A split National Labor Relations Board panel has partially reversed an agency judge's decision that Whole Foods violated federal labor law by maintaining an overly broad dress code rule, finding the claim is barred by an agreement between the company and board officials.
The Ninth Circuit will hear from a former postal worker bringing a sexual harassment lawsuit and an ousted sports radio host who was fired over a tweet, while the Fifth Circuit will review a former cop's sex bias case and the Second Circuit will tackle onetime bank executives' whistleblower claims. Here's a look at a quartet of oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in August.
Two mortgage companies agreed to pay $850,000 to resolve claims that loan assistants and processors were pushed to work unpaid overtime, according to a filing in California federal court.