The U.S. Department of Labor’s recently announced plan to address the ability of 14- and 15-year-olds to work could include an extension of hours that is similar to changes some states have made in the past few years, attorneys told Law360.
A group of workers for a commercial airline and a related entity failed to support their claims that the companies' COVID-19 pandemic-era policies discriminated against their religious beliefs, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday, while sharply criticizing their attorney for his misuse of artificial intelligence.
As 2026 heads into its homestretch, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether its legal test that made it harder for employers to deny religious accommodations needs clarifying, and the Fifth Circuit is poised to rule on whether Congress enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act using unconstitutional voting procedures. Here, Law360 looks at four cases that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in the year's back half.