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DOL Secretary Nom Backs Proposed Rules At Senate Hearing

President Donald Trump's nominee to become secretary of labor faced questions Thursday from U.S. Senate committee about the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed wage and hour rules, with Democrats indicating that their support might not come easily.

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9th Circ. Withdraws Ask For NLRB Constitutionality Briefs

The Ninth Circuit withdrew a call for briefs on whether to rehear a case in which a panel rejected challenges to the National Labor Relations Board's constitutionality after the U.S. Supreme Court passed on reviewing the agency's expanded remedies.

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Tipped Wages A Focus Of Long-Shot Federal Bills

Democrats in Congress are seeking to eliminate the tip credit, while federal Republican lawmakers are proposing to make it easier to classify employees as tipped workers whom employers can pay below minimum wage. Here, Law360 looks at three pieces of pending tipped wages legislation.

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Labor Contract Bill Would Introduce Sweeping Risks For Cos.

Haley Crum, Catherine Burgett and Richard Cleary

The House-approved Faster Labor Contracts Act would force rapid first-contract bargaining, subject businesses to b... (more story)

How Litigants Are Testing Conversion Therapy Ruling's Scope

Anwar Graves, Lauren Weinstein and Simon Hedlin

Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutin... (more story)

How Justices' TPS Ruling Affects Workforce Planning

Richard Herman

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protect... (more story)

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Disney Trip Spurs New Penalty For Ex-Union Head's Nephew

The nephew of former Philadelphia union leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty has been assigned 40 hours of community service for violating his probation in an extortion case by going on a surprise trip to Disney World.

Aviation Co.'s Coverage Argument Is 'Foolish,' Fund Says

A union health fund told a New York federal judge that two affiliated aviation services entities cannot avoid required benefit contributions for eight full-time workers by failing to enroll them and then argui... (more story)

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Texas Judge Warns BNSF, Unions Against Tactical Litigation

A Texas federal judge had stern words for both BNSF Railway Co. and two unions that are tangled in a labor dispute with the company, saying in a Thursday hearing that federal district courts do not exist to "p... (more story)

Trucking Co. Illegally Ousted Union, NLRB Prosecutors Say

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors urged an agency judge to find that a trucking company committed multiple federal labor law violations before illegally withdrawing recognition from a union, arguing t... (more story)

Pa. Appeals Panel Reinstates Union's FMLA Arbitration Win

A Pennsylvania appeals panel on Thursday said a lower court was wrong to scrap an arbitrator's conclusion that a school district violated a collective bargaining agreement by forcing a teacher recovering from ... (more story)

Fisher Phillips To Open St. Louis Office With Ex-BCLP Partner

Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has announced a planned expansion into St. Louis, Missouri, along with the hiring of a former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP partner to be regional ... (more story)

AG Merger Case Gets New Judge After Paramount Recusal Bid

A new California federal judge has taken over from the one originally assigned the lawsuit from Democratic state attorneys general challenging Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Disc... (more story)

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Navy Airman Seeks Honorable Discharge After Marijuana Use

A U.S. Navy sailor removed from the military for marijuana use has urged a Connecticut federal court to review his petition seeking to upgrade his discharge to honorable, arguing that a prior secretary of defe... (more story)

Judge Says No Again To Arbitration In Flores' NFL Bias Suit

A New York federal judge has shut down another attempt by the NFL and its teams to send former coach Brian Flores' racial discrimination suit to league arbitration, rejecting their request to reconsider her ru... (more story)

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7th Circ. Shuts Down Fired Firefighter's Free Speech Suit

The Seventh Circuit declined Thursday to revive a fired Chicago firefighter's suit claiming his free speech rights were violated when he was terminated over racially offensive Facebook posts, agreeing with the... (more story)

Reps. Dingell, Clarke Push Menopause Workplace Bias Bill

A pair of House Democrats have introduced a bill that would require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for workers experiencing menopause-related symptoms, creating explicit federal workplace prote... (more story)

Ga. Judge Proposes Streamlining EEOC Disability Bias Suit

A Georgia federal magistrate judge has recommended trimming a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing a utility services provider of firing a worker who sought job adjustments following a st... (more story)

Ashley Furniture Wins Transfer Of Bias Suit To Florida

A North Carolina federal judge has transferred a former Ashley Furniture marketing specialist's age and sex discrimination lawsuit to federal court in Florida, ruling that an independent contractor agreement r... (more story)

Christian University Escapes Black Fired Prof's Bias Suit

A Black former professor's suit claiming the university failed to protect her from harm after colleagues racially discriminated against her and she faced a hate crime on campus was shuttered by a Minnesota fed... (more story)

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Driller's Preshift Overtime Claim Survives In Wage Suit

A Utah federal judge kept alive a former employee's preshift overtime claim in a proposed collective action against a drilling services company, while tossing his rounding, bonus and per diem allegations and m... (more story)

Kroger Workers' Suit Claims Missed Meals, Unpaid Screenings

Kroger was hit with a proposed class and collective action in Georgia federal court alleging the company automatically deducted 30-minute meal breaks from delivery drivers' hours and failed to pay Illinois wor... (more story)

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Judge Shields DOL From Appliance Co. Deposition Topics

A California federal magistrate judge has blocked a household appliance company from deposing a Labor Department official about the agency's historical enforcement positions on piece rate overtime regulations,... (more story)

Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To The US Supreme Court's Term

Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu... (more story)

In Tip Credit Debate, Both Sides Are Claiming Progress

Advocates for and against eliminating the tip credit believe their arguments are gaining momentum, but the situation is more complex, as efforts to end the lower minimum wage in Chicago and Washington, D.C., h... (more story)

Golden Nugget Casino Seeks To Tap Out Of Wage Suit

Atlantic City's Golden Nugget casino moved Wednesday to cash out of a table game dealer's proposed class action alleging its tip pool practices and mandatory rest period policy violated federal and state wage ... (more story)

Northrop Grumman Denied Calif. Workers Full Pay, Suit Says

Northrop Grumman shorted California workers by rounding recorded time, automatically deducting 30-minute meal periods and requiring off-the-clock work, according to a proposed class action and California's Pri... (more story)