Expert Analysis

A Look At EEOC Actions In 2025 And What's Next

President Donald Trump issued several executive orders last year that reshaped policy at the U.S. Equal Employment... (more story)

How Mamdani Will Shift NYC Employment Law Enforcement

Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the New York City labor law regime is poised to become more coordinated, less forgivin... (more story)

Examining Privilege In Dual-Purpose Workplace Investigations

The Sixth Circuit's recent holding in FirstEnergy's bribery probe ruling that attorney-client privilege applied to... (more story)

Labor More

Amazon Labor Union Defends NY's NLRB Fill-In Law

Recent rulings from the Fourth and D.C. circuits strengthen the argument that New York was allowed to expand its labor board's powers in response to corporate and judicial attacks on the National Labor Relatio... (more story)

Trader Joe's Inks $750K Deal In Philly 'Fair Workweek' Suit

Trader Joe's will pay $750,000 to resolve class claims from workers that it violated a Philadelphia ordinance requiring employers to give workers a fair and predictable work schedule, according to a recent filing.

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5th Circ. Says Ex-United Worker Sued IAM Unit Too Late

A former United Airlines customer service agent who says she was fired because of her continued need for work accommodations cannot sue her union for failing to take her wrongful discharge claim against the co... (more story)

SC Worker Illegally Fired For Complaints, NLRB Attys Say

A South Carolina video game store's firing of an employee who complained about the general manager's wages and work performance violated federal labor law, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors said, aski... (more story)

Bus Co. Urges Court to Nix Award In Driver's Rehiring Suit

A busing contractor urged a Virginia federal court to vacate an arbitration award ordering the company to rehire a driver who hit a pedestrian, arguing that the arbitrator failed to stick to the terms of the c... (more story)

NLRB Judge Clears UPS In Recording Policy Dispute

UPS' policy on recording devices didn't run afoul of federal labor law, a National Labor Relations Board has ruled, finding that the policy addressed "a matter of basic civility and practicality" that didn't u... (more story)

Ark. Official Urges 7th Circ. Not To Revive Pharma Rule Fight

An Illinois federal judge correctly upheld an Arkansas insurance regulation designed to protect local pharmacies, the state's insurance commissioner told the Seventh Circuit on Monday, asking the court to toss... (more story)

Discrimination More

Full 5th Circ. Will Revisit PWFA's Constitutionality

The Fifth Circuit late Wednesday vacated a split panel opinion allowing enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, granting an en banc rehearing to consider whether the U.S. C... (more story)

Wells Fargo Brass Gets 1st OK For 'Fake' Diversity Suit Deal

A California federal judge has granted the first green light to a settlement reached between Wells Fargo investors and executives in a derivative suit claiming the bank's leadership failed to address the compa... (more story)

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Judge Questions If Workers' Attys Can Handle AI Bias Class

A California federal judge called out the attorneys for a proposed class of workers who accused human resources software company Workday of using biased artificial intelligence to screen out job applicants, sa... (more story)

JPMorgan's Tobacco-Use Health Fee Is Illegal, Employee Says

A JPMorgan Chase & Co. employee has hit the financial giant with a proposed class action in a New York federal court accusing it of issuing health insurance plans including fee requirements for tobacco users t... (more story)

FAA Worker's Suspension Not Race-Based, 11th Circ. Affirms

The Eleventh Circuit backed an early win Wednesday for the Federal Aviation Administration in a discrimination suit from an air traffic controller, ruling that "all evidence in the record" supports the conclus... (more story)

Groups Seek To Halt EEOC Bid For Jewish UPenn Student Info

A Jewish law student association and other groups urged a federal judge to let them step in and oppose the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's efforts to craft a "registry" of Jewish students and st... (more story)

EEOC Faces Headwinds In 8th Circ. Bid To Upend Jury Verdict

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission faced an uphill battle at the Eighth Circuit Wednesday as it sought a new trial in a suit accusing a chemical company of failing to stop a Black employee from b... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Office Depot Spars Over Class Cert. In Wash. Pay Scale Suit

Office Depot LLC and a plaintiff accusing the company of violating a Washington state pay-transparency law clashed over class certification in separate motions in Seattle federal court, with the office supply ... (more story)

Worker Wants To Keep Wage Suit Against Walmart Alive

A former Walmart employee said he has properly supported his wage and hour violation claims against the retail giant, urging a Washington federal court not to dismiss his proposed class and collective action.

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Uber, DoorDash Drivers Lost $550M In Tips, NYC Says

UberEats and DoorDash rolled out design tricks after New York City implemented a minimum pay standard for food delivery workers that has led to workers losing $550 million in tips, the New York City Department... (more story)

Ford Wants Out Of EV Battery Plant Wage Suit

Ford Motor Co. urged a Michigan federal court to toss a proposed class and collective action accusing the company of stiffing workers on their full wages at an electric vehicle battery plant in Kentucky, sayin... (more story)

4th Circ. Keeps Butterball's Win In Wage Dispute

A Butterball turkey catcher cannot revive his wage and hour claims because he was a piece-rate employee, the Fourth Circuit has ruled, agreeing with a North Carolina federal court that his state and federal la... (more story)

Southwest Workers Nab Collective Cert. In NY Late-Pay Suit

Baggage and cargo handlers can move forward as a collective in their suit claiming Southwest Airlines paid them twice a month instead of weekly, a New York federal magistrate judge ruled, finding that they wer... (more story)

Flight Attendants Slam United's Arbitration Bid in Wage Suit

Two current and former United Airlines flight attendants urged a New Jersey federal court not to toss their proposed class action claiming that the airline only pays them for the time they spend flying, arguin... (more story)