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How Justices' GEO Ruling Resets Gov't Contractor Litigation

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent GEO Group v. Menocal decision, holding that government contractors cannot immediat... (more story)

What's Missing From Latest Gov't Claims Against Harvard

The most interesting thing about the Trump administration’s recent civil rights enforcement efforts targeting Harv... (more story)

Preparing For New Calif. Pay Data Reporting Requirements

California's S.B. 464 overhauls the state's pay data reporting framework by requiring employers to use job categor... (more story)

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1st Circ. Ended Northeastern Cop Union Row, NLRB Attys Say

A First Circuit decision last year freed Northeastern University from the obligation to bargain with a campus police union, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors told the board, advising it to drop an unf... (more story)

NLRB Member Open To More Leeway For Late E-Filings

A National Labor Relations Board member said he would be "open to considering" whether regional directors should be allowed to accept objections filed after deadlines, in a decision Monday declining to review ... (more story)

Trader Joe's Says 5th Circ. Panel Ducked Thryv Challenge

Trader Joe's called on the full Fifth Circuit Friday to rethink parts of a panel decision enforcing the National Labor Relations Board's finding that it illegally fired a worker, saying it did enough to challe... (more story)

USW Wins $50K In Back Pay For Laid-Off Ala. Steelworker

The operator of a shuttered coal processing plant in Birmingham, Alabama, must give a former employee about $50,000 in back pay after laying him off in violation of a union contract's seniority rules, an Alaba... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs Toss Of Construction Co.'s Union Fund Fight

The Sixth Circuit on Friday said it won't revive a construction company's lawsuit alleging that trustees for an International Union of Operating Engineers local's fringe and health benefit funds refused to acc... (more story)

NLRB Official Drops Hospital Worker's Bid To Oust Union

A National Labor Relations Board official has dismissed a worker's bid to oust a Service Employees International Union unit from a Pennsylvania hospital, ruling that a tentative agreement between the union and... (more story)

Union Claims Gov't Shutdown Let Window Co. Sabotage Vote

A glaziers union only lost its representation election at a Maryland window installer because the government shutdown delayed the vote and the company used the delay as an opportunity to lay off several union ... (more story)

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Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal

A group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials are backing four BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targetin... (more story)

Ill. Justices Want MAGA Op-Ed Author Judge's Claims Axed

Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked a Chicago federal judge to throw out constitutional claims filed by a retired Illinois state trial court judge alleging he was wrongfully terminated over protected sp... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Backs Smith & Nephew In Paternity Leave Bias Suit

The Second Circuit upheld the dismissal Friday of a former Smith & Nephew worker's suit claiming he was fired from the medical device company for requesting paternity leave, stating he failed to overcome evide... (more story)

Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit

A former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP associate asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause a suit as the two sides have reported they had reached a settlement agreement over her discrimination claims against the ... (more story)

Advance Auto Can't Ditch EEOC Suit Over Witness No-Shows

SLOTTING---A key witness' repeated no-shows for depositions are not a reason to throw out a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity suit alleging that Black and LGBTQ+ workers were harassed at an Advance Auto Parts ... (more story)

Google Can't Nix Former Exec's Gender Bias Jury Verdict

Google can't scrap a jury verdict in favor of a female executive who claimed she was treated less well than male colleagues and passed over for promotion because she complained, a New York federal judge ruled,... (more story)

4th Circ. Backs DOL In Whistleblower Retaliation Appeal

The Fourth Circuit declined to revive a former U.S. Department of Labor criminal investigator's suit claiming the agency retaliated against him after he reported a supervisor for harassment, finding the Merit ... (more story)

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McGuireWoods Adds Seyfarth Shaw Labor Litigator In LA

McGuireWoods LLP continues its West Coast expansion, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP labor and employment litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

Tool Co. Can't Arbitrate Workers' Misclassification Suit

A California federal judge has blocked an Ohio-based tool company from pursuing arbitration in a suit alleging it misclassified its dealers as independent contractors, finding the franchise agreement's arbitra... (more story)

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Delta Pay Range Suit Goes Back To Wash. State Court

A Delta Air Lines Inc. job applicant's proposed class action accusing the carrier of failing to include required pay information on job postings will return to Washington state court after a Seattle federal ju... (more story)

Litigation Trio Joins Morgan Lewis From Hunton Andrews

Morgan Lewis & Bockius announced Monday that three attorneys formerly with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP had joined the firm, bolstering its growing litigation and labor employment practices.

Boeing Mechanic Wage Class Action Takes Off In Wash.

Boeing has been accused of shorting thousands of Washington state mechanics and other airplane assembly workers on break time and forcing them to work off the clock, according to a proposed class action the ae... (more story)

Eatery Shorted Tipped Staff On Wages, Suit Says

A vegetarian restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, made servers share their tips with ineligible co-workers and regularly miscalculated what tipped-wage staff was owed, a former employee alleged in a complai... (more story)

Cox Forced Call Center Staff To Work Off The Clock, Suit Says

Cox Communications and its Arizona subsidiary required call center representatives to do substantial off-the-clock work without pay, a former employee told a Georgia federal court Friday.