Expert Analysis

What We Did And Didn't Learn From DOJ's 1st Illegal DEI Deal

IBM's recent $17 million deal with the U.S. Department of Justice marks the first resolved False Claims Act enforc... (more story)

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

As federal agencies mandate new procurement language aimed at curbing contractors' DEI practices and embedding Fal... (more story)

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management off... (more story)

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Mediation Agency Needs Feds' OK For Arbitrator Referrals

The federal agency that mediates disputes between the government and its workers' unions will now seek consent from agencies the president has excused from bargaining before it will refer unions to arbitrators... (more story)

Volkswagen Drops Challenge To NLRB Bargaining Order Bid

Volkswagen has dropped a Texas federal lawsuit to stop National Labor Relations Board prosecutors from seeking to make it bargain with a group of workers in New Jersey less than a week after the carmaker chall... (more story)

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Union, Google Draws 9th Circuit In Joint-Employer Dispute

Google and a Communications Workers of America affiliate will go to the Ninth Circuit to present their competing challenges to a National Labor Relations Board decision ordering the company to bargain with the... (more story)

Judge Backs Landfill Co. In Fight With Union Over Firing

A municipal landfill operator has defeated a union's attempt to compel it to rehire a longtime employee, with an Indiana federal judge preserving an arbitration award that allowed the worker's firing to stand.

4th Circ. Won't Stay Bargaining Order Pending High Court Bid

The Fourth Circuit turned down a Virginia trucking company's bid to stay a mandate requiring the entity to bargain with the union that workers tried to incorporate before facing pressure to vote against representation.

Electrician Fired Over Safety Complaints, NLRB Judge Says

A Washington state electrical contractor violated federal labor law by firing a worker who raised safety concerns at a jobsite for a project to expand and upgrade a food processing facility, a National Labor R... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Louis Vuitton Harassment Suit

This week, the Second Circuit will consider a former Louis Vuitton attorney's lawsuit claiming the luxury brand ignored her reports that another employee sexually assaulted and harassed her and ultimately fire... (more story)

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Waffle House Accused Of Pregnancy Bias, Leave Interference

Waffle House was sued in Georgia federal court by a former unit manager who alleged that the restaurant chain depleted her medical leave without authorization, denied her reasonable accommodations and twice de... (more story)

Toshiba Subsidiary Must Face Black Worker's Bias Suit

A Toshiba retail technology subsidiary can't escape a Black business analyst's lawsuit claiming he was demoted and excluded from meetings and training opportunities because of his race, with a North Carolina f... (more story)

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Wigdor Sanctioned For Lying In Leon Black Rape Case

Prominent victims rights law firm Wigdor LLP has been sanctioned for lying to a New York federal judge while pursuing a lawsuit that claims ex-Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black raped a teenager provided ... (more story)

HR Group To Challenge $11.5M Bias Verdict At 10th Circ.

A global human resources association told a Colorado federal court that it's going to vie for a new trial at the Tenth Circuit after a jury handed a Black Egyptian former employee an $11.5 million win on claim... (more story)

Ex-School Admin Seeks $412K Atty Fee In Firing Lawsuit

The former executive director of Upper Bucks County Technical School in Pennsylvania has asked the court to award him attorney fees after prevailing in his lawsuit alleging he was fired for criticizing a COVID... (more story)

Harvard Can't Get New Judge For DOJ Civil Rights Case

A Boston federal judge on Friday declined to turn the U.S. Department of Justice's complaint about alleged antisemitism at Harvard University over to a colleague who reinstated the school's federal research funding last year.

EEOC Urges Court To Let It Inspect American Airlines Systems

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Texas federal court to let it access American Airlines' software to determine whether it's compatible with screen reading programs, arguing it doesn't m... (more story)

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DOL Says H-2A Penalty Case Belongs Before Agency Judge

The U.S. Department of Labor has urged a Kentucky federal judge to toss a tobacco farm’s constitutional challenge to its H-2A enforcement system, arguing that hiring foreign workers is a government-granted pri... (more story)

Ex-City Official To Pay $1.4M In Plea Deal Over Labor Scheme

A former Sacramento City Council member has reached a plea deal regarding charges that he directed unauthorized immigrants employed at his grocery stores to lie to U.S. Department of Labor investigators, agree... (more story)

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DOL Nabs $202K Default Win Against Development Co.

The U.S. Department of Labor secured a roughly $202,000 default judgment against a company specializing in technology, real estate, energy and healthcare that was accused of failing to pay workers, after the b... (more story)

Fired Professor Wins $300K Verdict In FMLA Retaliation Case

A former biology professor should get more than $300,000 on his claims that a community college fired him out of retaliation for taking two days off work to care for his sick father, a South Carolina federal jury said.

Concrete Biz Stiffed Maintenance Managers On OT, Suit Says

A concrete products manufacturer has wrongly classified maintenance managers as overtime-exempt despite their routine, nonmanagerial duties, a former employee has alleged in a proposed collective and class act... (more story)

Milk Processing Co. Shorts Workers On OT, Suit Claims

A dairy farm misclassified certain workers as exempt agricultural employees and failed to pay them full overtime wages, a milk processor told a Pennsylvania federal court Friday in a proposed collective action.

Restaurant Operators Hit With Wage, Break Suit

Two restaurant operators required workers to perform unpaid off-the-clock duties, denied legally required meal and rest breaks and manipulated time records, according to a proposed class action filed in Washin... (more story)