The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defeated a supervisor's lawsuit alleging her performance rating was unlawfully lowered because she refused to alter evaluations of other workers and complained about a district director, with a Florida federal judge finding her actions weren't protected by civil rights law.
A petition urging the National Labor Relations Board to eliminate long-standing policies that block workers from ousting unions in certain circumstances faces long odds at an agency historically averse to rulemaking, experts said, but raises some issues the board's Republican majority could see as candidates for action.
Arizona lawmakers cleared a ballot measure that could lead to a ban on race-based diversity, equity and inclusion programming in public workplaces and schools, and Colorado's governor vetoed a bill aimed at curbing employers' use of data gleaned through surveillance to set workers' pay. Here, Law360 looks at notable state-level legislative developments this month that discrimination lawyers should have on their radar.