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Justices Get Chance To Tackle Growing Criticism Of Bias Test

Two certiorari petitions that the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to consider Monday call for the demise of a decades-old framework for evaluating workplace discrimination cases, and experts say the requests to do away with the legal standard may be increasingly compelling as resistance to the doctrine grows.

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NLRB Nixes Precedent Shift On Worker Outbursts

The National Labor Relations Board's expanded Republican majority reversed its first precedent on Wednesday, nixing a set of discipline tests that gave workers leeway to lose their cool during pickets and other actions the National Labor Relations Act protects.

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$6M Bloomberg Wage Deal Snubs Valuable Claims, Atty Says

A proposed $6 million wage settlement by Michael Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign should not be allowed to wipe out potentially valuable contract claims in separate suits for "zero consideration," the attorney guiding the other cases told a New York federal judge.

Expert Analysis

Tracking Trends In State-Level Regulatory Enforcement

Andrew Szwez, Heather Wilson and Corey Gildart

State-level enforcement now increasingly involves antitrust, artificial intelligence and data privacy issues, and ... (more story)

Tips From Apex Ruling On Handling Workers' Public Criticism

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Lisa Haldar and Michelle McClafferty

A National Labor Relations Board judge’s recent finding that Apex Fintech Services illegally reined in an employee... (more story)

Risk Considerations As EEOC Moves To Ax Data Reports

Vanessa Johannes and Katelynn Williams

While the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent proposal to rescind requirements for workforce dem... (more story)

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Circuit Rift On Pension Credit May Catch Supreme Court's Eye

The Seventh Circuit recently established how to credit employers for a previous partial withdrawal from a multiemployer pension fund when calculating liability for a complete exit, resulting in a split with th... (more story)

NLRB Orders Pizzeria To Bargain In Union Cert. Row

A Texas pizzeria must bargain with a union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for a unit of its employees, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday, handing out a decision that wil... (more story)

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NLRB Guards Atty-Client Docs From Union Info Requests

Employers do not need to disclose communications protected by attorney-client privilege to unions as part of information requests, the National Labor Relations Board held Wednesday, saying a balancing test tha... (more story)

Teamsters Seek Order Protecting Creamery Staff's Healthcare

A billion-dollar dairy cooperative that is trying to close a century-old creamery in Vermont shouldn't be allowed to revoke the staff's health insurance while the staff's union argues that the shutdown is unla... (more story)

NY Librarian Says Dues Requirement Violates 1st Amendment

A librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library is challenging a requirement in its collective bargaining agreement compelling employees to pay union dues in order to continue working at the library, according to a... (more story)

Fed. Grants Bind Railways To Fed. Labor Law, NMB Argues

The Eleventh Circuit should affirm a Florida federal judge's finding that a high-speed rail operator is subject to the Railway Labor Act, the National Mediation Board argued, saying the operator can't wriggle ... (more story)

Calif. Mounts Defense To NLRB's Fill-In Law Challenge

The state of California has urged a federal court to grant it an early win in the National Labor Relations Board's challenge of a state law allowing the state labor board to perform certain duties if the natio... (more story)

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Gay JPMorgan Ex-Worker Claims Discrimination By Supervisor

A gay former employee of JPMorgan Chase sued the bank Wednesday, claiming a supervisor discriminated against him because of his sexual orientation and in response to his work with an LGBTQ+ affinity group at t... (more story)

Google Ex-Executive Says Bias Led To Layoff

A former Google sales executive hit the tech giant with a lawsuit in Colorado state court claiming it pushed him out because of his age and retaliated after he complained that his manager was discriminating ag... (more story)

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Walmart Can't Nix Worker's $300K Retaliation Trial Win

A Washington federal judge declined Wednesday to scrap a $300,000 trial win for a former Walmart employee who claimed she was fired for reporting that her manager failed to shut down sexual harassment, calling... (more story)

NJ Bias Case Judge Won't Nix Hospital's NDA Rule Yet

A New Jersey state judge said it was too early to strike down a hospital's nondisclosure agreement provision for internal investigations in a former director's suit alleging she was the target of a retaliatory investigation.

Nepotism Allegation Can't Sustain Race Bias Suit, Judge Says

An automotive parts manufacturer does not have to face a Black former employee's lawsuit alleging she was fired for using her cellphone at work while a human resources manager's white daughter evaded disciplin... (more story)

Mail Delivery Co. Strikes Deal In EEOC Sunday Work Suit

A mail delivery contractor agreed to pay $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business demanded a Christian employee work on Sundays, even though he complained those ... (more story)

Weinstein Sentenced To 15 Years After NY Trials

A New York state judge on Wednesday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years for sexually assaulting "Project Runway" production assistant Miriam Haley, following a series of trials against the already-imprisone... (more story)

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Liquor Distributor's Insurer Fights Coverage Of Worker's Suit

Employers Mutual Casualty Co. filed suit in Washington federal court Wednesday seeking an order declaring that the insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify policyholder American Northwest Distributors Inc. a... (more story)

Delta Anti-Moonlighting Suit Sent Back To Wash. State Court

A federal judge has sent a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines of barring low-wage workers from holding second jobs back to Washington state court, finding the worker who brought the suit failed to ... (more story)

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Detainees Push Back On GEO's Bid To Pause Labor Suit

Detainees at a Colorado immigration detention facility have pushed back against a prison company's bid to pause their federal forced labor lawsuit before November's trial, arguing the company is treating the U... (more story)

Health Workers Win OK Of $4M Deal In Time-Rounding Suit

Workers at an Indiana hospital network secured final approval of a $4 million settlement to resolve their claims that the company systematically shaved time from their pay through a biased rounding system, wit... (more story)

Baker Law Group Hit With Wage Suit In Colorado

A former paralegal and law clerk at Baker Law Group PLLC claimed in Colorado federal court Monday that the firm misclassified administrative staff, failed to pay for nonbillable work hours, and changed or dele... (more story)

Ex-Nuclear Power Workers Ask To Amend Wage-Fixing Suit

Former nuclear plant workers are asking a Maryland federal court to let them refile a proposed class action, saying they have new, direct evidence that companies worked together to fix wages in the nuclear energy industry.

Gov't Contractor Sued Over Cutting Analyst's $250K Pay Offer

A disabled veteran sued government contractor CACI International Inc. over an alleged "bait and switch," saying she was hired to work as an intelligence analyst with the promise of a $250,000 salary that was l... (more story)