Labor

  • March 24, 2026

    School Bus Co. Says Teamsters' Strike Threat Violates CBA

    A threatened strike by a Teamsters local representing bus drivers in two Massachusetts public school districts would violate the terms of their collective bargaining agreement, a school transportation company claimed, asking a federal court Tuesday to stop the drivers from going through with the work stoppage.

  • March 24, 2026

    Calif. Oil Co. To Pay $9M To End Standby Shift Dispute

    An oil company agreed to pay $9 million to settle 750 workers' claims alleging they were not compensated for their 12-hour standby shifts, the employees told a California federal court, seeking the final approval for the deal.

  • March 23, 2026

    New Wash. Laws Create NLRB Stand-In, Ban Noncompetes

    Wash. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed employment bills on Monday establishing a fallback framework for the state to oversee certain private-sector labor disputes in the case that the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction is scaled back by the federal government and expanding the state's restrictions on noncompete provisions to an outright ban.

  • March 23, 2026

    Teamsters Unit Urges NLRB To Keep Joint Employer Ruling

    The National Labor Relations Board shouldn't revise a recent order finding that Browning-Ferris must bargain with a staffing agency's employees, a Teamsters unit argued, rebuffing the waste management company's argument that the board needs to clarify what terms the company has individual and shared control over.

  • March 23, 2026

    Union Accuses VA Of Violating Contract Injunction

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hasn't confirmed that its employees are eligible for benefits and protections under a union contract even though a Rhode Island federal judge ordered the agency to resume complying with the contract, an American Federation of Government Employees local claims.

  • March 23, 2026

    3rd Circ. Sides With Nuclear Plant Co. In Union Benefits Fight

    The Third Circuit on Monday sided with a nuclear power company in a dispute with an electrical workers union over contributions to employee healthcare premiums, holding that the union couldn't force issues out of court because their disagreement was outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement's arbitration provision.

  • March 23, 2026

    NLRB Urged To Require Union Affiliation Votes

    Plane parts maker Woodward urged the National Labor Relations Board to shift its precedent to require a vote when a union affiliates with another union, saying its current approach of probing continuity suppresses workers' due process rights.

  • March 23, 2026

    Chicago Can't Ditch Airline Group's Sick Leave Law Challenge

    An organization representing the largest U.S. airlines supported its claims that Chicago's new paid sick leave law could affect air carriers' business, an Illinois federal judge said, keeping alive the group's challenge to the law.

  • March 23, 2026

    Akin Brings On Munger Tolles Employment Ace In LA

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Monday that it has brought on a former Munger Tolles & Olson LLP partner in Los Angeles to bolster its capacity to handle labor and employment matters.

  • March 23, 2026

    Ohio Factory Must Honor Work Limit, Judge Says

    An aircraft parts factory can't force its sonic department employees to monitor more than one ultrasonic testing tank at a time, an Ohio federal judge ruled, shooting down the factory's challenge to the "one operator, one tank" rule.

  • March 23, 2026

    USC Non-Tenure Faculty Aren't Managers, NLRB Official Says

    A group of non-tenure-track faculty members at the University of Southern California can vote on representation by a United Auto Workers unit, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled, finding that the workers are not considered managers under federal labor law.

  • March 20, 2026

    Union Fund Gets Early Win In ERISA Audit Fight

    A hydro-excavation company must submit to an audit by a union pension fund, an Indiana federal judge ruled Friday, agreeing with the fund that the company is contractually obligated to do so.

  • March 20, 2026

    JetBlue Pilots Union Demands To Arbitrate United Deal Fight

    A pilots labor union hit JetBlue Airways with a lawsuit in New York federal court, seeking to force the airline to arbitrate pilots' contract dispute over its Blue Sky partnership with United Airlines, which the union claims allows JetBlue to unfairly farm out flights to other carriers.

  • March 20, 2026

    Ill. Court Revives Defamation Claim In Union Campaign Suit

    An Illinois appeals court has partially revived a lawsuit alleging that a candidate for a secretary treasurer position at a Chicago Fire Fighters Union local made defamatory Facebook comments about his campaign opponent, ruling that several of the comments support the suit's defamation claim.

  • March 20, 2026

    DOT Diversity Program Overhaul Moots Contractors' Challenge

    A Kentucky federal judge has determined that a constitutional challenge to the U.S. Department of Transportation's more than 40-year-old Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program for women- and minority-owned businesses is now moot since the Trump administration overhauled the program last year.

  • March 20, 2026

    NY Forecast: Approval Of Care Workers' Class Settlement

    A New York federal judge will consider on Tuesday whether to grant final approval to a $300,000 settlement in a class and collective action accusing a healthcare company of violating federal and state wage and hour laws. Here, Law360 looks at this and other matters coming up on the docket in New York.

  • March 20, 2026

    BNSF Challenges Authority Of DOL Whistleblower Tribunal

    The Eighth Circuit should nix a $220,000 penalty imposed on BNSF Railway by the U.S. Department of Labor's whistleblower tribunal, the railway argued, claiming the tribunal lacks the authority under the U.S. Constitution to levy such penalties.

