The White House's recent selection of a Justice Department lawyer for a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seat could cement Republican control over the commission for years, but experts say the nomination faces an uphill battle clearing the U.S. Senate before a Democratic-led Congress is sworn in.
A New York federal magistrate judge has signed off on final approval of a $162 million settlement in a proposed class and collective action against a contractor that helps administer a state Medicaid program, ending claims that the company failed to pay personal care assistants accurately or on time.
The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday denied Stanford University's call to rethink precedent empowering certain college student workers to unionize, noting a group of resident assistants withdrew the representation petition the challenge was based on.