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1st Circ. Ruling Offers Post-Muldrow Tips For Handling PIPs

The First Circuit's recent ruling in Walsh v. HNTB, one of the first circuit-level applications of Muldrow's lower... (more story)

Rulings Offer Lessons On Credible Workplace Investigations

Three recent rulings illustrate that while internal investigations are a critical tool for managing workplace risk... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Navigating EEOC's Religious Bias Push

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has placed a heightened focus on religious accommodation requests... (more story)

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NLRB Official Sides With Traffic Co. In Unit Description Row

A National Labor Relations Board official rejected a Laborers local's petition to change the description of the 107-member unit that the union represents at a Colorado traffic-control company, saying the curre... (more story)

DC Circ. Fast-Tracks DOT Immigrant Truck Driver Rule Review

The D.C. Circuit will expedite its review of challenges to the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial licenses for foreign truck drivers, but has already expressed skepticism about ... (more story)

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Alcoa, Retirees Reach Deal In 7th Circ. Life Insurance Fight

Alcoa USA Corp. and a class of retirees told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday they had reached a tentative settlement in a long-running dispute over union retiree life insurance benefits, asking the court to can... (more story)

Judge Tells FEMA Officials To Preserve Signal Chats

A California federal judge has ordered Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials to preserve Signal messages tied to FEMA operations in a lawsuit challenging the Tr... (more story)

ADT Unlawfully Aided Union Ouster, NLRB Says

ADT violated federal labor law by soliciting the decertification of an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local and promising workers better benefits and working conditions if they got rid of the ... (more story)

Worker Fights 2nd Circ.'s Toss Of Teamsters Fund ERISA Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court should revive claims that the New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund was mismanaged, a Teamsters-represented worker argued, asking the justices to breathe new li... (more story)

ERISA Recap: 5 Litigation Developments From April

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a bakery company's bid for review of a union multiemployer pension withdrawal bill, the Fourth Circuit held a bonus plan was exempt from federal benefits law, and the Sixth C... (more story)

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9th Circ. Won't Revive Hospital Workers' Vaccine Bias Suit

The Ninth Circuit refused Wednesday to reopen a religious bias lawsuit accusing a Washington hospital of unlawfully denying employees' requests to avoid a COVID-19 vaccination mandate, finding that the medical... (more story)

EEOC Drops Subpoena Bid After Delivery Co. Turns Over Info

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dropped its bid for a judicial order requiring a delivery services company to respond to an administrative subpoena in a pregnancy bias probe, telling a Lou... (more story)

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4th Circ. Backs Raytheon In Ex-Workers' Vaccine Bias Case

The Fourth Circuit upheld RTX Corp.'s defeat of a lawsuit claiming it forced out employees who received religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine policy, ruling Tuesday that the ex-workers behind the suit f... (more story)

Nursing Home Co. Can't Stave Off EEOC Harassment Trial

A nursing facility operator can't dodge a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired an employee for complaining that her boss sexually harassed her, an Illinois federal judge said Wed... (more story)

White Worker Says Ga. City Fired Her Over Bias Complaint

A white former employee sued the city of Hampton, Georgia, and a city department head in federal court Wednesday, alleging she was fired two months after she complained to the city's human resources department... (more story)

7th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-DHS Officer's Disability Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit has declined to reinstate a fired immigration officer's suit claiming the Department of Homeland Security failed to accommodate his medical issues, saying that his claims were 'meritless' a... (more story)

Democrats Urge EEOC Chair Not To Roll Back IVF Protections

Over a dozen Democratic senators urged the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to preserve safeguards for workers undergoing fertility treatments, asserting in a letter that Chair Andrea Lucas' plans ... (more story)

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BofA Can Shield OT Docs In Mortgage Officers' Suit

A North Carolina federal judge has sided with Bank of America in a discovery dispute over documents the bank withheld as privileged in a mortgage loan officers' overtime lawsuit, finding the materials were par... (more story)

Judge Approves $2.25M Walmart Wage Deal On Third Try

A decade-long wage lawsuit against Walmart has come to a close after a California federal judge granted final approval of a $2.25 million class action settlement that includes claims under California's Private... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Bars Out-Of-State Drivers In Bimbo Bakeries OT Suit

Out-of-state delivery drivers can't pursue their wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries in a Vermont federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, finding their claims aren't tied closely enough to the company's... (more story)

Papa John's Workers Defend No-Poach Deal From Objections

Papa John's employees are continuing to push a Kentucky federal court to approve a $5 million settlement for the pizza chain's past use of "no-poach" provisions in its franchise agreements, saying a handful of... (more story)

Hockey Players Urge 9th Circ. To Revive U.S. Antitrust Claims

A U.S. federal court erroneously ruled that federal antitrust law did not apply in a case involving Canada-based hockey leagues and teams, players hoping to revive their suit alleging mistreatment by the devel... (more story)

Energy Firm Accused Of Stiffing Consultants On OT

An energy consulting firm failed to pay overtime to hourly consultants who regularly worked more than 40 hours per week on infrastructure projects across the country, according to a collective action filed Tue... (more story)

Top PAGA Atty Talks Calif.'s Proposal To Curb Frequent Filers

California’s proposed rule for punishing “vexatious filers” of Private Attorneys General Act notices isn’t clear enough about the state workforce agency’s oversight plans, said Elizabeth Parker-Fawley of Lawye... (more story)