Expert Analysis

3 New Pay Transparency State Laws Raise Compliance Risks

Wage transparency measures taking effect in Delaware, Maine and New Jersey add a layer of complexity to the hiring... (more story)

Vax Ruling Offers Employer Tips For Handling Political Speech

A California appeals court's recent decision in Rademacher v. ABC, rejecting a "General Hospital" actor's suit all... (more story)

What Colorado AI Law's Major Rewrite Means For Employers

Colorado's landmark law regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence tools was recently replaced with a na... (more story)

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Org. Asks NLRB To Nix Union Decertification Election Bars

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has asked the National Labor Relations Board to make it easier for employees to oust unions from their workplaces, arguing that board officials shouldn't bar... (more story)

Jackson Lewis Adds Gordon Rees Employment Trio In LA

Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its offerings in the Golden State with the addition of a trio of employment litigators from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.

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DC Circ. Backs NLRB Bargaining Order Against Casino

The D.C. Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Las Vegas casino violated federal labor law during a union campaign for hospitality workers but said it would not rule on th... (more story)

What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week

Yellow Corp. will undergo a status conference regarding pension plan settlements, Warrior Technologies will vie for final approval of its bankruptcy financing, and plastic company Trinseo PLC will also seek de... (more story)

Unions Sues To Reinstate Photog Fired Over Live Shot Clash

A Communications Workers of America affiliate has asked an Ohio federal court to order a Cleveland television station to reinstate a photojournalist who was fired after physically moving a co-worker out of a l... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Workday Seeks To Narrow Hiring Bias Case

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on Workday's effort to sink claims in a proposed discrimination class action brought by job applicants. Here's a look at that case and other labor and em... (more story)

NY Forecast: Energy Co. Worker's Age Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.

This week, the Second Circuit will hear arguments over whether to revive an energy company analyst's lawsuit alleging the company discriminated against her on the basis of her age by passing her over for promo... (more story)

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BREAKING: Challenge To 'Troubling' EEOC Trans Bias Shift Dismissed

A Maryland federal judge tossed a suit Friday from an LGBTQ+ advocacy group challenging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's decision to step back from investigating bias charges from transgender... (more story)

Amazon Reaches Deal To End Workers' Genetic Privacy Suit

Amazon has agreed to end a lawsuit alleging that it violated Illinois genetic privacy law by seeking information about job applicants' family medical history, according to a federal court filing.

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Ex-Honeywell China GC Can't Bring US Bias Suit, Judge Says

Honeywell International Inc. defeated a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired the vice president and general counsel at a Chinese subsidiary because she turned 55, with a North Carolina federal judge saying her... (more story)

Discount Airline Settles Military Workers' Leave Benefits Suit

A budget airline has agreed to settle a proposed class action in Minnesota federal court claiming the business violated federal law by failing to contribute cash into workers' retirement funds when they took military leave.

Ex-Colo. Film Commissioner Says Age Bias Led To Firing

Colorado's former film commissioner hit the state's economic development office with an age bias and retaliation suit, alleging he was forced out at age 79 after initiating the effort to bring the Sundance Fil... (more story)

Winston & Strawn Employment Partner Joins Davis Wright

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Thursday that an experienced employment attorney has joined the firm's Los Angeles office after a lengthy stint with Winston & Strawn LLP.

2nd Circ. Asks If Ex-UConn Dept. Head Broke School Rules

A Second Circuit panel sounded skeptical Thursday about a former University of Connecticut department head's claim that racial animus led to his forced resignation, appearing to lean more toward the argument t... (more story)

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JAMS Chief Executive Says Mass Arbitrations On The Rise

FINAL EDITING -- SEP SUM -- Mediation giant JAMS says it has seen a major upswing in mass arbitrations in employment and other contexts, as plaintiff-side firms develop new ways of responding to language requi... (more story)

Prison Phone Co. Hit With NY Wage Suit By Technicians

Three field service technicians who installed and maintained telecommunications systems in New York jails, prisons and hospitals have sued an inmate communications company in Manhattan federal court, claiming ... (more story)

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NYPD To Pay $2.9M To End Maintenance Workers' OT Suit

Current and former hourly workers at the NYPD's building maintenance unit have reached a nearly $3 million settlement in New York federal court over claims that the city failed to pay them for preshift prepara... (more story)

Workers Hit Chiron Financial With Unpaid Wage Suit

Chiron Financial didn't pay 17 of its workers when it was having money trouble, a proposed class action in Texas federal court alleges, seeking to recoup the money that the workers say they're owed.

Amazon Can't Escape Warehouse Workers' Holiday Pay Suit

Amazon has failed to persuade a New Mexico federal judge to toss overtime claims brought by two warehouse workers who said the company shortchanged them by excluding holiday incentive pay from their regular rate calculations.

Worker's FLSA Retaliation Claim Should Survive, Judge Says

A North Carolina federal magistrate judge has recommended keeping alive a former Durham finance worker's claim that the city retaliated against her for complaining about unpaid overtime, while finding that her... (more story)

Colorado Ski Resorts Hit With Rest Break Wage Suits

Former employees of a hotel and mountain resort in Colorado claim that they were routinely denied 10-minute breaks during their shifts in violation of Colorado law, according to a pair of proposed class action... (more story)