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March 20, 2026
A New York federal judge will consider on Tuesday whether to grant final approval to a $300,000 settlement in a class and collective action accusing a healthcare company of violating federal and state wage and hour laws. Here, Law360 looks at this and other matters coming up on the docket in New York.
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March 20, 2026
The Eighth Circuit should nix a $220,000 penalty imposed on BNSF Railway by the U.S. Department of Labor's whistleblower tribunal, the railway argued, claiming the tribunal lacks the authority under the U.S. Constitution to levy such penalties.
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March 20, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a medical imaging facility company violated a settlement agreement by failing to rehire a former employee, finding that there is "substantial evidence" to back up the board's decision.
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March 20, 2026
The Teamsters are seeking to persuade the U.S. Department of Justice to step in and block a proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery unless it includes protections for workers, as organized labor looks to continue a role in antitrust it carved out during the Biden administration.
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March 20, 2026
In the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit en banc oral arguments in a jurisdictional dispute involving two unions, the National Labor Relations Board and the precedent known as Kinder Morgan. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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March 19, 2026
A few years after they launched campaigns to fanfare, many of the front-line workers who organized their big-name employers as the COVID-19 pandemic receded are still fighting uphill battles for their first contracts.
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March 19, 2026
Illinois officials have urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a new state law requiring charter schools to include a "union neutrality clause" in their charter agreements, arguing that the charter schools bringing the suit fail to show that the law is unconstitutional.
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March 19, 2026
General Motors threatened to fire a longtime employee because of her disability-related absences, the worker told a Tennessee federal court in a lawsuit, which lobs discrimination claims at the company and her union.
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March 19, 2026
An NLRB official tossed an unfair labor practice charge claiming that a Delaware healthcare provider prevented physicians from attending bargaining sessions while on call, finding that the Service Employees International Union affiliate behind the charge failed to support its claims.
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March 19, 2026
A maintenance worker launched a proposed class action alleging wage violations in Colorado state court against a major meatpacking company as a strike against the employer continues.
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March 19, 2026
CVS charges drug manufacturers "exorbitant" fees in exchange for pushing their products, then pockets the money instead of funneling it toward customer rebates as it promises, a federal lawsuit alleges, accusing the company of collecting billions of dollars at customers' expense and violating the anti-racketeering statute.
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March 19, 2026
The Eighth Circuit has partially reversed a National Labor Relations Board order finding that a Missouri hospital violated federal labor law when it stopped recognizing a Service Employees International Union affiliate after employees voted to drop the union in a decertification election.
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March 18, 2026
The Texas Education Agency commissioner is seeking to escape a lawsuit challenging a state education department policy directing school districts to report educators over "vile" and "inappropriate" social media posts about the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, arguing that he "had nothing to do with" the subsequent terminations and other disciplinary actions taken against teachers.
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March 18, 2026
The new Republican majority on the National Labor Relations Board appears to have ample opportunity to move away from the worker-friendly policies of the prior administration should it choose to do so. See what's up for review in Law360's updated NLRB precedent tracker.
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March 18, 2026
A Massachusetts state judge has ruled that Boston can limit the availability of overtime shifts for certain union employees in the fire department, finding the move is a staffing decision not subject to mandatory bargaining.
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March 18, 2026
An American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees unit and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation cannot escape an employee's lawsuit alleging that she was placed on unpaid leave during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic while less senior workers were able to continue working, a state appeals court ruled.
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March 18, 2026
The WNBA reached a deal Wednesday for a new collective bargaining agreement with its players' union, the union and league announced, saying the deal increases the average compensation for players to above $500,000 for the first time.
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March 18, 2026
National Labor Relations Board officials correctly determined that two fleets of mariners who transport oil for Overseas Shipholding Group must unionize separately, the NLRB ruled Wednesday, upholding the 2024 certification of two bargaining units at the company.
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March 17, 2026
A D.C. federal judge Tuesday gave the Trump administration until March 23 to reinstate more than a thousand journalists and staff at Voice of America illegally laid off roughly a year ago, ruling that the government's moves to dismantle the program were arbitrary and capricious and contrary to Congress' intentions.
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March 17, 2026
The Freedom Foundation is appealing to the Ninth Circuit the dismissal of its lawsuit that challenges an Oregon law allowing unions to sue anyone who impersonates union representatives, the conservative think tank announced Tuesday.
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March 17, 2026
A Rochester, New York, suit manufacturer owes a union healthcare fund about $3.5 million, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the fund presented evidence that the manufacturer skipped out on over two years of payments.
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March 17, 2026
Units of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have urged a federal court to force two Ohio hospitals to arbitrate grievances over the abrupt closures of their facilities in March 2025, claiming that the hospitals are violating their collective bargaining agreements by refusing to do so.
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March 17, 2026
A Service Employees International Union pension fund has won its lawsuit accusing a New Jersey nursing home of skipping out on nearly $350,000 in contributions over 13 years, with a D.C. federal judge awarding the fund the missed contributions plus damages after finding it accurately calculated the nursing home's debt.
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March 17, 2026
Employees working for Chicago's first medical cannabis dispensary and represented by a Teamsters local have ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the business, the union announced.
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March 17, 2026
Boeing cannot immediately appeal to the Ninth Circuit a decision sending to state court a proposed class action accusing the aerospace company of denying a $12,000 bonus to workers on extended leave, a Washington federal judge ruled.