Expert Analysis

What To Know About DOL's New FLSA, FMLA Opinion Letters

The U.S. Department of Labor kicked off 2026 by releasing several opinion letters addressing employee classificati... (more story)

5 Action Steps For Employers Facing 27 Pay Periods In 2026

In 2026, some employers may have 27 pay periods, instead of the usual 26, which can cause budgeting and compliance... (more story)

AI-Driven Harassment Poses New Risks For Employers

Two recent cases show that deepfakes and other artificial intelligence‑generated content are emerging as a powerfu... (more story)

Labor More

Kaiser Says Unions' Actions Should Free It From Bargaining

A coalition of unions representing Kaiser Permanente employees breached their obligations under a labor agreement by publishing a "haphazard and sensational" report accusing the healthcare nonprofit of fraudul... (more story)

Teamsters Wants Award Restored In Assignment Dispute

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has urged a D.C. federal court to enforce an arbitration award assigning construction work to a group of Pennsylvania members, arguing that another union's appeal to ... (more story)

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Honeywell Defends Deals Against NLRB Challenge

Honeywell has urged a National Labor Relations Board judge not to find that its employment and severance agreements stifle worker organizing, saying its provisions are narrower than those the board has declare... (more story)

Littler Names New Board Of Directors Chair, Adds 3 Members

Littler Mendelson PC has elected New York shareholder William J. Anthony to serve as chair of its 19-member 2026 Board of Directors and named three new board members.

Salvation Army Pulls NLRB Challenge After Case Dropped

The Salvation Army dropped a suit seeking a court's declaration that its rehab centers are outside the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction after agency prosecutors, who had defended their power over ... (more story)

Calif. Universities, Faculty Settle EEOC Info-Sharing Fight

The California State University system has struck a deal with faculty labor unions to resolve a suit claiming the CSU improperly shared employee contact information with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity C... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Defends Pension Fund Deals Amid Objection

Insolvent trucking company Yellow Corp. defended its settlements with 15 multiemployer pension funds to resolve about $7.4 billion worth of withdrawal liability claims after major shareholders objected that th... (more story)

Discrimination More

Food Hall Strikes Deal To End EEOC Racial Harassment Suit

A Virginia food hall has agreed to pay $54,000 to resolve an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business's owner created a hostile work environment by using a racial slur and making raci... (more story)

Bristol-Myers' Worker Arbitration Push Scrutinized On Appeal

A Washington Court of Appeals panel expressed reluctance to award Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s bid to send a former worker's age discrimination case to arbitration Wednesday, while also casting some doubt on the... (more story)

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Subway Franchisee Inks $150K Deal In EEOC Sex Assault Suit

A Subway franchisee agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business didn't have the proper safeguards in place to prevent abuse when a teen worker wa... (more story)

Ex-Military Heads Back Sen. Kelly In Suit Against Hegseth

Dozens of former military leaders have backed U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., in challenging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's bid to reduce his Navy rank, saying Kelly's punishment for "accurate statements of m... (more story)

Los Alamos Cleanup Co. Hit With Retaliation Suit For Firings

Two former employees of a company owned by Huntington Ingalls Industries and BWX Technologies that was tapped for a $2.1 billion contamination cleanup contract at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico h... (more story)

UPenn Says EEOC's Bid For Jewish Staff Info Lacks Teeth

The University of Pennsylvania urged a federal judge to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request for the contact information of Jewish employees, arguing that the lists the agency aims... (more story)

LA Judge Faces Ethics Probe Over 'Bizarre' Comments

California's judicial ethics watchdog announced Tuesday it is looking into misconduct allegations against a Los Angeles judge whose "extreme and bizarre" comments led a state appeals court to reverse a $10 mil... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Arbitrators Back Flowers Foods Driver In Exemption Battle

The U.S. Supreme Court should maintain a ruling that a Flowers Foods distributor claiming unpaid overtime was exempt from arbitration because he engaged in interstate commerce, the National Academy of Arbitrat... (more story)

Hotel Must Honor Deal Reached By Solo Atty, 1st Circ. Rules

A Massachusetts hotel cannot escape a $580,000 deal settling a class action and three individual wage and hour cases, the First Circuit ruled, rejecting the entity's argument that a conflict of interest arose ... (more story)

UFC Asks 9th Circ. To Nix 'Overbroad' Discovery In Wage Suits

The Ultimate Fighting Championship urged the Ninth Circuit to immediately stop a Nevada federal court from enforcing a "breathtakingly overbroad" discovery order in wage suppression lawsuits, saying it violate... (more story)

Delivery Drivers Ink $975K Deal To End Misclassification Suit

A class of truck delivery drivers asked an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to grant preliminary approval to a $975,000 settlement resolving their lawsuit alleging a logistics company they worked for misclassifi... (more story)

AFL-CIO Backs Flowers Foods Driver In High Court Arb. Case

A Flowers Foods distributor is exempt from federal arbitration because even though he delivered goods locally, his work was part of an uninterrupted stream of interstate commerce, AFL-CIO told the U.S. Supreme... (more story)

Healthcare Workers Seek $12.2M From $28.5M No-Poach Deal

Nearly 12,000 healthcare workers in a $28.5 million settlement with two hospitals that were accused of agreeing not to poach each other's doctors and nurses urged a Pennsylvania federal court to grant approxim... (more story)

Opt-In Forms In DaVita Wage Suit Need Revision, Judge Says

A former DaVita worker should amend misleading consent forms she submitted for nurses and technicians seeking to join her wage action against the dialysis giant, a Colorado federal judge recommended Sunday, sa... (more story)