A proposed deal to settle a National Labor Relations Board case asserting that Amazon jointly employs its contract drivers — but without an admission that the retail giant is their joint employer — echoes the controversial end of an Obama-era case seeking to establish that McDonald's employs its franchisees' workers.
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker's plan to phase out the subminimum wage for disabled workers is the latest move in a wave of states that have ended or are working to eliminate the policy, despite the federal government going in the opposite direction, attorneys said.
The Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former Wawa Inc. employee's harassment suit alleging he was fired for complaining that a supervisor inappropriately touched him, ruling the lone incident at issue does not demonstrate he faced severe mistreatment to keep his case in play.