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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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Chicago Plumbing Co. Defying Arbitration Order, Suit Says

A Chicago plumbing company is refusing to follow all the terms of an arbitration award ordering it to obtain a dual wage and fringe benefit bond with a labor union, a lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court has claimed.

NJ Holding Co. Escapes $1M Printers' Union Pension Liability

A union pension fund that tried to collect more than $1 million in withdrawal liability after a printing company ceased operations failed to prove that a holding company was a trade or business, a New Jersey f... (more story)

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6th Circ. Backs NLRB In Fight Over Paving Co. Lockout

A Midwest paving and road construction company violated federal labor law by blocking a group of Michigan employees from working for three weeks in an attempt to force their union's hand in a bargaining disput... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: SF Rail Agency Seeks Redo In Vax Case

In the next week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in an attempt by the San Francisco-area rail agency to reverse a $7.8 million verdict in a COVID-19 vaccination discrimination case. He... (more story)

Minn. Defends Nursing Home Board From Industry Challenge

A Minnesota federal judge should toss a First Amendment-based challenge to the state's creation of a regulatory board for nursing homes, the state argued, saying acceptance of an industry coalition's "novel" l... (more story)

Pilot Slams Teamsters' Counterclaims In Arbitration Dispute

A pilot has urged an Alaska federal judge to toss counterclaims lodged against him by the Teamsters in his arbitration dispute with the union and a commercial air carrier, arguing that the union is trying to r... (more story)

Jackson Lewis Hires Ex-K&L Gates COO

Labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC continued expanding its leadership ranks this year, hiring former K&L Gates LLP Chief Operating Officer Gavin Gray to serve in the same role at the firm.

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Waste Co. To Pay $200K To End EEOC Hiring Bias Suit

A Missouri waste management company will pay $200,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it violated federal civil rights law by refusing to hire female drivers, according t... (more story)

BAE Says Manager's DEI Concerns Aren't Why He Was Fired

BAE Systems urged a Maryland federal court Friday to toss a former manager's claims that he was fired for critiquing its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, arguing it was instead because he was "rude, d... (more story)

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11th Circ. Says Atty's Racist Remark Can't Buoy Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit backed the dismissal of a bias suit by a Black legal assistant for Cole Scott & Kissane PA who claimed an attorney likened her to a slave, saying Friday that a single offensive statement i... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs State Dept. In Ex-Worker's Vision Bias Suit

The D.C. Circuit declined Friday to reopen a former State Department worker's lawsuit alleging the government slow-walked her requests for a quieter office and functional screen-reader software because of her ... (more story)

6th Circ. Won't Revisit EFAA Ruling Against Adams & Reese

The Sixth Circuit said it won't reconsider its ruling that a law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment cases kept a former Adams & Reese LLP paralegal's sex harassment and disability bias suit in ... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Fox Producer's Sex Assault Suit

In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will consider a former Fox News producer's attempt to revive her suit claiming the network didn't adequately respond to her claims that former anchor Ed Henry sexually ass... (more story)

Va. Bar Suspends Atty For Misleading Client In Amazon Deal

The Virginia State Bar's disciplinary arm notified the District of Maryland on Thursday that it suspended a Maryland attorney from practicing law in Virginia for six months after finding he misled his client a... (more story)

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Mich. Care Staff Not Paid For Working Meal Breaks, Suit Says

A former senior care facility employee has filed a proposed Fair Labor Standards Act collective action in Michigan federal court, claiming the assisted living and memory care center shortchanged hourly workers... (more story)

Security Co.'s Jobsite Travel Shorted Workers' Pay, Court Told

A security company in Washington, D.C., shuttled guards between jobsites without paying them for the time they spent in transit, violating federal wage law, two workers said in a proposed class and collective ... (more story)

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Restaurant Slams Sushi Chef's 'Soap Opera' Sanctions Bid

A Connecticut restaurant urged a federal judge to reject sanctions sought by a sushi chef alleging wage violations, arguing that the plaintiff's counsel has tried to turn a routine deposition dispute into a "soap opera."

DOL Wage Rulemaking Could Face Injunctions Complication

Challengers to U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour rules could face resistance when seeking nationwide injunctions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision, though the agency is not immune from such relief, attorneys said.

Newark Hit With Class Action Over Missing, Late OT Pay

Two public works employees for the city of Newark alleged in New Jersey federal court on Thursday that the city's complex overtime approval process results in unpaid, underpaid or late overtime payments.

Baker Donelson Has New Labor & Employment Co-Chairs

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced Thursday that it has new leaders for its labor and employment practice group: a shareholder who has been with the firm for decades, and another who join... (more story)

NC Prison Officials Defend Push For Quick Appeal Of Pay Suit

North Carolina prison officials defended their bid for an immediate appeal of a ruling finding correctional officers may be entitled to pay for all time spent inside prison facilities, rejecting the guards' ar... (more story)