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Building Products Co. Can't Shake Wage, Break Suit

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday said a building products company cannot escape a proposed class action claiming it denied workers wages and breaks, finding that the former employee behind the suit plausibly alleged unpaid work and that federal compensability rules do not apply to her state law wage claims.

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Bank Beats Disability Bias Suit From Fired Worker With ADHD

An Alabama federal judge tossed a lawsuit Tuesday from an ex-employee who claimed Regions Bank failed to accommodate her attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and then illegally fired her for taking medical leave, saying she couldn't overcome the bank's argument that poor performance drove her termination.

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DC Circ. Says NLRB 'Successor Bar' Conflicts With Labor Law

A split D.C. Circuit panel said Tuesday that the National Labor Relations Board's practice of insulating unions from removal after businesses change hands defies federal labor law, applying a landmark 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that scaled back courts' deference to federal agencies.

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Yellow Corp. WARN Act Appeal Refines Layoff Guidance

Sarah Primrose, Peter Wozniak and Christopher Coleman

A Delaware federal court's recent upholding of a bankruptcy court's disallowance of unions' federal Worker Adjustm... (more story)

Remote Work Rulings Show ADA Fights Hinge On Process

Paul Sweeney

Two opposite outcomes in recent Fifth Circuit and D.C. federal court cases underscore that the legality of denying... (more story)

Labor Contract Bill Would Introduce Sweeping Risks For Cos.

Haley Crum, Catherine Burgett and Richard Cleary

The House-approved Faster Labor Contracts Act would force rapid first-contract bargaining, subject businesses to b... (more story)

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DOL Takes Swipe At Derisking Cases In Bristol-Myers Brief

The U.S. Department of Labor urged the Second Circuit to shut down a suit claiming drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb violated federal benefits law by offloading $2.6 billion in pension liabilities to a risky annu... (more story)

5th Circ. Says NLRB Can Transfer Anheuser-Busch Arb. Case

The National Labor Relations Board can transfer to the Eleventh Circuit an appeal by Anheuser-Busch challenging the board's decision finding that the brewing company violated federal labor law by trying to for... (more story)

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Bronx Public Defenders Set Strike Deadline

More than 300 unionized workers at legal aid organization The Bronx Defenders are set to walk out on July 27 if they cannot agree on a contract with the legal nonprofit's management, according to a Tuesday announcement.

Defense Unions Urge Court To Restore Contracts With DOD

A union coalition has urged a Maryland federal judge to reverse the U.S. Department of Defense's cancellation of hundreds of union contracts, arguing the defense secretary's sudden shift didn't make sense.

Amazon Says NLRB Wrong On Precedent, Policy In Cemex

A 2023 National Labor Relations Board decision that lowered the bargaining order standard and shifted the burden for filing union election petitions to employers conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent and... (more story)

Split NLRB Upholds Wash. Official's Approval Of Union Vote

A National Labor Relations Board official correctly allowed 14 employees at a Seattle appliance maintenance firm to vote on union representation last year, a split NLRB ruled, rejecting the firm's argument tha... (more story)

Medical Pot Dispensary Can't Halt NLRB Union Firing Case

A Utah federal judge has refused to block a National Labor Relations Board case accusing a medical marijuana dispensary of firing four union supporters, ruling that the dispensary's injunction request was barr... (more story)

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7th Circ. Told To Keep Judge's MAGA Firing Fight In Fed. Court

A retired judge looking to hold the Illinois Supreme Court liable for canceling his temporary reinstatement over a pro-MAGA opinion column told the Seventh Circuit Monday that his case belongs in federal court... (more story)

Submarine Maker Sinks Disability Bias Suit Over Remote Work

General Dynamics' submarine subsidiary Electric Boat Corp. defeated a former employee's lawsuit alleging the company refused to let him work from home because of serious health conditions, with a Connecticut f... (more story)

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9th Circ. Won't Reopen Vax Bias Suit Against Wash. Officials

The Ninth Circuit upheld a Washington state agency's win in a suit alleging it unlawfully fired over a dozen employees rather than accommodate their religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine, ruling they ha... (more story)

Lockheed Can't Use EEOC Charge To Narrow Bias Suit

Lockheed Martin can't trim a lawsuit alleging it refused to give a worker the same opportunities offered to other employees because he is African and Muslim, a Texas federal judge ruled, concluding he wasn't r... (more story)

Reed Smith Loses Bid To Pause Ex-Worker's Gender Bias Suit

A New Jersey judge on Tuesday rejected Reed Smith LLP's motion to pause discovery in a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee, finding that the firm had not proved irreparable harm if the c... (more story)

9th Circ. Says Lone Facebook Post Can't Sustain Bias Suit

The Ninth Circuit has backed the dismissal of a harassment suit from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who said his colleagues mocked his sexuality in a photo of him published in a Facebook group, r... (more story)

4th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Hospital Employee's ADA Suit

The Fourth Circuit refused to revive a former Maryland hospital worker's lawsuit claiming she was fired because of a progressive neuromuscular disorder, ruling she couldn't overcome the healthcare system's exp... (more story)

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AI Training Platform Misclassifies College Workers, Suit Says

A company that recruits workers to train artificial intelligence models misclassified thousands of college students and others as independent contractors while controlling their assignments, pay and work metho... (more story)

Migrant Workers Class Cert. Bid Fails Over Worker Variation

A former agricultural worker's bid to pursue wage and hour claims on behalf of more than 1,000 farm laborers has been recommended for denial by a California federal magistrate judge, who found the proposed cla... (more story)

Exec Threatened Immigrant Worker Over OT Claim, Suit Says

A financial services firm's executive sent a series of late-night messages threatening to report an Albanian immigrant worker for immigration fraud just three days after the worker's attorney sent a demand let... (more story)

Nike Ad Crew Member Sues Over Wages, Missed Breaks

A production assistant who worked on a Nike Inc. commercial has sued the sportswear giant, its advertising agency and a production company, alleging the companies failed to pay overtime wages, denied meal and ... (more story)

Clark Hill Adds Employment Atty From Seyfarth In Atlanta

Clark Hill PLC has added a Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner in Atlanta, strengthening its labor and employment group.

Fisher Phillips Combines With Dallas Litigation Boutique

International labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has added a four-attorney team through a combination with Dallas litigation boutique Stewart Law Group PLLC.

Sam's Club Accused Of Illegally Firing Hospitalized Worker

Sam's Club illegally fired a baker after refusing to process her leave request during an emergency hospital stay, she alleged in Michigan federal court, adding that she only learned of her firing when her memb... (more story)