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How Ending OFCCP Will Affect Affirmative Action Obligations

As President Donald Trump's administration plans to eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, ... (more story)

Employer Best Practices For Navigating Worker Separations

As job cuts hit several major industries, employers should take steps to minimize their exposure to discrimination... (more story)

FLSA Interpretation Patterns Emerge 1 Year After Loper Bright

One year after the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, four distinct... (more story)

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The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding ... (more story)

Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at th... (more story)

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DC Circ. Says NLRB Rightly Axed Claim Of Union Betrayal

A split D.C. Circuit has upheld the National Labor Relations Board's dismissal of allegations that a transportation union betrayed a member by suggesting that he be fired after a spat with a co-worker, with th... (more story)

Teamsters Unit, UPS Duel Over Reinstated Worker's Back Pay

UPS must shell out a specified back pay amount ordered by an arbitration panel for a reinstated worker, a Teamsters local told a Pennsylvania federal court, arguing the award clearly required the company to pr... (more story)

NLRB Advice Finds Worker's Secret Recording Was Illegal

A supermarket in California lawfully fired an employee for secretly recording a colleague, a National Labor Relations Board attorney said in a memorandum, determining the terminated worker's actions lost feder... (more story)

Legal Aid Attys Can't Sever Union Ties Over Its Mideast Views

A New York federal judge tossed two New York City public defenders' lawsuit against their union, saying the attorneys can't leverage the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling to stop paying the union because they ... (more story)

HomeSafe Layoffs After Lost DOD Contract Spur Suit

A Georgia man hit KBR Inc. and HomeSafe Alliance LLC with a proposed class action alleging that they failed to provide notice before terminating some 200 employees after the U.S. government scrapped a moving s... (more story)

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Power Co. Worker Says Reporting Harassment Led To Firing

A former Spruce Power employee claimed in Colorado state court Monday that she was fired for raising concerns when she said a superior sexually harassed a co-worker on a company trip.

State AI Law Moratorium Struck From Senate Budget Bill

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to cut a proposal that would have blocked states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade from the budget reconciliation package after a deal to redu... (more story)

EEOC Wraps Up June With A Flurry Of Suits

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a spate of new cases as June ended, including suits alleging that an executive asked a worker to enter a sexual contract, a company required an applicant ... (more story)

Lighting Co. Can't Escape 401(k) Forfeiture, Health Fee Suit

An Illinois federal judge narrowed a proposed federal benefits class action against an automotive lighting company from an ex-worker, but allowed allegations to proceed to discovery alleging the company misspe... (more story)

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Newsom, Lively, MyPillow

In this month's defamation litigation roundup, Law360 looks back on a decision in the high-profile fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, as well as at a jury verdict in a voting machine company execut... (more story)

Unvaccinated Ex-Staffer Can Pursue Leaked Health Info Claims

A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday revived a former hospital staffer's claims that her former employer failed to protect her medical records while she was a patient, leading to her coworkers finding out she w... (more story)

Amazon Escapes Worker's Military Leave Suit

A former Amazon employee cannot show that she was fired because she requested to take military leave or because she needed to care for her son, a New York federal judge ruled, saying she can't rebut the compan... (more story)

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Amazon Beats Cert. Bid By 150K Flex Drivers In Tip Dispute

A Washington federal judge refused to certify a proposed class of 150,000 Amazon Flex drivers who said Amazon pocketed their tips, ruling on Tuesday that Amazon's earlier $61.7 million settlement with the Fede... (more story)

4th Circ. Says Rig Worker Not A Party To Arbitration Pact

A rig worker's limited liability company — but not the worker himself — is a party to an oil and gas company's arbitration agreement, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, rejecting the firm's bid to send the form... (more story)

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DOL Rule Would Reverse Obama-Era Domestic Worker Regs

The U.S. Department of Labor is looking to roll back Obama-era regulations that redefined domestic service workers and required they be paid minimum and overtime wages, saying returning to regulations from 197... (more story)

NY Equinox Trainers Score $12M In Unpaid Wages Settlement

A New York federal court has given final approval to a $12 million settlement between upscale gym chain Equinox and its personal trainers, whose Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit accused the company of shorting... (more story)

Boston Globe, Former Exec Settle Ahead Of Trial Over Firing

The Boston Globe and a former high-ranking executive have reported settling a lawsuit over his 2021 firing, days before a trial in Massachusetts state court was set to begin.

DOL Plans To Nix H-2A Farmworker Organizing Protections

The Trump administration is planning to roll back a Biden-era rule that protected seasonal farmworkers on H-2A visas from facing retaliation for workplace organizing, with the U.S. Department of Labor announci... (more story)

Ex-Geico Sales Rep. Denied Class Cert., For Now

A Georgia federal judge on Monday shot down a former Geico call center worker's bid to certify a class of more than 1,000 sales representatives who said the insurance company hasn't paid them for pre- and post... (more story)