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NLRB GC's Office Backs Cemex Reversal In Amazon Case

The newly Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board should reverse a Biden-era ruling that made it easier for unions to win bargaining orders in unfair labor practice cases involving organizing drives, an agency attorney told the NLRB, asking it to use an Amazon-Teamsters dispute to overturn its 2023 Cemex ruling.

Ex-Labor Secretary Acted Inappropriately, Watchdog Says

Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer failed to prohibit harassment in the workplace, had an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a member of her protective detail and combined personal and official travel, the U.S. Labor Department's internal watchdog said in a report following the secretary's resignation.

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Justices Again Refuse NY Health Workers' Fight Over Vax Rule

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Friday to reconsider its decision to pass on a legal challenge by religious healthcare workers to a pandemic-era New York state vaccination policy, despite three conservative justices' previously stated interest in the case.

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Meta Layoff Suit Serves As Early Test Of AI Bias Claims

Manny Starr

A lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Meta's use of artificial intelligence in recent layoffs negati... (more story)

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Tim Garrett and Hunter Yoches

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow pu... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Minimizing Midterm Politics At Work

Dawn Solowey, Sam Schwartz-Fenwick and Beth Sherwood

With the upcoming midterm elections producing a steady stream of controversy, employers would benefit from plannin... (more story)

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FAA Told Courts Have Spoken On Flight Attendants' Breaks

The Federal Aviation Administration received pushback on a proposal to preempt state and local meal and rest break requirements for flight attendants, including an International Brotherhood of Teamsters argume... (more story)

Judge Asks Atty To Explain Absences In Nurses' Wage Suit

A Colorado federal magistrate judge ordered Friday that an attorney for nearly 40 nurses in a wage lawsuit against Colorado-based U.S. Nursing Corp. explain why he has not appeared in the case for months and w... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Says UAW Unit Didn't Back Away From Deal

A United Auto Workers local did not violate federal labor law by refusing to sign an agreement on production standards at a Florida Mack Trucks plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, saying the un... (more story)

ERISA Recap: 5 Appellate Rulings To Know From August

The Seventh Circuit kept an Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager rule in place as not preempted by federal benefits law, the Fourth Circuit revived an Altria ex-worker's dispute over benefit plan documents, and t... (more story)

NLRB GC Revives Claim Teamsters Blocked Amazon Facility

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board revived a charge claiming the Teamsters illegally blocked an Amazon facility during a picket after the company appealed a regional official's decision ... (more story)

GM, Ultium Can't End Worker's Firing Suit At Pleading Stage

General Motors' battery cell manufacturer must face a worker's claim that his firing violated his union's collective bargaining agreement, a Tennessee federal judge has ruled, saying the worker has a solid cas... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs NLRB Enforcement Order In Retaliation Row

The National Labor Relations Board can enforce its order finding a nuclear waste cleanup company unlawfully fired an employee who reported allegations to his union that the company violated its collective barg... (more story)

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EEOC Says San Francisco Is Stalling White Worker Bias Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a California federal judge to force San Francisco to speed up compliance with an agency subpoena into a white former city employee's claims that she faced... (more story)

Ex-DLA Piper Partner Must Face Claim He Raped Associate

A Massachusetts state court has ruled it has jurisdiction over an assault and battery claim alleging a former DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware, finding that purported inciden... (more story)

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Jury Says Norfolk Southern Owes $954K In Disability Bias Suit

A Pennsylvania federal jury said Friday that Norfolk Southern should pay nearly $954,000 to an electrician who claimed he was unlawfully kept out of work for almost a year because of his seizure disorder.

Cannabis Co. Ayr Accused Of Wrongfully Firing New Parent

Miami-based cannabis operator Ayr Wellness Inc. and associated companies were hit with a discrimination lawsuit by a former vice president who claims they pressured her to cut short her maternity leave, denied... (more story)

BMW Says Citizenship Bias Verdict Based On Speculation

A BMW manufacturing unit urged the Fourth Circuit to upend a jury's verdict in favor of an American former human resources manager who claimed she faced an unlawful demotion to make room for a German national,... (more story)

Turf Co. Laid Off Foreman Over Workplace Injury, Suit Says

A landscaping company violated a foreman's disability rights by laying him off shortly after he returned from six weeks of medical leave following an on-the-job injury to his ankle, he said in a lawsuit filed ... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs Social Services Agency In Layoff Bias Suit

The D.C. Circuit upheld the dismissal Friday of a race bias suit claiming a Washington, D.C., social services agency disproportionately fired Black workers in a 2011 layoff, ruling that the district's decision... (more story)

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Ex-Geico Agents Can't Get More Discovery In Benefits Dispute

An Ohio federal court has blocked former Geico insurance agents from expanding the scope of discovery in their lawsuit claiming the insurer misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them employe... (more story)

Boeing OT Suit Says Incentive Pay Was Omitted From Rates

Boeing shorted its workers in Washington state by failing to factor in bonuses and other nondiscretionary compensation when calculating overtime and sick leave payments, according to a proposed class action th... (more story)

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Elevance Health Settles Ex-Worker's Late Pay Class Claims

Elevance Health Inc. has agreed to a settlement in principle that would end a proposed class action claiming it failed to give discharged workers their final paychecks in a timely fashion under Connecticut and... (more story)

United Airlines Violates Wash. OT And Break Laws, Suit Says

United Airlines is accused of violating Washington labor laws by shorting overtime pay and denying compliant meal and rest breaks to hourly employees who held ground job positions for the carrier, according to... (more story)

Dunkin' Donuts Operator Misclassified Managers, Suit Says

A Dunkin' Donuts franchisee misclassified store managers as exempt from overtime and failed to pay them for work exceeding 40 hours per week, a former employee claimed in a proposed class and collective action... (more story)

Fla. Restaurant Pays $733K In DOL Wage Probe

A Florida seafood restaurant paid nearly $733,000 after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that it stiffed 31 workers on their full pay, the agency announced.

Medical Issues Got Steel Co. Worker Fired, FMLA Suit Says

A Mississippi steel company fired a machine operator in retaliation for taking time off work to treat medical issues stemming from his kidney failure, according to the former employee's suit filed in federal court.