Expert Analysis

Telehealth Suit May Redraw Rules For Physician Classification

A new class action in California federal court, Cioppettini v. Mochi Medical, alleging a telehealth company miscla... (more story)

AI Recruiting Suit Shows Old Laws May Implicate New Tools

The Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations recently filed in Kistler v. Eightfold AI, are the latest example of bro... (more story)

Pivotal 6th Circ. Ruling Threatens Decades Of NLRB Decisions

The Sixth Circuit's recent decision in Brown-Forman v. National Labor Relations Board fundamentally challenged the... (more story)

Labor More

Labor Dept. Policy Adviser Named Top Atty At PBGC

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation has tapped a policy adviser who worked for the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm to serve as the PBGC's general counsel.

Flight Attendants Ask Court To Ignore United Dismissal Push

Flight attendants suing United Airlines over unpaid wages told a New Jersey federal court Wednesday that the airline went too far in responding to their notice of a related ruling, improperly adding new argume... (more story)

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Dialysis Co. Urges NLRB To Nix Ruling On Withheld Raises

A network of Bay Area dialysis centers has urged the National Labor Relations Board to reverse a decision finding that it unlawfully withheld annual merit raises from employees represented by a Service Employe... (more story)

NLRB Won't Scale Back Severance Deal Scrutiny For Now

The National Labor Relations Board's short-handed Republican majority turned away a challenge to a Biden-era policy restricting what employers can put in severance agreements, sticking by a practice of reversi... (more story)

Laundry Co. Must Bargain After Union Ouster Bid, NLRB Says

A New York commercial laundry company must return to the bargaining table with a Workers United unit after unlawfully withdrawing recognition and assisting an employee in her efforts to decertify the union, th... (more story)

Teamsters Fight Amazon's Bid To See Drivers' Union Cards

Allowing Amazon to force the Teamsters to hand over the union cards signed by a group of delivery drivers in 2023 would be a grave mistake, the union told the National Labor Relations Board, urging it to uphol... (more story)

Teamsters, United Defeat Bid To Revive Suit Over Pay Formula

A memorandum alleging union misconduct and claims that a union representative may have simultaneously worked for United Airlines do not justify reopening a lawsuit accusing the airline and the Teamsters of und... (more story)

Discrimination More

Conn. Watchdog Missed Case Review Deadlines, Auditor Says

Connecticut's Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, which passes initial judgment on employment and other discrimination claims, repeatedly missed complaint review deadlines and may wish to ask the Leg... (more story)

Logistics Co. Strikes Deal In Sex Harassment, Retaliation Suit

A logistics company has agreed to resolve a former employee's lawsuit claiming she was fired for speaking out about colleagues' unwelcome sexual advances and name-calling, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.

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Staffing Co. Inks Deal To End EEOC Hiring Bias Probe

A staffing company has agreed to pay $155,000 to end an investigation from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission into claims that it discriminated against female workers by sending only male candida... (more story)

HIV, AIDS Patients End Disability Bias Suit With CVS

CVS Pharmacy Inc. and a group of HIV and AIDS patients have agreed to wrap up a suit claiming the company made it harder for them to get their medication in violation of disability discrimination law, accordin... (more story)

Construction Materials Maker Settles Disability Bias Suit

Construction materials manufacturer Sto Corp. has reached a settlement with a former worker who sued the company last year alleging he was fired after being hospitalized with a heart condition, according to a ... (more story)

11th Circ. Reinstates Ex-Pepsi Worker's Title VII Race Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday revived a Black former Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. employee's suit alleging he was fired for complaining about racist harassment, saying the lower court relied too heavily on a long... (more story)

1st Circ. Skeptical Of Ex-Dartmouth Prof's Bias Claims

A First Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared unlikely to reverse a lower court's dismissal of discrimination and retaliation claims brought by a former Dartmouth College associate professor who says he was denied... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

6th Circ. Home Care Rule Decision Helps Akin Case, DOL Says

The Sixth Circuit's recent decision that the U.S. Department of Labor could prevent third-party employers from claiming certain wage and hour exemptions for home care companies rejects the same arguments two e... (more story)

CSX Shortchanged Workers On Meal Allowances, Union Says

CSX Transportation shortchanged employees on meal allowances that were guaranteed under an arbitration award involving the company and a labor union, according to a complaint filed in D.C. federal court Tuesday.

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'Bachelor' Editor Hits Warner Bros. With Wage Suit

Warner Bros. Television Group and related entities failed to pay required wages and premium compensation under an industry labor agreement, a former assistant editor on "The Bachelor" alleged in a California s... (more story)

Chipotle Worker In Seattle Alleges Scheduling Law Violations

Restaurant chain Chipotle violated two Seattle employment laws by failing to provide workers with adequate notice of scheduling adjustments and withholding additional pay owed to those affected by late schedul... (more story)

Texas Panel Keeps Ex-GC's Suit Over Unpaid Bonuses Alive

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday kept in play a suit by a dairy equipment manufacturer's former general counsel over unpaid bonuses, holding that updated anti-SLAPP rules applied to newly added claims in the s... (more story)

Sushi Chef Fights Restaurant's Bid For Quick Win In OT Suit

A sushi chef pushed back against a restaurant's contention that he is a "serial filer" of "baseless" wage suits whose experience in the restaurant industry precludes his wage claims, telling a Connecticut fede... (more story)

K&L Gates Axed Worker Over Work-Induced Anxiety, Suit Says

K&L Gates LLP violated federal disability law when it fired an information technology manager because she took medical leave to manage anxiety caused by a supervisor's derisive behavior, the former employee al... (more story)