut four unionizing workers' hours so much that they were forced to quit, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, upholding an administrative law judge's finding that t... (more story)

NLRB Backs Ruling Letting Mo. Cannabis Co. Unionize

The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday backed a regional director's decision allowing employees at a northwestern Missouri cannabis company to vote on representation by a Teamsters local, disagreeing ... (more story)

Union May Tap Surety For Unpaid Benefits, Mass. Court Says

A labor union's benefits fund is entitled to pursue a claim against a general contractor's surety bond after two subcontractors failed to make contractually obligated contributions, the Massachusetts intermedi... (more story)

NY Meat Distributor Fights NLRB's Rehire Order

A New York meat distributor is fighting a National Labor Relations Board order that compels it to rehire six employees and compensate them for layoff-related expenses, telling the D.C. Circuit that the board l... (more story)

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Discount Airline Settles Military Workers' Leave Benefits Suit

A budget airline has agreed to settle a proposed class action in Minnesota federal court claiming the business violated federal law by failing to contribute cash into workers' retirement funds when they took military leave.

Ex-Colo. Film Commissioner Says Age Bias Led To Firing

Colorado's former film commissioner hit the state's economic development office with an age bias and retaliation suit, alleging he was forced out at age 79 after initiating the effort to bring the Sundance Fil... (more story)

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EEOC, Seafood Wholesaler Reach Deal To End Sex Bias Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the operators of a seafood wholesaler have reached a settlement to end the agency's suit alleging the company refused to hire women for warehouse jobs based... (more story)

Winston & Strawn Employment Partner Joins Davis Wright

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Thursday that an experienced employment attorney has joined the firm's Los Angeles office after a lengthy stint with Winston & Strawn LLP.

2nd Circ. Asks If Ex-UConn Dept. Head Broke School Rules

A Second Circuit panel sounded skeptical Thursday about a former University of Connecticut department head's claim that racial animus led to his forced resignation, appearing to lean more toward the argument t... (more story)

Braidwood Files New Challenge To ACA Birth Control Mandate

For-profit healthcare company Braidwood Management and several individuals sued the government in Texas federal court to challenge no-cost contraception coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act, arg... (more story)

States Say Trump's DEI Rule For Contractors Is Unclear, Illegal

Attorneys general from 19 states and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday sued numerous federal officials and agencies in an attempt to block the Trump administration's March 26 executive order prohibiting governmen... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Worker's FLSA Retaliation Claim Should Survive, Judge Says

A North Carolina federal magistrate judge has recommended keeping alive a former Durham finance worker's claim that the city retaliated against her for complaining about unpaid overtime, while finding that her... (more story)

Colorado Ski Resorts Hit With Rest Break Wage Suits

Former employees of a hotel and mountain resort in Colorado claim that they were routinely denied 10-minute breaks during their shifts in violation of Colorado law, according to a pair of proposed class action... (more story)

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NYPD To Pay $2.9M To End Maintenance Workers' OT Suit

Current and former hourly workers at the NYPD's building maintenance unit have reached a nearly $3 million settlement in New York federal court over claims that the city failed to pay them for preshift prepara... (more story)

NYC Sanitation Officers Accuse City Of Skimping On OT

Over 100 New York City sanitation officers have sued the city in a federal court, claiming it has systematically failed to pay them for time worked before and after their scheduled shifts, miscalculated their ... (more story)

Real Estate Group, Cos. Seek Win In NYC Guard Pay Dispute

The Real Estate Board of New York and two real estate companies have urged a New York federal court to grant them judgment in their challenge to a New York City law that sets minimum wage and benefit requireme... (more story)

AI Startup Says Worker Must Arbitrate Misclassification Suit

A hiring startup that supplies workers to train artificial intelligence models for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta urged a Texas federal judge to send a proposed class action alleging worker misclassification to in... (more story)

Phillips 66 Workers Seek $4M Atty Fees In $12.5M Wage Deal

Phillips 66 employees who reached a $12.5 million settlement to resolve their wage-and-hour class action over unpaid don-doff time and missed breaks have asked a California federal judge to grant their attorne... (more story)