Expert Analysis

Flashpoints In Focus: Minimizing Midterm Politics At Work

With the upcoming midterm elections producing a steady stream of controversy, employers would benefit from plannin... (more story)

Tackling DOL Tips On When Midday Commutes Are Paid Time

Two recent U.S. Department of Labor opinion letters explain when travel between home and work is compensable, prov... (more story)

9th Circ. Wage Ruling Shows Arbitration Pacts Are Still Useful

After years of uncertainty for California employers, the Ninth Circuit’s recent Cocom v. ABM Aviation decision sig... (more story)

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Starbucks Says Fight Over Union Name, Logo Belongs In Iowa

Starbucks Corp. has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss Starbucks Workers United's request for permission to maintain its current name and logo, saying an Iowa federal judge should decide whether the un... (more story)

Teachers Union Wants In On CDL Data Fight

The American Federation of Teachers is seeking to enter a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's bid to obtain a database containing information on 17 million commercial driver's license holders, telli... (more story)

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Colo. Judge Tosses DirecTV Bid To Void Union Award

A Colorado federal judge Tuesday following oral arguments dismissed a complaint from DirecTV seeking to vacate an arbitration award over layoffs of union technicians after the court found that its "narrow" abi... (more story)

Longshore Union Fights NLRB's Blacklist Ruling at 3rd Circ.

An International Longshoremen's Association local has urged the Third Circuit to overturn a National Labor Relations Board decision finding the union unlawfully barred a worker from jobs after he engaged in di... (more story)

NLRB Official Won't OK Woman's Union Spot At Ohio Bus Co.

A Teamsters local that represents dozens of school bus monitors and drivers in Pickerington, Ohio, can't include the employee who punishes students who act out on the bus, a National Labor Relations Board offi... (more story)

Fla. Union Denied Worker Due Process, NLRB Judge Says

An International Longshoremen's Association local violated federal labor law by failing to notify a member of the internal charges filed against him and using "questionable evidence" to make its case, a Nation... (more story)

Erie Bus Dispatchers Aren't Union-Exempt Supervisors

Seven dispatchers at the Metropolitan Transit Authority for Erie, Pennsylvania, are not "supervisors" exempt from membership in the authority's labor union, since their roles in scheduling overtime or reportin... (more story)

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Ex-Warriors GC, DEI Exec Say Bias Complaints Led To Firings

The Golden State Warriors' former associate general counsel and its former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion allege they were unlawfully fired in retaliation for speaking up about enduring a wo... (more story)

Mich. Judge Tosses Autistic Man's Bias Suit Against Sheriff

A man with autism has lost his Michigan federal lawsuit accusing an Upper Peninsula county and its sheriff of refusing to hire him for law enforcement and volunteer positions because of his disability, with a ... (more story)

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NJ College Absolved Of Gender Bias For Not Reinstating Prof

A New Jersey federal jury sided with The College of New Jersey over a professor who alleged the college's finance department was run like an old boys' club, finding the college did not discriminate or retaliat... (more story)

11th Circ. Sends Coal Workers' Race Bias Suit To Trial

The Eleventh Circuit reinstated a suit Tuesday from two Black workers who claimed a coal company fired them out of race bias, stating the court can't overlook evidence that a white worker fired the same day fo... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs Emory In Worker's Age Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a win for Emory University in a dispute with a former administrator who claimed she was fired due to her age, saying she waived her challenge by not objecting to a magistrate judg... (more story)

Kansas Corrections Dept. Beats Transgender Bias Lawsuit

The Kansas Department of Corrections on Tuesday defeated a transgender former supervisor's lawsuit alleging she was harassed and threatened with disciplinary action after announcing that she was transitioning,... (more story)

Calif. Lawmakers Approve Guardrails On Workplace AI

California legislators passed two bills regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions and mandating detailed disclosures if the technology results in jobs being displaced, sendin... (more story)

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McLane Model Keeps Drivers Overtime-Exempt, 9th Circ. Says

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's ruling that truck drivers behind a proposed class action against food distributor McLane Foodservice Inc. are exempt from overtime pay, holding that th... (more story)

Treatment Centers Cited Over Unpaid Work By Patients

Massachusetts' attorney general on Tuesday announced a first-of-its-kind citation of over $1 million against a faith-based substance use treatment program for allegedly having hundreds of participants perform ... (more story)

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Securitas Can't Arbitrate Wage Class Action, Wash. Panel Says

A former Securitas worker's proposed wage-and-hour class action against the guard service will move forward following a Washington appeals panel's ruling Monday that upheld a lower court's rejection of the com... (more story)

GEO Seeks Split Trial In Colo. Detainee Labor Suit

Private prison operator The GEO Group Inc. urged a Colorado federal judge to split an upcoming trial over allegations that it unlawfully profited from detainee labor, saying financial evidence should either st... (more story)

LVMH Says It Didn't Employ Ex-Stella McCartney Exec

LVMH urged a New York federal judge to toss eight discrimination, equal pay, retaliation and wage claims brought by a former Stella McCartney executive, arguing its minority investment and ties to the fashion ... (more story)

Production Co. Tried To Pay Worker With Zelle, Suit Says

A production company misclassified production crews as independent contractors, failed to pay full wages, used invoices and attempted to pay one worker through Zelle instead of a payroll system, according to a... (more story)

Manufacturer Must Face Fired Manager's FMLA Retaliation Suit

A manufacturing company can't escape a plant manager's Family and Medical Leave Act retaliation suit, a Michigan federal judge ruled, finding the company failed to explain why it chose to fire him and not a co... (more story)