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Ex-Workers Want Firm Sanctioned For Unpaid Arbitration Fees

Former employees of a New Jersey personal injury law firm have asked a state court to revive claims in two complaints, one alleging discrimination and the other asserting that the firm owes overtime pay, arguing the firm should be sanctioned for missing payments that led to arbitration proceedings being terminated.

Hospital Owed Bargaining Over Uniforms, NLRB Judge Says

A New York City hospital violated federal labor law by imposing a branded-uniform policy without bargaining with its nurses' union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the dress code change was significant enough to require negotiations.

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Labor Board's Majority May Rethink Recognition Bar

The National Labor Relations Board's Republican members on Thursday signaled interest in rethinking a policy that bars elections to replace unions for up to a year after employers begin bargaining with unions they voluntarily recognize.

Expert Analysis

Trending Legal Implications Of Employee Influencer Programs

Keri Bruce and Mark Goldstein

Employee-generated content is rapidly becoming a popular marketing strategy, as illustrated by Starbucks' new TikT... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Shifting Workplace Violence Responses

Dawn Solowey, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Adam Young

Amid recent threats of violence against artificial intelligence company executives and Jewish-owned businesses, em... (more story)

Limiting Employer Risk If Calif. Case Upends Time Rounding

Jacqueline Crispino

The California Supreme Court's holdings in recent years suggest that it may tighten the rules for — or even elimin... (more story)

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NLRB Won't Rethink Hearing Order In Union Vote Row

A split National Labor Relations Board on Friday declined to revisit an agency official's order setting a hearing on a union's objections to a representation election at a Mississippi energy company, with one ... (more story)

SAG-AFTRA Plan Members Seek Final OK Of Data Breach Deal

Members of the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan have asked a California federal court for final approval of a $950,000 class action settlement resolving claims that a 2024 data breach exposed the personal and medical inf... (more story)

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ASU Targeted Food Workers' Wage Protests, Union Says

Arizona State University placed overly broad restrictions on union members' campus protests over the wages of university food service workers and used unreasonable force to arrest two union protestors during g... (more story)

NY Forecast: Judge Weighs Tossing Cancer Gene Bias Suit

This week, a New York federal judge will consider a shared workspace operator's request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former worker who claims she was forced out of her job after being diagnosed with a gen... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: SEIU Local, UAW Local In Probation Dispute

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on respective arbitration and dismissal bids in a dispute involving a United Auto Workers local and a Service Employees International Union local. Here's... (more story)

Dispensary Operator Must Arbitrate Firing Claims, Union Says

A United Food and Commercial Workers local has asked a Nevada federal court to force a cannabis dispensary operator to arbitrate grievances challenging the terminations of two workers, arguing that the operato... (more story)

Hospital Can't Undo Union Election Agreement, NLRB Says

A National Labor Relations Board panel on Thursday denied a Michigan hospital's bid to review a regional official's decision certifying a union's election win, rejecting the hospital's argument that the offici... (more story)

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Smithfield Says It Shouldn't Face Jury In EEOC's Age Bias Suit

Smithfield Foods challenged a Georgia magistrate judge's report recommending the meat processor face the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit claiming it fired a senior sales employee due to her... (more story)

Chicago Deputy Corp. Counsel Accused Of Disability Bias

A deputy corporation counsel in Chicago's legal department has been hit with discrimination claims for allegedly treating a supervising attorney's physical disability and workplace accommodation with "open hos... (more story)

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9th Circ. Hints Calif. High Court May Need To Hear Tweet Row

A Ninth Circuit panel suggested Friday that the California Supreme Court may need to opine on the scope of a state law that bars employers from influencing workers' political activity in a case involving an NB... (more story)

Atty Hits Conn. Prosecutors With Pregnancy Bias Suit

An attorney who was terminated from the Connecticut prosecutors' office that responds to habeas petitions has brought a federal lawsuit alleging she was isolated, punished, overwhelmed with assignments and the... (more story)

Disney Beats Ex-ESPN Worker's COVID Vaccine Suit, For Now

A Connecticut federal judge on Friday dismissed a former ESPN remote video operator's lawsuit claiming the company's COVID-19 booster requirement violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and breached his... (more story)

Immigration Judge Says Anti-DEI Bias Led To Her Ousting

A Black immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice for discrimination, alleging her firing was related to anti-DEI sentiments at the agency that overwhelmingly targeted older, nonwhite women.

'You're Not Ready': Judge Warns Tesla, Agency Of Sanctions

A California state judge presiding over the California Civil Rights Department's lawsuit alleging Tesla fostered racism at its Fremont factory admonished both parties Friday for violating orders and being unpr... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

$900M Va. Resort Contractors Face Wage Theft Class Action

Carpenters building Kalahari Resorts' $900 million resort in Virginia are accusing general contractor Hensel Phelps and its subcontractor of misclassifying workers as independent contractors and stiffing them ... (more story)

Texas EMS Provider Misused Fluctuating Pay, Suit Says

A Texas emergency services provider shorted paramedics and other nonexempt workers on overtime by improperly using a fluctuating-workweek pay method and excluding bonuses and stipends from their regular rates,... (more story)

Worker Says GM Can't Escape FMLA, Bias Claims

A General Motors assembly plant worker who alleges the company repeatedly disciplined her for taking disability-related medical leave has urged a Tennessee federal court to reject GM's bid to dismiss her case,... (more story)

Manufacturer Owes OT For Time Putting On Gear, Suit Says

An advanced materials maker failed to pay workers for time spent putting on and removing required protective gear, walking to and from work areas and showering after their shifts, a former worker for the compa... (more story)

Katz Banks Adds Partner From Sanford Heisler In DC

Katz Banks Kumin LLP has bolstered its ranks in the nation's capital by adding a former co-managing partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP's Washington, D.C., office, bringing on a lawyer whose experien... (more story)

John Deere Workers Fight Bid To Toss Severance Claims

Former John Deere workers urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to preserve proposed class claims alleging the company manipulated performance ratings to reduce severance payouts, arguing its severance prog... (more story)

DOL To Pay Atty Fees To End Demographic Data Fight

The U.S. Department of Labor will pay $225,000 in attorney fees and costs to end a news organization's suit over access to federal contractors' workforce diversity reports, after the Ninth Circuit affirmed an ... (more story)