Expert Analysis

Meta Layoff Suit Serves As Early Test Of AI Bias Claims

A lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Meta's use of artificial intelligence in recent layoffs negati... (more story)

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow pu... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Minimizing Midterm Politics At Work

With the upcoming midterm elections producing a steady stream of controversy, employers would benefit from plannin... (more story)

Labor More

ERISA Recap: 5 Appellate Rulings To Know From August

The Seventh Circuit kept an Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager rule in place as not preempted by federal benefits law, the Fourth Circuit revived an Altria ex-worker's dispute over benefit plan documents, and t... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says UAW Unit Didn't Back Away From Deal

A United Auto Workers local did not violate federal labor law by refusing to sign an agreement on production standards at a Florida Mack Trucks plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, saying the un... (more story)

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Nonprofit Asks Court To Nix Contempt Bid In Bargaining Row

A homeless shelter operator asked a New York federal court to toss a bid from National Labor Relations Board prosecutors to hold the company in contempt for claims that it denied an order to bargain with an SE... (more story)

NLRB GC Revives Claim Teamsters Blocked Amazon Facility

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board revived a charge claiming the Teamsters illegally blocked an Amazon facility during a picket after the company appealed a regional official's decision ... (more story)

GM, Ultium Can't End Worker's Firing Suit At Pleading Stage

General Motors' battery cell manufacturer must face a worker's claim that his firing violated his union's collective bargaining agreement, a Tennessee federal judge has ruled, saying the worker has a solid cas... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs NLRB Enforcement Order In Retaliation Row

The National Labor Relations Board can enforce its order finding a nuclear waste cleanup company unlawfully fired an employee who reported allegations to his union that the company violated its collective barg... (more story)

NLRB GC's Office Backs Cemex Reversal In Amazon Case

The newly Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board should reverse a Biden-era ruling that made it easier for unions to win bargaining orders in unfair labor practice cases involving organizing drives... (more story)

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Turf Co. Laid Off Foreman Over Workplace Injury, Suit Says

A landscaping company violated a foreman's disability rights by laying him off shortly after he returned from six weeks of medical leave following an on-the-job injury to his ankle, he said in a lawsuit filed ... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs Social Services Agency In Layoff Bias Suit

The D.C. Circuit upheld the dismissal Friday of a race bias suit claiming a Washington, D.C., social services agency disproportionately fired Black workers in a 2011 layoff, ruling that the district's decision... (more story)

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Detroit Club Must Pay $417K Fee After $6.3M Bias Verdict

A Michigan federal judge has awarded more than $417,000 in attorney fees and costs to three former Detroit Club employees who won nearly $6.3 million at trial on race discrimination and retaliation claims, whi... (more story)

Ex-Labor Secretary Acted Inappropriately, Watchdog Says

Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer failed to prohibit harassment in the workplace, had an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a member of her protective detail and combined personal and ... (more story)

Medical Issues Got Steel Co. Worker Fired, FMLA Suit Says

A Mississippi steel company fired a machine operator in retaliation for taking time off work to treat medical issues stemming from his kidney failure, according to the former employee's suit filed in federal court.

Judge Allows Partial Bias Trial Attendance For Trans Teacher

A Washington state judge rejected Seattle Public Schools' bid to sanction a transgender ex-substitute teacher for declining to attend the full trial in her case claiming a colleague orchestrated a harassment c... (more story)

Amtrak Dodges Ex-Employee's Age, Disability Bias Lawsuit

Amtrak defeated a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was fired because he was 55 years old and requested periodic days off to manage his anxiety, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling the worker couldn't... (more story)

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Dunkin' Donuts Operator Misclassified Managers, Suit Says

A Dunkin' Donuts franchisee misclassified store managers as exempt from overtime and failed to pay them for work exceeding 40 hours per week, a former employee claimed in a proposed class and collective action... (more story)

Elevance Health Settles Ex-Worker's Late Pay Class Claims

Elevance Health Inc. has agreed to a settlement in principle that would end a proposed class action claiming it failed to give discharged workers their final paychecks in a timely fashion under Connecticut and... (more story)

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Ex-Oilfield Tech Fights Bid To Arbitrate Wage Claims

A former field technician urged a California federal judge to reject an oilfield services company's bid to arbitrate his wage claims, saying the company only gave him the signature page of its arbitration prog... (more story)

Fla. Restaurant Pays $733K In DOL Wage Probe

A Florida seafood restaurant paid nearly $733,000 after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that it stiffed 31 workers on their full pay, the agency announced.

Bowling Venue Workers Win Collective Status In Tip Suit

Servers and bartenders who claim an operator of bowling venues improperly kept or shared their tips with nontipped workers can proceed as a collective, a Texas federal magistrate judge ruled.

Worker Says Colo. Mining Co. Shorted Pay, Including Overtime

A uranium mining company operating in Wyoming shorted hourly workers' pay by rounding down workers' recorded time and removing bonuses from overtime rate calculations, according to a proposed class and collect... (more story)

Restaurant Can't Dodge Bulk Of Black Workers' Bias Suit

A New York federal judge narrowed but declined to fully toss a suit from four Black servers who claimed that they were racially discriminated against and sexually harassed by male managers at a Mexican restaur... (more story)