DOL Expected To Stay Wage Policy Course Under Deputy

The U.S. Department of Labor is likely to continue undoing Biden-era wage and hour policies and seeking to implement new ones despite the departure of President Donald Trump's labor secretary, agency veterans and other observers say.

Sunoco Can't Get Atty Fees After Defeating Worker's Bias Suit

A Hispanic woman who claimed a Sunoco subsidiary fired her from a director position out of sex and race bias doesn't owe the company $60,000 in attorney fees, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the company's arguments that her claims were frivolous.

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9th Circ. Backs NLRB In Cemex Without Ruling On New Test

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a National Labor Relations Board order requiring a Cemex unit to bargain with the Teamsters but declined to weigh in on the viability of the new bargaining order standard the board used the case to announce.

Expert Analysis

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

Lori Kisch

A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management off... (more story)

7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

Zoe Argento, Denise Tran-Nguyen and Bradford Kelley

Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements und... (more story)

Employer Tips As Calif. Law Rewrites Retention Pay Rules

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California's recent enactment of A.B. 692 disrupts how employers structure sign-on bonuses, retention payments and... (more story)

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11th Circ. Says Builders Can't Block Biden-Era Labor Mandate

An association of builders failed to show it would succeed on its claims challenging a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million, the Eleventh Circuit... (more story)

Union Plan Seeks Early Win In 'Jersey Boys' ERISA Fight

A stagehands union benefits plan has urged a Nevada federal court to hand it a pretrial win in a pension contribution dispute with the company behind the now-closed Las Vegas production of the musical "Jersey ... (more story)

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NLRB Member Skeptical Of ULPs Proscribing Union Ousters

One of the National Labor Relations Board's new Republican members questioned the board's practice of scrapping union decertification petitions at employers accused of unfair labor practices, saying in a decis... (more story)

NLRB Judge Faults Copper Co. For Canning Strikers

An Arizona copper maker violated federal labor law by laying off or failing to rehire hundreds of workers following a nine-month strike at five facilities that started in October 2019, a National Labor Relatio... (more story)

Medical Cos. Must Bargain With Union, NLRB Judge Says

Two California medical companies violated federal labor law by firing physicians without giving a labor union an opportunity to bargain beforehand and by withdrawing recognition from the union, a National Labo... (more story)

NY Hospital Co. Fights Workers' ERISA Suit Over Plan Switch

A group of employees of a Buffalo, New York-area hospital network can't prove their employer violated federal benefits law when it switched them from a pension plan to a cash-balance plan in the late 1990s, th... (more story)

Union Urges Court To Back Arbitrator In DirecTV Layoff Fight

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has asked a Colorado federal judge to affirm an arbitrator's finding that DirecTV's layoffs of union-represented technicians violated a collective bargaining... (more story)

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Roofing Co. Says EEOC Race, Sex Bias Suit Short On Details

A roofing company said an Illinois federal judge should toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it ignored a subsidiary executive's racist and sexual comments, arguing the federal ... (more story)

Novo Nordisk Unit Can't Slip Former Exec's Sex, Age Bias Suit

A Novo Nordisk unit must face a former finance director's lawsuit claiming she was fired because she was an older woman who complained about a male co-worker's behavior, with a North Carolina federal judge rul... (more story)

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Chartwell Says Gaza Posts, Not Bias, Drove Atty's Firing

Chartwell Law Offices LLP urged a Florida federal court to toss a former attorney's suit claiming she was unlawfully fired because she's a Pakistani Muslim critical of Israel's military action in Gaza, arguing... (more story)

Weinstein Recasts 'Rape' As 'Regret' In 3rd NY Trial Openings

Harvey Weinstein's attorney told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that the film producer had a genuine on-and-off relationship with a woman who chose to "change the narrative" from consensual sex to rape after he face... (more story)

Kylie Jenner Sued By Ex-Housekeeper Over Bias, Unpaid OT

A former housekeeper for Kylie Jenner has sued the celebrity influencer in California state court, alleging the housekeeper was forced to do additional work without pay, mocked by colleagues for her accent, tr... (more story)

Contractor DEI Order Will Cause 'Irreparable Harm,' Suit Says

A coalition of nonprofits, university professors, federal contractors and subcontractors are seeking to block an executive order requiring government contractors to agree they won't engage in "racially discrim... (more story)

HR Director Says Telehealth Co. Fired Her After Miscarriage

Iris Telehealth was hit with a lawsuit in Georgia federal court Monday from a former human resources manager who alleged she was not given the opportunity to take paid leave and was later fired after suffering... (more story)

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Levi Strauss Beats Nevada Overtime Claim In Wage Suit

A California federal judge trimmed a former warehouse worker's proposed class and collective action against Levi Strauss & Co., dismissing a Nevada overtime claim as preempted while allowing waiting-time and t... (more story)

Colo. Nurses Seek OK For $14M Wage Class Settlement

A group of nurses urged a Colorado federal judge to grant preliminary approval to a $14 million class action settlement resolving claims that their employer failed to properly calculate overtime and provide required breaks.

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Uber Flouted Prop 22 With Lack Of Appeals Process, Suit Says

Uber failed to provide drivers with a process for challenging deactivations under California's Proposition 22, which provided certain benefits for app-based drivers and exempted them from an independent contra... (more story)

Stella McCartney Exec Accuses 'Europe-First' LVMH Of Bias

A senior Stella McCartney America Inc. executive accused the fashion brand and its former co-owner LVMH of bias for denying him compensation raises, job security and promotions under a "Europe-first hierarchy"... (more story)

Delivery Drivers Seek Collective Notice Over Wage Deductions

Delivery drivers who say a freight company's deductions left them with no pay and sometimes owing money, asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to authorize notice to a nationwide collective of their right to ... (more story)

Colo. Contractor Says Engineer's FCA Suit Shows No Fraud

A government contractor accused of retaliating against a former chief engineer has asked a Colorado federal judge to dismiss the worker's False Claims Act suit, arguing the former employee's complaint never id... (more story)

Bank Of America Wage Deal Over Boot-Up Time Gets OK

Bank of America will pay approximately $21,500, including attorney fees and costs, to resolve a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit alleging employees were not paid for time spent booting up and shutting down the... (more story)