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Employers Should Not Neglect Paid Military Leave Compliance

An August decision from the Ninth Circuit and the settlement of a long-running class action, both examining paid l... (more story)

Old Employment Law Principles Can Answer New AI Concerns

Despite growing legal and regulatory concerns about how artificial intelligence tools may affect employment decisi... (more story)

How NJ Temp Equal Pay Survived A Constitutional Challenge

The Third Circuit recently gave the New Jersey Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights a new lease on life by systematic... (more story)

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Starbucks Finds Interest For Appeal In Shareholder Suit

A Washington Court of Appeals commissioner suggested to two Starbucks shareholders on Friday that their lawsuit must "do more than what it does" as of now if they want to accuse corporate leadership of respond... (more story)

Ex-Union Head's Nephew Eyes Plea Change In Extortion Case

The nephew of convicted felon and the former business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 is scheduled for a change of plea hearing on extortion charges stemming from allegedly ... (more story)

FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. The largest U.S. antitrust trial since regulators went after Microsoft a quarter century ago is set to resume Thursday, May 2, 2024, with government and Google making closing arguments in a case that has targeted the Big Tech company's ubiquitous search engine. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
NLRB Defends Google Joint Employer Holding At DC Circ.

The National Labor Relations Board told the D.C. Circuit that Google and its contractor, Cognizant, exercised the level of control typical of joint employers, urging the court to keep the board's conclusion th... (more story)

Union Says USPS Won't Comply With Work Assignment Order

A D.C. federal judge should make the U.S. Postal Service follow an arbitrator's order to assign mail-truck unloading work to union members in Denver, a postal workers' union argued, saying court intervention i... (more story)

4 ERISA Arguments To Watch In September

The Ninth Circuit will weigh two cases involving whether class claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act can be forced into solo arbitration, and the Second Circuit will hear Yale University wor... (more story)

US Steel Cos., Workers Seek New Tariffs On Foreign Steel

Domestic steel companies and a labor union are seeking additional antidumping and countervailing duties on corrosion-resistant steel imports, telling U.S. trade officials that overseas producers used unfair tr... (more story)

NLRB Denied Indicative Ruling Bid In SpaceX Dispute

The National Labor Relations Board can't have an indicative ruling to pause an unfair labor practice case against SpaceX amid a challenge to the constitutionality of the board's structure, a Texas federal judg... (more story)

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Doctor Pulls Discovery Demands Against WWE Accuser

Celebrity doctor Carlon Colker has withdrawn his demands seeking pre-litigation discovery materials from the woman who has accused Vince McMahon and former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. executives of sexu... (more story)

Catholic Group Wants PWFA Rule, Harassment Regs On Ice

A Catholic employer organization urged a North Dakota federal court to block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations and updated workplace harassment guidel... (more story)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says FedEx discriminated against employees by requiring them to be 100% healed after they developed medical issues without providing accommodations. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
FedEx Medical Restriction Policy Violates ADA, EEOC Says

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission slapped FedEx with a suit Friday claiming the delivery giant unlawfully screened out drivers with disabilities by barring them from work if they required any fo... (more story)

PruittHealth Enabled Antigay Abuse, Fired Nurse Says

The former nursing director of a PruittHealth facility in northwest Georgia has sued his former employer claiming a homophobic work environment, alleging that he was subjected to antigay abuse from his coworke... (more story)

Travel Nurse Says Emory Ended Her Contract Over Race Bias

A travel nurse alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that Emory Healthcare Inc. unlawfully terminated her three-month contract after she complained that allowing her to administer peritoneal dialysis on Black pa... (more story)

Pa. Paralegal Sues Former Firm For Disability Bias

A former paralegal for Allentown, Pennsylvania, firm Zator Law LLC claims in a federal Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit that her termination was a result of the firm's discrimination of her panic disord... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Amazon Security Search Row

This week, the Second Circuit will consider a group of workers' attempt to revive their claim that Amazon owed them pay for time they spent undergoing anti-theft screenings after their shifts and during breaks.

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Calif. Has Underpaid State Court Judges For Years, Suit Says

A Sacramento County judge has filed a proposed class action on behalf of over 5,000 current and retired bench officers alleging they've been underpaid for the last several years over the state's failure to pro... (more story)

X Corp. Shorted 3 Execs Millions In Severance, Suit Says

Three former executives of Twitter, now known as X, said in a California federal court suit that Elon Musk prevented them from collecting millions in severance benefits following his takeover of the social med... (more story)

A retired Air Force reservist and former Alaska Airlines pilot alleged in his complaint against the airline that he was entitled to accrue vacation and sick time while on military leave because the airline allowed pilots on jury duty and sick leave to do so. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Airline Asks 9th Circ. Panel To Reconsider Military Leave Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel didn't address whether a former Alaska Airlines pilot advanced enough evidence to show the airline denied him accrued vacation and sick time while on military stints, the company said, ur... (more story)

3rd Circ. Told Not To Defer To DOL In Travel Time Comp. Row

A home care company told the Third Circuit not to defer to the U.S. Department of Labor's interpretation of when travel time between worksites should be compensated, saying recent Fifth Circuit and U.S. Suprem... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. To Hear Charter Overtime Suit Args

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a wage suit against Charter Communications alleging overtime pay violations. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employ... (more story)

Checking In On States' Voting Leave Laws

As Americans go to the polls in November to vote for president and other offices, workers in 28 states and Washington, D.C., will be entitled to take time off from work to make their selections.

Legal Insurance Co., Ex-Worker Settle Suit Over Preshift Tasks

A legal insurance provider reached a deal with a former customer service representative to resolve her proposed class action accusing the company of failing to compensate her for the time it took to boot up he... (more story)