  • March 20, 2026

    9th Circ. Backs NLRB In Imaging Co. Rehire Dispute

    The Ninth Circuit has upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a medical imaging facility company violated a settlement agreement by failing to rehire a former employee, finding that there is "substantial evidence" to back up the board's decision.

  • March 20, 2026

    Teamsters Letter Aims To Further Labor's New Antitrust Role

    The Teamsters are seeking to persuade the U.S. Department of Justice to step in and block a proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery unless it includes protections for workers, as organized labor looks to continue a role in antitrust it carved out during the Biden administration.

  • March 20, 2026

    Calif. Forecast: Full 9th Circ. To Hear Unions' Work Dispute

    In the next week, attorneys should keep an eye out for Ninth Circuit en banc oral arguments in a jurisdictional dispute involving two unions, the National Labor Relations Board and the precedent known as Kinder Morgan. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.

  • March 19, 2026

    First Contracts Elusive For Unions At Big Names

    A few years after they launched campaigns to fanfare, many of the front-line workers who organized their big-name employers as the COVID-19 pandemic receded are still fighting uphill battles for their first contracts.

  • March 19, 2026

    Ill. Officials Seek Dismissal Of Union Neutrality Law Challenge

    Illinois officials have urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a new state law requiring charter schools to include a "union neutrality clause" in their charter agreements, arguing that the charter schools bringing the suit fail to show that the law is unconstitutional.

  • March 19, 2026

    GM, UAW Accused Of Bias Over Disability Leave Limits

    General Motors threatened to fire a longtime employee because of her disability-related absences, the worker told a Tennessee federal court in a lawsuit, which lobs discrimination claims at the company and her union.

  • March 19, 2026

    NLRB Official Drops Healthcare Co. Pager Policy Dispute

    An NLRB official tossed an unfair labor practice charge claiming that a Delaware healthcare provider prevented physicians from attending bargaining sessions while on call, finding that the Service Employees International Union affiliate behind the charge failed to support its claims.

  • March 19, 2026

    Worker Hits Meatpacking Co. With Wage Suit Amid Strike

    A maintenance worker launched a proposed class action alleging wage violations in Colorado state court against a major meatpacking company as a strike against the employer continues.

Expert Analysis

  • The Implications Of E-Cigarette Cos. Taking Suits To 5th Circ.

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds over the definition of an "adversely affected" person under the Tobacco Control Act, and the justices' ruling will have important and potentially wide-ranging implications for forum shopping claims, says Trillium Chang at Zuckerman Spaeder.

  • 4 Employment Law Areas Set To Change Under Trump

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    President Donald Trump's second term is expected to bring significant changes to the U.S. employment law landscape, including the potential for updated worker classification regulations, and challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion that are already taking shape, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 8 Lessons Yellow Corp. Layoffs Can Teach Distressed Cos.

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent decision, examining trucking company Yellow Corp.’s abrupt termination of roughly 25,500 employees, offers financially distressed businesses a road map for navigating layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • 10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates

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    New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to educate department managers on these changes could put employers at risk, says Melanie Ronen at Stradley Ronon.

  • 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny

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    A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.

  • How Trump Presidency May Influence NLRB's Next Phase

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    Attorneys at Paul Hastings discuss how last year’s key National Labor Relations Board developments may progress once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, including the wave of lawsuits challenging the board’s constitutionality and two landmark board decisions that upset decades of precedent.

  • How Trump Admin May Approach AI In The Workplace

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    Key indicators suggest that the incoming Trump administration will adopt a deregulatory approach to artificial intelligence, allowing states to fill the void, so it is critical that employers pay close attention to developing legal authority concerning AI tools, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Top 10 Legal Issues This Year For Transportation Industry GCs

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    General counsel must carefully consider numerous legal and policy challenges facing the automotive and transportation industry in the year to come, especially while navigating new technologies, regulations and global markets, says Francesco Liberatore at Squire Patton.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2025

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    While companies must monitor for policy shifts under the new administration in 2025, it will also be a year to play it safe and remember the basics, such as the importance of documenting retention policies and conducting swift investigations into workplace complaints, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

  • NLRB Likely To Fill Vacuum After NMB Jurisdiction Ruling

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    The National Mediation Board's recent ruling in Swissport Cargo Services LP abandoned decades of precedent by concluding the Railway Labor Act doesn’t apply to airline service providers, likely leading the National Labor Relations Board to assert its jurisdiction instead and potentially causing more operational disruptions and labor strife, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Ring In The New Year With An Updated Employee Handbook

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    One of the best New Year's resolutions employers can make is to update their employee handbooks, given that a handbook can mitigate, or even prevent, costly litigation as long as it accounts for recent changes in laws, court rulings and agency decisions, say attorneys at Kutak Rock.

  • 9 Things To Expect From Trump's Surprising DOL Pick

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    The unexpected nomination of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., to lead the U.S. Department of Labor reflects a blend of pro-business and pro-labor leanings, and signals that employers should prepare for a mix of continuity and moderate adjustments in the coming years, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • Why State Captive Audience Laws Matter After NLRB Decision

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    As employers focus on complying with the National Labor Relations Board's new position that captive audience meetings violate federal labor law, they should also be careful not to overlook state captive audience laws that prohibit additional types of company meetings and communications, says Karla Grossenbacher at Seyfarth.

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