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How Justices' TPS Ruling Affects Workforce Planning

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protect... (more story)

What To Know Before Justices Rule In Title IX Employee Case

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Title IX protections extend to employees alleging sex discrimin... (more story)

What To Know If DOL Raises Overtime Salary Floor

With the U.S. Department of Labor recently rescinding a 2024 rule that increased the minimum salary for the Fair L... (more story)

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NLRB Member Calls For Expediting Blocking Charges

The National Labor Relations Board stood by a regional official's decision to pause a push to dissolve a Starbucks bargaining unit amid claims the company's alleged disregard for the union sapped workers' free... (more story)

Nursing Home Illegally Fired Workers, NLRB Judge Says

A Michigan nursing home operator violated federal labor law by telling two workers not to talk about their pay and firing them after they threatened to take their complaints to the National Labor Relations Boa... (more story)

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AT&T Retailer Fights NLRB Severance Test At 5th Circ.

An AT&T retailer urged the Fifth Circuit to free it from a National Labor Relations Board order that tore up the gag provisions in the retailer's severance agreements with four former workers, saying the board... (more story)

USPTO Decries Arbitrator's 'Extreme' Mgmt Rights Threat

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has pushed back on an arbitrator holding that the agency violated union agreements when ending telework arrangements, saying the arbitrator ignored management rights provis... (more story)

BOP Retaliated Against Local Union Leader, Suit Claims

The American Federation of Government Employees is accusing the Federal Bureau of Prisons of unlawfully suspending the leader of a local affiliate for speaking to the press about the government shutdown and th... (more story)

Writers Guild Joins Fray Against Paramount-Warner Merger

The Writers Guild of America's East and West branches piled Tuesday against Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a California federal court complaint adding buy-s... (more story)

Iowa Lacks Ties To Starbucks IP Fight, Workers United Says

Starbucks Workers United has asked an Iowa federal judge to dismiss claims accusing the union of infringing the coffee chain's trademarks through its name and logo, arguing the dispute does not belong in Iowa federal court.

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9th Circ. Kicks EEOC Suit Over Pain Meds Back To Trial

The Ninth Circuit breathed new life into a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing a financial services company of unlawfully rejecting an applicant because she took pain medication, find... (more story)

5th Circ. Backs Whole Foods In Pregnancy Bias Dispute

The Fifth Circuit upheld Whole Foods' win in a former bakery manager's pregnancy discrimination suit, finding she failed to show the grocer's explanation for firing her over a discounted baby shower purchase w... (more story)

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Meta Employees Say AI-Tainted Layoffs Should Be Blocked

Over two dozen Meta employees accused the tech giant of unlawfully picking them to be laid off using artificial intelligence tools that penalized people who took protected leave or received workplace accommoda... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs DHS' Victory In Fired Officer's Age Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit declined to revive an ex-security officer's bias suit alleging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found him unfit for duty due to his age, ruling his case lacks evidence that prejudic... (more story)

Northwestern Prof Alleges Pro-Palestinian Stand Cost Tenure

Northwestern University denied tenure for a journalism professor and set him up for termination because he spoke openly about his support for Palestinians and blocked police from clearing a student encampment ... (more story)

Denver Worker Says Her Firing Was Tied To Mayoral Support

A Denver employee alleging she was retaliated against and laid off for supporting a different mayoral candidate went back and forth with her superiors Tuesday at a preliminary injunction hearing where she urge... (more story)

IBM Nets Deal To End Ex-Sales Specialist's Age Bias Suit

IBM has settled a 63-year-old's lawsuit accusing the global technology company of systemic age bias, North Carolina federal court records show.

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Retail Worker Says Anthropologie Shaved Time Records

Retail clothing company Anthropologie has directed store managers to systematically alter employee time records in an electronic timekeeping system to reduce recorded work hours and avoid paying overtime, a fo... (more story)

Paul Hastings Hires McKinsey Vet To Drive AI Push

An artificial intelligence executive with more than two decades of experience at McKinsey was named the new chief innovation officer at Paul Hastings LLP on Monday.

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NC City Moves To Break Up Police Officers' OT Collective

A North Carolina city asked a federal court to dismantle a collective action brought by police officers alleging they were not properly compensated for preshift and postshift work, arguing the officers' claims... (more story)

PetSmart Hit With Wage Suit By Colo. Pet Care Workers

Four former pet care employees have sued PetSmart in Colorado state court alleging the company denied them meal breaks and rest periods, failed to pay them for off-the-clock work and improperly calculated their overtime pay.

EEOC Sets Meeting On Worker Demographic Reporting Repeal

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday that it will convene in a week to consider its plan to scuttle its decades-old requirements mandating that certain employers report their work... (more story)

Auto Parts Co., Workers Seek Wins In Shaved-Time Suits

An auto parts maker and factory workers filed competing bids for early wins in parallel federal wage suits, with the workers alleging willful pay-shaving practices and the manufacturer arguing that the dispute... (more story)

Cannabis Companies Settle $300K Workers' Wage Deal

A chain of marijuana dispensaries operating under the Catalyst brand has agreed to pay $300,000 in order to end claims it denied overtime pay, meal breaks and cellphone reimbursements to thousands of workers, ... (more story)