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NIL Contracts Test Limits On College Football Transfers

College football's new legal era of direct payments to players and fewer transfer restrictions has put contractual... (more story)

The Leeway And Limits Of DOL's Joint Employer Proposal

A recent U.S. Department of Labor proposal would make joint employment harder to prove, giving employers more flex... (more story)

Mitigating Risks Under New Pay Disclosure Laws In Maine, Va.

To prepare for pay transparency laws that go into effect this summer in Maine and Virginia, employers should consi... (more story)

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Trump Admin Looks To Ax Expanded Suit Over Staffing Cuts

A union-led coalition should not be allowed to pursue an expanded challenge to the Trump administration's reshaping of the federal workforce, the administration argued, telling a California federal judge that ... (more story)

8th Circ. Finds GE Exempt For Liability In $230M Fund Fight

General Electric Co. does not owe $230 million in pension obligations to construction employees covered by a boilermaker-blacksmith fund, the Eighth Circuit affirmed Tuesday, finding in a published opinion tha... (more story)

Mass. Uber, Lyft Drivers Form Country's First Ride App Union

Massachusetts-based drivers for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have won union representation, becoming the first crop of app-based drivers in the country with a certified bargaining representative.

NLRB Clears Postal Service In Dispute Over Steward Request

The National Labor Relations Board upheld an agency judge's decision to dismiss a complaint alleging that the U.S. Postal Service violated federal labor law by firing an employee who had previously asked for s... (more story)

NLRB GC, New York-Presbyterian Spar Over Uniform Rule

A New York hospital has urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to dismiss allegations that it unlawfully implemented a new uniform policy without bargaining, saying the change was within its authority an... (more story)

Ironworkers Union Local Must Face NJ AG's Bias Suit

A New Jersey Superior Court judge refused to dismiss the state's discrimination lawsuit accusing an Ironworkers local of systematically passing over Black union members for job assignments, ruling that the cla... (more story)

Mass. Court Backs City's Civil Service Bypass Despite Flaws

Gloucester, Massachusetts, officials were justified in bypassing a job candidate for a firefighter position based on some negative feedback, despite a "flawed" background investigation, an intermediate state a... (more story)

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9th Circ. Won't Revive Wash. City Workers' Vax Mandate Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday put an end to city workers' lawsuit challenging Bellingham, Washington's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that a lower court appropriately dismissed the action and barred the work... (more story)

Seattle Hospital Loses Appeal Of Dr.'s $21M Race Bias Verdict

A Washington Court of Appeals panel Tuesday upheld a $21 million verdict against Seattle Children's Hospital in a Black ex-medical director's lawsuit claiming he faced racism in the workplace and retaliation f... (more story)

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EEOC Says Gas Chain Axed Disabled Worker Over Need To Sit

Texas-based gas station and convenience store chain Buc-ee's denied a cashier's request to sit on the job because of an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and ultimately fired him, the U.S. Equal E... (more story)

Judge Says Ex-City Prosecutor's Bias Suit Should Be Tossed

A Texas federal judge recommended Tuesday that a bias and retaliation suit against the city of Corpus Christi by a former assistant city attorney be tossed because he failed to show that comparable workers wer... (more story)

9th Circ. Backs Reinstating DEI Grants Nixed By Trump

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction and class certification orders in litigation from University of California researchers against President Donald Trump, backi... (more story)

Wage Disclosure Suit Doesn't Trigger Coverage, Judge Says

A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges ... (more story)

5th Circ. Won't Reopen White Ex-News Anchor's Bias Suit

The Fifth Circuit backed a Mississippi television station's win over a white former news anchor's lawsuit claiming she was fired because of her race, saying she couldn't overcome the company's explanation that... (more story)

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Kroger Unit Pressured Workers To Forgo Breaks, Suit Says

Grocery chain Fred Meyer Stores Inc. and its parent company, Kroger, failed to pay workers minimum and overtime wages, denied them meal and rest breaks and manipulated their time records to systematically unde... (more story)

Comerica Agents Owed OT For Boot-Up Time, Suit Says

Comerica failed to pay customer service workers for preshift computer start-up time and work performed during unpaid meal breaks, a former call center agent alleged in a proposed collective and class action fi... (more story)

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Mitsubishi Workers' Attys Get $180K From Wage Deal

Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Inc. will fund approximately $180,000 in attorney fees and costs as part of a $515,000 settlement resolving claims that it used a time-rounding policy that shorted worker... (more story)

Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

Teamsters Local Wants Ex-Worker's Payment Suit Tossed

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has asked an Oklahoma federal court to toss a lawsuit claiming that a former employee for a local branch of the union was stiffed on overtime and severance pay, argui... (more story)

Worker Hits Vail Resorts With Suit Over Rest Breaks

Vail Resorts failed to make rest breaks available and provide compensation for missed rest breaks for its hourly employees, according to a proposed class action in Colorado state court.

Hospital Accused Of Shorting Workers' Overtime

A hospital district in rural Colorado is under fire from a former registration specialist who claimed the hospital shortchanged employees by deducting 30-minute meal breaks from paychecks despite being forced ... (more story)