An oil company agreed to pay $9 million to settle 750 workers' claims alleging they were not compensated for their 12-hour standby shifts, the employees told a California federal court, seeking the final appro... (more story)

Wash. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed employment bills on Monday establishing a fallback framework for the state to oversee certain private-sector labor disputes in the case that the National Labor Relations Board's ... (more story)

Plane parts maker Woodward urged the National Labor Relations Board to shift its precedent to require a vote when a union affiliates with another union, saying its current approach of probing continuity suppre... (more story)

The National Labor Relations Board shouldn't revise a recent order finding that Browning-Ferris must bargain with a staffing agency's employees, a Teamsters unit argued, rebuffing the waste management company'... (more story)

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hasn't confirmed that its employees are eligible for benefits and protections under a union contract even though a Rhode Island federal judge ordered the agency to resum... (more story)

An organization representing the largest U.S. airlines supported its claims that Chicago's new paid sick leave law could affect air carriers' business, an Illinois federal judge said, keeping alive the group's... (more story)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a former Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner in Los Angeles to bolster its capacity to handle labor and employment matters.

A Texas district court was wrong to grant a school district the win on a carpenter's claims that he should have received premium pay when he showed up for work during the coronavirus pandemic, the Fifth Circuit ruled.

Atlanta must face a former building inspector's lawsuit claiming he was denied a promotion because he was nearly 60, a Georgia federal judge ruled, rejecting the city's assertion that a magistrate judge should... (more story)

The Second Circuit asked New York state's top court Monday to weigh in on whether a Big Apple law's limitations window allowing victims of sexual violence to file lawsuits for otherwise time-barred claims is p... (more story)

A California federal judge dismissed, for now, a retaliation claim by a former Meta employee who claimed he was fired after reporting cybersecurity shortfalls concerning WhatsApp, finding the plaintiff's compl... (more story)

Emory Healthcare has escaped a suit brought by a Black travel nurse alleging she was fired for complaining about receiving less training than white nurses, a Georgia federal judge ruled Monday, finding the nur... (more story)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission slapped a Midwestern grocery chain with a pregnancy discrimination suit in Wisconsin federal court Monday, claiming the business illegally refused to let a lact... (more story)

Flagstar asked a New York federal judge to toss a suit from one of its former compliance chiefs that claims he was wrongfully terminated for blowing the whistle on the bank's former CEO over alleged compliance... (more story)

A former Apple Store manager says the tech giant consistently paid her and hundreds of other Massachusetts workers later than permitted by state law, according to a proposed class action filed in state court.

A packaging company will pay $157,000 to end a lawsuit alleging it improperly calculated overtime and shaved workers' hours, an Ohio federal judge said Tuesday.

Fiat Chrysler has agreed to pay approximately $3.8 million to about 68,000 workers to settle a suit in Michigan federal court accusing it of not including shift differentials and nondiscretionary bonuses in pr... (more story)

Boston-based healthcare system Mass General Brigham shaved as much as 14 minutes a day from employees' pay by rounding their clock-in and clock-out times, according to a proposed class and collective action fi... (more story)

A Texas trucking company denied H-2A workers overtime pay and misrepresented the nature of their work to qualify for the federal visa program, according to a proposed collective action filed Monday in federal court.

A concrete-maker supported its arguments that drivers who claimed they were misclassified as overtime-exempt fell under a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption, a Texas federal judge said, adopting a magistrate judge's findings.

North Carolina's highest court has upheld a six-figure unjust enrichment verdict favoring the founder of the organic supermarket chain Earth Fare in a split decision that set off a debate among the justices ab... (more story)