Federal appeals courts have split on the legality of the National Labor Relations Board's 2022 precedent change expanding the payments it will order employers to make to victims of unfair labor practices, though it is unclear whether the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in before the board's Republican majority reverses the change.
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will head to the Fifth Circuit to defend its trial win in a harassment lawsuit against an airline, and then appear before the Ninth Circuit to argue for the reinstatement of a disability discrimination suit against a financial services company. Here's a look at a quartet of oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in June.
A New Jersey federal judge ruled Friday that adult entertainers who perform on a streaming service are independent contractors under federal wage law but employees under New Jersey law, handing both sides partial wins in a wage class and collective action over the platform's pay practices.