Massachusetts-based drivers for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have won union representation, becoming the first crop of app-based drivers in the country with a certified bargaining representative.

A New Jersey Superior Court judge refused to dismiss the state's discrimination lawsuit accusing an Ironworkers local of systematically passing over Black union members for job assignments, ruling that the cla... (more story)

A nursing home operator has urged a Minnesota federal judge to vacate an arbitrator's order to restore a bonus program and repay workers, saying the arbitrator overreached by deciding a different issue than the union grieved.

Gloucester, Massachusetts, officials were justified in bypassing a job candidate for a firefighter position based on some negative feedback, despite a "flawed" background investigation, an intermediate state a... (more story)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a Fourth Circuit order that had revived the immigration judges union's challenge to restrictions on their ability to speak publicly, finding the lower court abused it... (more story)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a Teamsters retiree's bid for review of the dismissal of his proposed class action alleging that union multiemployer plan trustees and advisers allowed risky inves... (more story)

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Googl... (more story)

The Ninth Circuit On Tuesday partially upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction and class certification orders in litigation from University of California researchers against President Donald Trump, backi... (more story)

Texas-based gas station and convenience store chain Buc-ee's denied a cashier's request to sit on the job because of an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and ultimately fired him, the U.S. Equal E... (more story)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to consider broadening religious protections under the First Amendment, turning away a case that could have helpe... (more story)

A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges ... (more story)

The Fifth Circuit backed a Mississippi television station's win over a white former news anchor's lawsuit claiming she was fired because of her race, saying she couldn't overcome the company's explanation that... (more story)

The First Circuit reinstated a worker's suit claiming a Puerto Rico municipality sabotaged his success and forced him to quit because his political affiliation differed from that of an incoming mayor, saying h... (more story)

The U.S. solicitor general's position that the nation's highest court shouldn't take up a religious bias suit over a New York state COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers incorrectly claimed that acco... (more story)

Comerica failed to pay customer service workers for preshift computer start-up time and work performed during unpaid meal breaks, a former call center agent alleged in a proposed collective and class action fi... (more story)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has asked an Oklahoma federal court to toss a lawsuit claiming that a former employee for a local branch of the union was stiffed on overtime and severance pay, argui... (more story)

As college students start their summer internships, companies should keep in mind what attorneys say are the hallmarks of running a smooth program: appropriate work for interns and proper compensation. Here, L... (more story)

Vail Resorts failed to make rest breaks available and provide compensation for missed rest breaks for its hourly employees, according to a proposed class action in Colorado state court.

A hospital district in rural Colorado is under fire from a former registration specialist who claimed the hospital shortchanged employees by deducting 30-minute meal breaks from paychecks despite being forced ... (more story)

In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will consider Thompson Hine LLP's challenge to an order keeping a former partner's discrimination suit in federal court instead of sending it to arbitration. Here, Law360 ... (more story)

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a motion hearing in a discrimination collective action that job applicants are bringing against Workday Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employm... (more story)