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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Tuesday to publish a proposal to abandon decades-old requirements that employers report their workplace demographics, moving a step closer to rescinding the disclosure mandates.
A New York federal judge on Monday made permanent his temporary block on a 2025 New York law empowering state enforcers to act for the National Labor Relations Board when it can't, declining to second-guess U.S. Supreme Court precedent barring states from stepping on the board's ground.
A Washington federal judge has allowed most of a campus food-service worker's wage and hour claims to proceed, finding the worker adequately pleaded violations of state meal and rest break laws and willful withholding of wages.
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Two opposite outcomes in recent Fifth Circuit and D.C. federal court cases underscore that the legality of denying... (more story)
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The House-approved Faster Labor Contracts Act would force rapid first-contract bargaining, subject businesses to b... (more story)
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Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutin... (more story)
A split D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday said the National Labor Relations Board's practice of insulating unions from removal after businesses change hands defies federal labor law, applying a landmark 2024 U.S. ... (more story)
International labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has added a four-attorney team through a combination with Dallas litigation boutique Stewart Law Group PLLC.
Almost 10,000 attending doctors working for the University of California health system are joining a Service Employees International Union affiliate, the union announced in a statement Monday.
A group of employees who operate and maintain the underground people mover system at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement less than a year ... (more story)
A D.C. federal judge trimmed claims that three airport janitorial contractors owe supplemental pension contributions, finding a pension fund failed to plausibly allege that the companies assumed a predecessor'... (more story)
Susan Corbin, director of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, says the state's Earned Sick Time Act does not interfere with airline operations and urged a Michigan federal judge to dismiss... (more story)
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. proposed a rule Monday on monetary penalties for failures to provide information on single-employer and multiemployer benefit plans that clarifies how plan sponsors can lower... (more story)
Sam's Club illegally fired a baker after refusing to process her leave request during an emergency hospital stay, she alleged in Michigan federal court, adding that she only learned of her firing when her memb... (more story)
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Georgia plumbing company, claiming it unlawfully fired an employee for taking too much time off work for pregnancy-related symptoms and medical appointments.
A South Dakota chicken restaurant failed to take action when a Black employee complained that a supervisor had used racial slurs, made sexual comments and threatened to kill her, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppo... (more story)
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a New Mexico school board hasn't explained why it failed to exhaust administrative remedies to challenge the agency's subpoenas seeking employment and appl... (more story)
A property management firm and a former employee who accused it of discrimination have reached an agreement to end the ex-worker's Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit, according to paperwork filed Monday i... (more story)
Littler Mendelson PC has added a former Jackson Lewis PC attorney with two decades of experience as a litigator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a shareholder in its Chicago office, the ... (more story)
A former finance director for Lowe's who is Hispanic was criticized by management and ultimately fired in retaliation for advocating for the promotion and hiring of more Hispanic and Latino employees, accordin... (more story)
Bank of America agreed to a $4.3 million deal to end claims that it didn't pay out unused vacation time for thousands of workers, though the settlement hit a minor setback when a federal judge ruled the plaint... (more story)
A Denver strip club Friday asked a state court judge to prohibit a Denver Labor hearing officer from presiding over its appeal challenging $14 million in fines stemming from wage theft allegations, claiming th... (more story)
A former medical malpractice paralegal accused a personal injury law firm and three attorneys in New York federal court of failing to pay overtime, alleging the firm gave her $600 cash after she complained abo... (more story)
An oilfield services company urged a Colorado federal judge to compel arbitration of a proposed class and collective action alleging unpaid overtime, arguing the former worker behind the suit agreed to arbitra... (more story)
Poultry plant workers looking to bring claims in state court over an alleged scheme to suppress wages told a Maryland federal court they opted out of nearly $70 million in settlements struck with Wayne-Sanderson.
An Alabama federal judge tossed a Black Chipotle manager's suit alleging she was fired for complaining that her boss favored Hispanics, ruling she failed to overcome the restaurant chain's position that she wa... (more story)
A former CSX Transportation Inc. conductor has urged a Florida federal court to let his medical leave retaliation claims go to a jury, saying the company's investigation into his alleged misuse of approved lea... (more story)
The Internal Revenue Service owes a water transfer services company nearly $351,000 in employee retention tax credit refunds, the business told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying the agency improperly retain... (more story)
University of Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel will leave at the end of the year, following a Jenner & Block-led investigation's findings that the school poorly handled an inappropriate relationship inv... (more story)
A microchip-maker will pay more than $13 million to settle a long-running class action alleging it illegally shut down a severance program following a 2016 merger, according to terms of the proposed deal filed... (more story)