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Groups Can't Freeze Order Mandating Contractor DEI Rule

A Maryland federal judge refused Wednesday to block an executive order from President Donald Trump requiring government contractors to disavow "racially discriminatory DEI activities," finding the directive's critics haven't shown that it likely shirks free speech protections.

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Job Seeker Gets $400K Jury Win In Service Dog ADA Suit

A Virginia federal jury awarded a job applicant $400,000 in her disability bias case claiming the Society for Human Resource Management yanked a job offer after she requested to bring her service dog to work to help manage her Type 1 diabetes.

NLRB Says Amazon's Union Vote Challenges Fall Short

The National Labor Relations Board has urged the Fifth Circuit to reject Amazon's challenge to an order to negotiate with workers at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse, arguing its appeal of a union's 2022 election win misstates the board's analysis and distorts the evidence.

Expert Analysis

NY Severance Rules Persist Despite McLaren Macomb Threat

Matthew Berman

Despite recent calls to overturn the National Labor Relations Board's decision in McLaren Macomb, New York's robus... (more story)

Data Sale In Spirit Bankruptcy Raises Novel Privacy Risks

Daniel Lowenthal and Kimberly Black

Spirit Airlines' planned sale of deidentified business data to Google for artificial intelligence training exposes... (more story)

NLRB Memo Signals Narrower View Of Protected Activism

Jason Patterson and Rachel Domash

A recent National Labor Relations Board memo concluding that Microsoft lawfully discharged two employees who condu... (more story)

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Right-To-Work Group Fights SEIU's Home-Care Union Drive

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has challenged the Service Employees International Union's bid to unionize nearly 200,000 home-care helpers in New York state, telling a National Labor Relat... (more story)

Jail Policy Referendum Needed Union Input, Pa. Justices Told

A referendum to limit certain methods of restraining inmates at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh was void from the start because it had interfered with jail guards' safety and should have been bargained... (more story)

NLRB Defends Union Ouster Ruling at DC Circuit

The National Labor Relations Board asked the D.C. Circuit to keep a previous board ruling finding that a New York commercial laundry company unlawfully withdrew recognition from a Workers United unit and helpe... (more story)

Union Seeks Early Exit In Lockheed Guard's Firing Suit

A union urged a Connecticut federal court to toss a former security officer's claims that it improperly declined to arbitrate his grievance over his termination from Sikorsky Aircraft and parent company Lockhe... (more story)

DHS Finalizes Rule Ending Automatic Work Permit Extensions

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday finalized a rule ending automatic extensions for individuals with expiring work permits who have filed renewal applications, rejecting public feedback that i... (more story)

10th Circ. Skeptical Of NCAA Eligibility Injunction's Scope

A Tenth Circuit panel appeared hesitant Tuesday to uphold an injunction issued by a Colorado federal judge that granted eligibility to thousands of NCAA athletes excluded from the organization's new eligibilit... (more story)

Mass. Panel Backs State Police Leader's July 4 Staffing Memo

The head of the Massachusetts State Police has the power to prohibit officers from taking time off around the Independence Day holiday, the state's intermediate-level appeals court said Tuesday, affirming that... (more story)

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Suit Alleges 'Hostility' At Cybersecurity Co. For Paternity Leave

A software engineer has sued a cybersecurity company in Indiana federal court, alleging it retaliated against him for taking paternity leave and discriminated against him based on his sex.

Ex-Nexstar News Directors Win $4M In Pride Month Suit

A jury in western Michigan has ruled that Nexstar Media owes two of its former TV station news directors a total of around $4 million over their claims that their employer insinuated they were anti-gay after t... (more story)

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Smithfield Settles EEOC Suit Over Pregnant Worker's Firing

A Smithfield Foods subsidiary reached a deal to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it placed a pregnant employee on unpaid leave and then fired her when she asked for lighter ... (more story)

Ex-U. Of Fla. Urologist Can't Get Sex Bias Suit Back On Track

The Eleventh Circuit refused Tuesday to reinstate a lawsuit from a doctor who said gender discrimination got her removed from University of Florida's urology department, unpersuaded by her argument that a lowe... (more story)

Tufts Seeks To Nix Order Reinstating Prof Fired For Office Sex

Tufts University said it shouldn't have to reinstate a professor who was fired for having sexual relations in his office while a student worked next door, telling a Massachusetts federal court to strike down a... (more story)

Ex-AmTrust Atty Says Insurer Targeted Older Employees

A former staff attorney for AmTrust Financial Services Inc. is suing his former employer in New Jersey state court, alleging that his firing was the result of a deliberate, yearslong campaign to purge the liti... (more story)

Harvard Fired Jewish Worker Out Of Religious Bias, Suit Says

Harvard College fired a Jewish worker after he took time off to observe Rosh Hashanah, according to a new religious bias suit the former employee filed in New York federal court.

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Sibling Attys Fighting Over $1.1M Comp Want Suit In NY

Two sibling attorneys have agreed to send to the Eastern District of New York their New Jersey federal lawsuit that accuses one of failing to properly compensate the other about $1.1 million, according to a joint filing.

Tyson Subsidiary Hit With Chicken Catchers' Overtime Suit

A Tyson Foods subsidiary failed to pay overtime to chicken catchers and forklift operators who regularly worked more than 40 hours a week at farms in Virginia and Maryland, according to a proposed collective a... (more story)

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Insurance Co. Can't Undo Wage Collective Ruling

A New Jersey federal judge upheld a decision allowing sales agents to pursue wage claims as a collective against an insurance company, rejecting the insurer's arguments that the workers weren't similarly situa... (more story)

Rivian Failed To Pay Workers For Required Training, Suit Says

A former Rivian LLC service technician brought a proposed class action against the automaker in Washington state court, claiming the company pressured workers to forgo their legally protected meal and rest per... (more story)

Denver Health Hit With Wage Suit Over Off-The-Clock Work

Employees at a Denver medical network's call center aren't paid for all the time they work, a lawsuit filed in Colorado federal court Tuesday alleges, claiming the workers aren't fully compensated for the time... (more story)

X, Musk Reach Fresh Deal In Twitter Severance Class Action

Elon Musk, X Corp. and its affiliate holding companies have reached a new deal to resolve a proposed class action by former Twitter Inc. workers over severance benefits related to Musk's take-private acquisiti... (more story)

High Court Won't Take Up Texas A&M Prof's FMLA Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to review a Texas A&M University professor's lawsuit alleging she was denied tenure because of pregnancy-related time off, leaving in place a state court's conclusion tha... (more story)