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EEOC Pick Faces Time Crunch As Shift In Congress Looms

The White House's recent selection of a Justice Department lawyer for a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seat could cement Republican control over the commission for years, but experts say the nomination faces an uphill battle clearing the U.S. Senate before a Democratic-led Congress is sworn in.

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NY Contractor Gets Final OK For $162M Caregiver Wage Deal

A New York federal magistrate judge has signed off on final approval of a $162 million settlement in a proposed class and collective action against a contractor that helps administer a state Medicaid program, ending claims that the company failed to pay personal care assistants accurately or on time.

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NLRB Rejects Stanford's Student Union Challenge

The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday denied Stanford University's call to rethink precedent empowering certain college student workers to unionize, noting a group of resident assistants withdrew the representation petition the challenge was based on.

Expert Analysis

Religious Employer Bias Ruling Lands In Unsettled Landscape

James Paul and Fiona Ong

Despite the Fourth Circuit's recent ruling in Doe v. Catholic Relief Services that a religious nonprofit violated federal and s...(read more)

DOJ's Deloitte, Lockheed DEI Deals Stress Whistleblower Role

Lisa Zaccardelli, Janelle Pelli and Julianna Malogolowkin

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent settlements with Deloitte and Lockheed Martin over their diversity, equity and inclusio...(read more)

High Court's H-2A Case Could Reshape Agency Adjudication

Timothy Taylor, Laura Flint and Tanner Slaughter

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that concerns whether the U.S. Department of Labor may fine an employer fo...(read more)

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Bus Driver Accuses NYC Transit Authority, Union Of Bias

A New York City bus driver has hit the city's transit authority and his union with a religious discrimination suit, accusing them of retaliating against him for complaining after he learned that a union leader had mocked h...(read more)

GM To Depose Ex-FCA Exec Again After Judge Flags Gaps

Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles executive Alphons Iacobelli can be deposed a second time by counsel for General Motors LLC, a Michigan state judge ruled Thursday, emphasizing that Iacobelli must turn over all documents re...(read more)

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3rd Circ. Backs Union In Utility Co. Doctor's Note Dispute

An electric utility must reimburse a lineman for a doctor's note he was asked to provide after calling out sick, the Third Circuit has ruled, finding that a lower court erred by rejecting an International Brotherhood of El...(read more)

Union Tells NLRB Its Union Vote Petition Deserved Hearing

A union asked the National Labor Relations Board to reverse an agency official's October order dismissing its petition to represent workers at a transportation company, saying the official skipped a hearing that was necess...(read more)

Temp Worker Says Waste Hauler Owes Pay For Waiting Time

A Massachusetts man who temporarily worked for a trash hauler while Teamsters-affiliated sanitation workers were on strike says he was not paid for time he was required to wait at a staging area to be transported to and fr...(read more)

Spirit Working On Remaining Objections To Google Data Sale

Defunct carrier Spirit Airlines is working on the remaining objections to its sale of de-identified data to Google after resolving objections from unions, the debtor's attorney told a New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday.

Tenn. College Hoops Players Release CBA Proposal

The University of Tennessee men's basketball team released a collective bargaining agreement framework Tuesday, aimed at fostering cooperation between athletes and schools as the business of college sports becomes more sop...(read more)

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Adidas Complaint Response Was Wanting, Ex-Worker Testifies

A former senior Adidas employee staffed on a Beyoncé partnership testified Thursday in her Oregon retaliation trial that she was not regularly updated by human resources as to the status of her complaints regarding another...(read more)

11th Circ. Backs Emory Healthcare In Ex-Prof's ADA Suit

The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday declined to reinstate a lawsuit from a former professor at Emory University's healthcare arm who claimed she faced "unrelenting" retaliation for taking time off after a knee injury, saying ...(read more)

Judge Favors Arbitration Of Ex-Jackson Lewis Atty's Bias Suit

A California federal judge appears poised to back Jackson Lewis' bid to force a disability bias suit from one of its former attorneys into arbitration, according to a tentative Thursday order which said he's not persuaded ...(read more)

Ex-Kean Law Prof Can't Challenge NJ Policy, 3rd Circ. Says

A former Kean University adjunct law professor doesn't have standing to challenge the constitutionality of a workplace discrimination policy for New Jersey employees, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, saying she hasn't sho...(read more)

Ex-NJ US Atty Hit With Ethics Charges Over Trump Club Case

New Jersey's former acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba Mildon has been hit with an ethics complaint over an alleged conflict of interest when she advised a former Trump Organization golf club server in connection with a sexu...(read more)

Assisted Living Co. Strikes Deal In EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit

An assisted living provider will pay $160,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business fired an employee because she asked to avoid lifting more than 20 pounds while pregnant, ac...(read more)

Senate Panel Sets Vote On EEOC General Counsel Nominee

A Senate committee scheduled a vote for Nov. 18 on whether to advance President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as the White House looks to solidify R...(read more)

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FEMA Subcontractor Defends No-Poach, Wage-Fixing Suit

A disaster response worker is defending a proposed class action accusing Fluor Federal Services Inc. and several subcontractors of fixing wages and agreeing not to hire each other's workers, arguing that one of the compani...(read more)

Delivery Company Shuffled Workers To Dodge OT, Suit Says

An e-commerce delivery provider moved workers through a complex cycle of temporary staffing and payroll arrangements to obscure its violations of overtime pay law at a massive warehouse near O'Hare International Airport, a...(read more)

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Philly Four Points Hotel Sued Over Irregular Scheduling

A group of hotel housekeepers have filed putative class claims against the Four Points by Sheraton in Philadelphia, saying it violated a city employment law by failing to provide workers with predictable, regular scheduling.

Justice Asks Gov't To Pick Best 'Poison' In H-2A Fine Case

A government attorney told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that it would be highly disruptive to require civil fines for H-2A visa program violations to be adjudicated solely in federal court, instead of through the U.S....(read more)

Stryker Shorted Wash. Workers On Breaks, Wages, Suit Says

A medical device company failed to provide Washington hourly workers with required meal and rest breaks, underpaid their wages and restricted their ability to discuss their pay, according to a proposed class action removed...(read more)

Staffing Co. Loses Coverage Bid For Poultry Employee Suit

An insurer does not have to defend a staffing agency against a lawsuit alleging it shorted workers on overtime pay and cut into paychecks for required safety equipment, an Illinois federal court has ruled, finding that the...(read more)

NC Sports Bar Urges 4th Circ. To End Ex-Manager's Appeal

A North Carolina sports bar and its owner asked the Fourth Circuit to axe a former manager's bid to revive claims over profit sharing, emotional distress and unpaid wages, arguing that she failed to offer evidence that the...(read more)