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7 Ways Va. Employers Can Prep For New Noncompete Limits

As of July 1, Virginia noncompete agreements with employees fired without "cause" must provide "severance benefits... (more story)

Employer Tips To Prepare For Va. Family And Medical Leave

With Virginia's paid family and medical leave insurance program taking effect in two years, employers should devel... (more story)

Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting ... (more story)

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USW Drops Saint-Gobain Retiree Healthcare Change Suit

The United Steelworkers union has dropped its lawsuit over materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain's changes to union retirees' healthcare plans, less than a week after losing a bid for a preliminary injunction an... (more story)

Ore. Hospital Illegally Refused To Bargain, NLRB Says

An Oregon hospital violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a nurses union, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, rejecting the hospital's argument that the union had been wrongly certifi... (more story)

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Trump Signs Order Stripping 'Policy' Employee Protections

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order stripping certain federal employees of their job protections in the culmination of a project he began in his first term.

House Proposes Cutting Nearly $100M From NLRB Budget

U.S. House of Representatives appropriators on Thursday floated a bill that would cut the National Labor Relations Board's budget by nearly a third to $200 million and force the shrinking agency to shed more jobs.

Colo. Health Center Must Bargain With Union, NLRB Says

A group of Colorado nonprofit health centers violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a physicians union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, rejecting the employer's claims that it didn't ... (more story)

Fla. Public Employers Can Close Arb. Hearings, Court Says

Public-sector employers in Florida don't have to let people observe arbitration hearings in labor-management disputes, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a trial court's finding that state law ... (more story)

OPM Relaxes Remote Work Guidance For World Cup

The Trump administration told federal agencies that employees based in 11 cities hosting World Cup matches should be allowed to work remotely during the international soccer tournament, easing restrictive guid... (more story)

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Georgia Fed. Judge Facing Impeachment Threat, New DQ Bid

A Georgia federal judge reportedly disciplined for having sexual intercourse in her chambers and attending a political event is facing renewed pressure, as a former UPS employee seeks her disqualification from... (more story)

Trucking Co. Will Pay $4.5M To End Applicant's Race Bias Suit

A trucking company has reached a $4.5 million deal to resolve a lawsuit in which a Black applicant who said the company walked back a job offer because of his race scored a $3.4 million jury award in 2023, acc... (more story)

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11th Circ. Revives Cop's Military Service Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit reopened a lawsuit alleging that a Florida city police officer was harassed and demoted because he took time off for military service, holding that the trial court needed to take a closer ... (more story)

DOJ Attys Launch Disability Suit Over Telework Revocation

Two federal immigration attorney-advisers have filed a proposed class action accusing the U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review of violating the Rehabilitation Act by denying the... (more story)

Karen Read Sues Police For Lax Oversight Of 'Unfit' Officers

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman acquitted last year of killing her police officer boyfriend in a trial that garnered national attention, said in a suit filed Thursday that police agencies were negligent fo... (more story)

House GOP Bill Would Cut DOL Funding, Eliminate OFCCP

The House Appropriations Committee introduced a funding bill Thursday that would cut the U.S. Department of Labor's budget by nearly $4 billion, including a decrease in the Wage and Hour Division's budget and ... (more story)

Tech Co. Settles Fired Worker's Sex Harassment Suit

An ultrasonic technology company has agreed to settle a former employee's suit claiming she was fired after she rejected her boss's ongoing romantic advances and began looking into legal action against him, ac... (more story)

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High Court Ruling Backs OT Exemption Win, Distributor Says

A food service distributor told the Ninth Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate can qualify for a federal arbitration... (more story)

Maynard Nexsen Grows Dallas Roster With 4 Atty Additions

Maynard Nexsen PC has bulked up in Dallas with a new shareholder and of counsel who joined from Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, an associate who arrived from Winstead PC and an associate who has relocated from the fir... (more story)

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3rd Circ. Nixes DOL's $35.8M Nursing Home Wage Win

Federal wage law doesn't allow workers to recover pay for nonovertime hours during weeks when they logged more than 40 hours, the Third Circuit held Wednesday as a matter of first impression, partially undoing... (more story)

Georgia-Pacific Improperly Calculates Overtime, Suit Says

Paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific shorted hourly workers on overtime by failing to include performance pay and other nondiscretionary compensation in their regular rate of pay, a forklif... (more story)

Call Center Worker's Va. Wage Claim Axed For FLSA Overlap

A Massachusetts federal judge tossed a call center worker's Virginia overtime claim against a home security company, finding the state law at issue merely repackages rights already protected by federal law.

The Plaintiffs Atty Now 5-0 At High Court With No Dissents

It's true that Jennifer Bennett is undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court, but it's also an understatement. Bennett's five wins, including two recent ones, were all unanimous decisions. They showed that the plai... (more story)

Treatment Providers Can't DQ Participants' Atty In Wage Suit

Several Texas-based addiction recovery program operators cannot remove a worker's attorney from a proposed wage class action over his prior involvement with the programs, a federal judge found, saying the oper... (more story)