Expert Analysis

How Calif. Safety Worker Pension Bill Could Cost Employers

Public employers should carefully consider how pension costs and bargaining concerns could change under a Californ... (more story)

Chicago Suits Highlight Struggle Over Piercing Corporate Veil

A union's latest lawsuit against the owners of a storied Chicago bar and restaurant that closed in 2023 illustrate... (more story)

Telehealth Suit May Redraw Rules For Physician Classification

A new class action in California federal court, Cioppettini v. Mochi Medical, alleging a telehealth company miscla... (more story)

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DOE Contractor Urges Court To Nix Award Reinstating Worker

A contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy at a nuclear decontamination site urged an Ohio federal court Monday to undo an arbitration award ordering it to reinstate an employee who was fired after testing... (more story)

Mich. Judge Mulls Settlement For Fiat Chrysler OT Suit

An estimated 68,000 Fiat Chrysler employees would receive an average $100 payout under a settlement agreement presented at a hearing Monday in Michigan federal court that would end a 2023 suit accusing the car... (more story)

6th Circ. Says 'Nothing Technical' About Co.'s Union Snub

A Michigan construction company violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from and refusing to bargain with a union, the Sixth Circuit held Monday, rejecting the company's attempt to have the court... (more story)

Bus Cos. Drop $2M Pension Suit Against Teamsters Fund

Three New York City school bus companies have dropped their $2 million Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit against a Teamsters pension fund after the Second Circuit issued a decision supporting the... (more story)

U. Of Dayton Beats Challenge To Severance Pact

The confidentiality language in the severance pact used by the University of Dayton in a round of layoffs last year didn't violate federal labor law, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, dismissing an... (more story)

Amazon, Union Set Up Venue Fight In Bargain Order Dispute

Amazon and a Teamsters affiliate have filed competing challenges to a National Labor Relations Board decision requiring the e-commerce giant to bargain with the union, setting up a fight in two U.S. circuit co... (more story)

4th Circ. Scraps Injunction Blocking DOGE's SSA Data Access

The full Fourth Circuit on Friday vacated and remanded a preliminary injunction blocking the government's access to sensitive data held by the U.S. Social Security Administration, ruling that unions and retire... (more story)

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Animal Health Co. Settles Veterinarian's Pay Bias Claim

An animal health company has settled a former veterinary pathologist's claim that she was paid less than her male colleagues because of her gender, according to filings in New Jersey federal court.

DOD Education Unit Says Bias Suit Rehashes EEO Claims

The Department of Defense Education Activity told a North Carolina federal court Monday that a former assistant principal's sex and race discrimination lawsuit can't survive, as her claims are either too skele... (more story)

EEOC, PepsiCo's Slimmed-Down Bias Deal Wins Approval

A $270,000 settlement that the PepsiCo Beverage Sales brokered to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability discrimination lawsuit secured court approval on Monday after the parties pared b... (more story)

Penn Appealing Order To Give Jewish Employee Info To EEOC

The University of Pennsylvania said Monday it is appealing to the Third Circuit a federal judge's order that it must comply with a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission subpoena for information on Jewis... (more story)

EEOC To Produce Law Firm DEI Letter Records By May 15

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court Monday that it would give two law professors documents related to 20 letters the agency sent to law firms over their purported diversity, e... (more story)

Walmart Escapes Fired Indian Worker's Discrimination Suit

A worker of Indian descent who alleges that Walmart fired him out of discrimination for his ethnic heritage can't prop up his case by pointing to a handful of off-color remarks that colleagues made about his i... (more story)

Anti-Native Taunts Made Engineer 'Feel Less Than,' Suit Says

A member of a Native American tribe has filed a lawsuit in Michigan federal court against two real estate companies that provide "hotel-style" apartments, saying the "dehumanizing" racial abuse he was subjecte... (more story)

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Screening Time Deal Doesn't Bar Break Suit, Wash. Panel Says

An elder care company's class settlement over COVID-19 screening time doesn't bar a separate suit claiming the company failed to pay workers for missed meal breaks, a Washington state appeals court ruled, revi... (more story)

Appliance Co. Slams DOL's Sanctions Bid In Overtime Suit

A household appliance company pushed back on the U.S. Department of Labor's bid for sanctions in an unpaid overtime lawsuit in California federal court, arguing that the agency improperly rehashes discovery fi... (more story)

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4th Circ. Nixes Appeal Against Auto Cos. Over Arbitration Fees

A group of workers cannot challenge a district court's denial of their bid to lift a stay and order two automotive companies to pay arbitration fees related to wage and hour claims, the Fourth Circuit ruled, s... (more story)

Ex-Twitter Executive Ends $20M Suit Against X Corp., Musk

Twitter's former chief marketing officer has agreed to drop her $20 million severance suit, which defendants X Corp. and Elon Musk had appealed to the Ninth Circuit seeking to force arbitration, after parties ... (more story)

11th Circ. Rejects Fired Fla. Law Prof's Reinstatement Bid

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday denied a bid from a former professor fired from Florida A&M University College of Law to be reinstated via a preliminary injunction, ruling the trial court correctly found that s... (more story)

Wash., Detainees Urge High Court To Reject GEO Wage Appeal

The state of Washington and a class of immigration detainees urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject GEO Group's bid to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling requiring the prison operator to pay Washington's minimum ... (more story)

Casino Workers Owed Pay For Off-The-Clock Duties, Suit Says

Hundreds of casino hospitality workers are owed back pay and overtime wages after their employer required them to undergo security screenings and change into uniforms off the clock, according to a proposed col... (more story)