Expert Analysis

DOL Deal Offers FMLA Lesson On Handling Intermittent Leave

The U.S. Department of Labor's recent deal with the University of Tennessee paying an employee over $30,000 for al... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Handling Religious Objections To AI Use

Pope Leo XIV's recent warning about artificial intelligence may increase requests for religious exemptions from wo... (more story)

Constructing AI Compliance Plans As State Laws Diverge

With Colorado, Connecticut and the federal government recently announcing wildly different approaches to artificia... (more story)

Labor More

4 Argument Sessions Bias Attys Should Watch In July

The Ninth Circuit will consider a California law that bars employers from penalizing workers who refuse to attend meetings on religious or political topics, while the First Circuit will evaluate whether JPMorg... (more story)

FLRA Union Case Management Rule Struck Down As 'Arbitrary'

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday vacated a Federal Labor Relations Authority rule changing its process for handling union representation cases, agreeing with a coalition of unions that the decision to t... (more story)

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1st Circ. Won't Order Judge To Rule On 'Loyalty' Question

The First Circuit declined a request by three federal worker unions to formally order a Massachusetts district judge to pick up the pace in ruling on their challenge to a Trump administration policy asking job... (more story)

UChicago Instructor Loses Suit Over Review, Grievance Fight

A former instructor's dispute over an allegedly improper performance review cannot move forward against the University of Chicago and a Service Employees International Union local because he hasn't raised viab... (more story)

Gov't Arg. For DOGE Access Stay Is 'Red Herring,' Judge Says

The Trump administration can't convince a Maryland federal judge to rescind her order opening discovery into allegations the Department of Government Efficiency flouted her orders to stop accessing sensitive S... (more story)

Calif. Federal Judge Speeds Up Review Of FEMA Staffing Cuts

A California federal judge won't block staffing cuts at FEMA now, but she will quickly resolve allegations that the cuts violate the Administrative Procedure Act, she said, denying a union-led coalition's requ... (more story)

The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential autho... (more story)

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BREAKING: EEOC Scraps Long-Standing Affirmative Action Guidance

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday it had rescinded several decades-old guidance documents relating to voluntary workplace affirmative action plans, concluding the prior positio... (more story)

Cannabis Co. Says EEOC Sex Harassment Claims Too Vague

Cannabis giant Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that a class of unnamed women employees faced... (more story)

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Fired Doctor Who Said She Faced Sex Bias Gets $6.8M Verdict

A Missouri federal jury found a St. Louis University-affiliated hospital owes a former doctor $6.8 million in damages after finding she was retaliated against and fired for complaining that a male doctor made ... (more story)

Gaiman Assault Suit Belongs In New Zealand, 7th Circ. Says

A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a former nanny's suit accusing "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while in New Zealand, finding the dispute should be heard in t... (more story)

Professor Hits EMU With Gender Pay Disparity Suit

An Eastern Michigan University interior design professor has sued the university and its board of regents in Michigan federal court, alleging the school systematically paid female faculty less than similarly s... (more story)

Baltimore, Academic Groups Drop Suit Over Trump DEI Orders

The city of Baltimore and two academic groups have dropped their constitutional challenge to two Trump administration executive orders that sought to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion-related government g... (more story)

Ye Nears Deal To End Ex-Assistant's Sexual Harassment Suit

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has reached a settlement-in-principle with a former assistant who accused him of sexually harassing her by sending her inappropriate and profane texts and by forcing her... (more story)

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Oilfield Drillers Seek Rehearing In 5th Circ. OT Case

Oilfield drillers who lost their bid for overtime pay after the Fifth Circuit ruled that their hybrid pay arrangement exempted them from overtime have asked the court to take another look at the case, arguing ... (more story)

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: Arbitration Email Debate

A look at a Ninth Circuit case involving whether a worker consents to arbitration if they did not see emails containing opt-out instructions and an interview with a member of Congress about his paid family lea... (more story)

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NJ Panel Backs Wage Representative Suit Without Class Cert.

A New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday that workers can pursue representative wage actions under state law without meeting the requirements for a formal class action, while partly scaling back the time period... (more story)

Wayne-Sanderson Says Wage Claims Blocked By $70M Deal

Wayne-Sanderson urged a Maryland federal court to enforce nearly $70 million in settlements the poultry processor reached with workers and to block dozens of individuals who are suing or threatening to sue in ... (more story)

Ex-Sales Director Says Fortive Unit Used RIF To Mask Firing

A former employee of a Fortive medical equipment subsidiary urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the unit and its parent's bid for an early win in her retaliation suit, saying evidence shows a restructurin... (more story)

Software Co. Inks $1.5M Deal To End OT Suit

A cloud software company has agreed to pay $1.475 million to resolve a proposed collective action alleging it misclassified sales employees as overtime-exempt and failed to pay them overtime wages, according t... (more story)

Electrical Co. Beats OT, Break Claims In Calif. Pay Suit

A California federal judge on Friday trimmed a proposed class action against an electrical construction company, dismissing a former worker's overtime, meal and rest break claims, but allowing his minimum wage... (more story)