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4th Circ. Backs AstraZeneca In Fired Manager's Pay Bias Suit

The Fourth Circuit refused on Friday to revive a suit from a former AstraZeneca manager who said she was terminated for complaining that male colleagues were paid more, saying that her retaliation claims hinged on "speculation" and that the men she compared salaries with worked for a different division of the company.

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Ill. High Court Ruling Expected To Further Fuel Wage Claims

Workers are likely to continue the trend of bringing lawsuits seeking pre- and post-shift compensation under state wage and hour statutes now that Illinois' high court has ruled that its law doesn't incorporate federal exemptions freeing employers from paying for such work, attorneys said.

Teamsters Letter Aims To Further Labor's New Antitrust Role

The Teamsters are seeking to persuade the U.S. Department of Justice to step in and block a proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery unless it includes protections for workers, as organized labor looks to continue a role in antitrust it carved out during the Biden administration.

Expert Analysis

New NLRB GC Likely To Prioritize Efficiency Over Policy Shifts

Michael Passarella

After the National Labor Relations Board operated without a quorum for nearly a year, general counsel Crystal Care... (more story)

NYC Leave Law Expands Compliance Beyond Written Policies

Angelo Spinola, Jack Blum and Liam Whitaker

Following recent amendments to New York City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act that expand its uses, give employees ... (more story)

3rd Circ. Must Reject EEOC's Flawed Equal Pay Theory

Allan King and Stephen Bronars

To avoid illogical outcomes, the Third Circuit, in Cartee-Haring and Marinello v. Central Bucks School District, s... (more story)

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Union Fund Gets Early Win In ERISA Audit Fight

A hydro-excavation company must submit to an audit by a union pension fund, an Indiana federal judge ruled Friday, agreeing with the fund that the company is contractually obligated to do so.

JetBlue Pilots Union Demands To Arbitrate United Deal Fight

A pilots labor union hit JetBlue Airways with a lawsuit in New York federal court Thursday, seeking to force the airline to arbitrate pilots' contract dispute over its Blue Sky partnership with United Airlines... (more story)

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9th Circ. Backs NLRB In Imaging Co. Rehire Dispute

The Ninth Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a medical imaging facility company violated a settlement agreement by failing to rehire a former employee, finding that there... (more story)

Ill. Court Revives Defamation Claim In Union Campaign Suit

An Illinois appeals court has partially revived a lawsuit alleging that a candidate for a secretary treasurer position at a Chicago Fire Fighters Union local made defamatory Facebook comments about his campaig... (more story)

DOT Diversity Program Overhaul Moots Contractors' Challenge

A Kentucky federal judge has determined that a constitutional challenge to the U.S. Department of Transportation's more than 40-year-old Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program for women- and minority-owned ... (more story)

NY Forecast: Approval Of Care Workers' Class Settlement

A New York federal judge will consider on Tuesday whether to grant final approval to a $300,000 settlement in a class and collective action accusing a healthcare company of violating federal and state wage and... (more story)

BNSF Challenges Authority Of DOL Whistleblower Tribunal

The Eighth Circuit should nix a $220,000 penalty imposed on BNSF Railway by the U.S. Department of Labor's whistleblower tribunal, the railway argued, claiming the tribunal lacks the authority under the U.S. C... (more story)

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Ex-HR Assoc. Worker Seeks $500K In Fees After Bias Trial Win

A former employee of a global human resources association who won an $11.5 million jury award in a discrimination lawsuit asked a Colorado federal judge to award her more than $500,000 in attorney fees.

Denver Airport's General Counsel Claims Race Discrimination

The city of Denver and three of its officials retaliated and discriminated against the Denver International Airport's general counsel for refusing to follow certain city directives that the attorney says could... (more story)

EEOC Says Sysco Flouted Subpoena In Hiring Bias Probe

Sysco's failure to turn over information has "hampered" a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into allegations that the food distributor discriminated against Black and female job seeker... (more story)

NY Can't Slip Ex-Worker's Suit Over Sabbath Accommodation

New York and a labor union must face a former employee's suit claiming she was fired for requesting Saturdays off to observe the Sabbath, a federal judge ruled, saying it was unclear whether granting her accom... (more story)

Battery Maker Accused Of Pro-Korean Pay Bias At Ga. Plant

A battery company has been slapped with a proposed class action by three supervisors at a Georgia manufacturing facility who claim they were retaliated against for opposing discriminatory pay practices that be... (more story)

Ga. Jury Says Auto Dealer Owes Worker $584K For Retaliation

A federal jury in Atlanta found that a former car sales associate who said the dealership she worked for suspended and then fired her after she complained about being inappropriately touched should get $584,00... (more story)

Law Firm Trying To 'Overthrow' Ill. City's Counsel, Suit Says

A Chicago suburb has sued the law firm Odelson Murphey Frazier & McGrath in Illinois state court, asking a Cook County judge to block its involvement in a federal lawsuit brought by a former city employee accu... (more story)

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Up Next At High Court: Late Ballots And 'Last-Mile' Drivers

The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its March oral arguments session by reviewing disputes over the validity of state laws allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted in federal elections and whether... (more story)

White House Pushes Congress To Override State AI Laws

The White House directed Congress to preempt "burdensome" state laws on artificial intelligence in a legislative framework released Friday.

Facilities Manager Must Face Immigrants' Forced Labor Case

CGL Irwin Properties LLC must face a lawsuit brought by former detainees of a Georgia immigration detention center who alleged they were forced to work for the private prison company for as little as $1 a day,... (more story)

2nd-Try Senate Bill Seeks Min. Wage For Workers Behind Bars

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., reintroduced a bill that would allow incarcerated workers to receive the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a push that the senator said would end "exploitative practice... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Full 9th Circ. To Hear Unions' Work Dispute

In the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit en banc oral arguments in a jurisdictional dispute involving two unions, the National Labor Relations Board and the precedent known as Kinde... (more story)

Ariz. Trucking Co. Owes Drivers Unpaid OT, Court Told

An Arizona trucking company shorted drivers on overtime pay by deducting time from the hours they spent conducting vehicle inspections and repairs before and after their trips, according to a proposed collecti... (more story)

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Hit With Gender Bias Action

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative LLC run by Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan discriminated against women by routinely paying them less than men and promoting them with less fre... (more story)