Expert Analysis

DOL Deal Offers FMLA Lesson On Handling Intermittent Leave

The U.S. Department of Labor's recent deal with the University of Tennessee paying an employee over $30,000 for al... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Handling Religious Objections To AI Use

Pope Leo XIV's recent warning about artificial intelligence may increase requests for religious exemptions from wo... (more story)

Constructing AI Compliance Plans As State Laws Diverge

With Colorado, Connecticut and the federal government recently announcing wildly different approaches to artificia... (more story)

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Teamsters Dodges Suit Over Airgas Strike Coordination

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters can exit a gas supplier's lawsuit alleging that the international union worked with a local to encourage its workers to violate an active no-strike clause in the loca... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Dodges WARN Act Liability Over 2023 Layoffs

Yellow Corp. suffered a major loss in its bankruptcy proceedings Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court preserved a finding that it owes billions in retirement payments, but the defunct trucking company notched a ... (more story)

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Pot Shop Says NY Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' In Labor Row

A cannabis dispensary is seeking an early win in its challenge to a New York state requirement compelling cannabis operators to sign labor peace agreements with unions to secure a license, telling a federal co... (more story)

Ex-NFL Linebacker's THC Suit Sent Back To Colo. Court

A Colorado federal judge remanded a former linebacker's discrimination suit alleging that the NFL and the Denver Broncos punished him for requesting a therapeutic-use exemption for synthetic THC, finding that ... (more story)

1st Circ. Won't Order Judge To Rule On 'Loyalty' Question

The First Circuit declined a request by three federal worker unions to formally order a Massachusetts district judge to pick up the pace in ruling on their challenge to a Trump administration policy asking job... (more story)

Justices Strike Down Humphrey's Presidential Firing Limits

The president has unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Co... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Yellow Corp. Ch. 11 Pension Liabilities

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected defunct trucking giant Yellow Corp.'s appeal of a bankruptcy court decision that it owes billions of dollars in retirement fund withdrawal liability, despite a pandemi... (more story)

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Gaiman Assault Suit Belongs In New Zealand, 7th Circ. Says

A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a former nanny's suit accusing "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while in New Zealand, finding the dispute should be heard in t... (more story)

Professor Hits EMU With Gender Pay Disparity Suit

An Eastern Michigan University interior design professor has sued the university and its board of regents in Michigan federal court, alleging the school systematically paid female faculty less than similarly s... (more story)

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Justices Skip New York Health Workers' Fight Over Vax Rule

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to take up religious healthcare workers' challenge to a pandemic-era New York state policy requiring healthcare providers to make their employees get vaccinated against CO... (more story)

Baltimore, Academic Groups Drop Suit Over Trump DEI Orders

The city of Baltimore and two academic groups have dropped their constitutional challenge to two Trump administration executive orders that sought to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion-related government g... (more story)

Ye Nears Deal To End Ex-Assistant's Sexual Harassment Suit

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has reached a settlement-in-principle with a former assistant who accused him of sexually harassing her by sending her inappropriate and profane texts and by forcing her... (more story)

Justices Turn Away NY Healthcare Workers' Vax Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a lawsuit accusing a New York healthcare system of unlawfully firing dozens of employees who requested religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination polic... (more story)

High Court Passes On Ex-Officer's Disability Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into a former Michigan Department of Corrections officer's lawsuit claiming he was fired for requesting lighter duties following a hip injury, leaving in place th... (more story)

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Ex-Sales Director Says Fortive Unit Used RIF To Mask Firing

A former employee of a Fortive medical equipment subsidiary urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the unit's and its parent's bid for an early win in her retaliation suit, saying evidence shows a restructur... (more story)

DOL Backs Call Staff In 6th Circ. Boot-Up Pay Appeal

Workers who need computer systems to do their jobs must be paid for time spent getting those systems ready, including booting up employer-provided machines, the U.S. Department of Labor told the Sixth Circuit ... (more story)

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Electrical Co. Beats OT, Break Claims In Calif. Pay Suit

A California federal judge on Friday trimmed a proposed class action against an electrical construction company, dismissing a former worker's overtime, meal and rest break claims, but allowing his minimum wage... (more story)

NJ Panel Backs Wage Representative Suit Without Class Cert.

A New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday that workers can pursue representative wage actions under state law without meeting the requirements for a formal class action, while partly scaling back the time period... (more story)

Software Co. Inks $1.5M Deal To End OT Suit

A cloud software company has agreed to pay $1.475 million to resolve a proposed collective action alleging it misclassified sales employees as overtime-exempt and failed to pay them overtime wages, according t... (more story)

Legal Groups Back DOL's H-2A Fine Power At High Court

A coalition of worker advocacy and legal aid organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Department of Labor's authority to collect monetary penalties from agricultural employers through... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Little Caesars Workers Seek Class Status

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a class certification hearing in a wage and hour suit against Little Caesars. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.