Fifteen Dunkin' franchisees and their management company will pay $250,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging they forced employees with disabilities and medical restrictions onto unpaid leave, according to a Thursday filing in Massachusetts federal court.
The Eighth Circuit upheld the dismissal Thursday of a suit from a former trucker who claimed he was unlawfully fired for seeking lighter duties to manage his Parkinson's disease, finding he undermined his case by telling the Social Security Administration that it was impossible for him to work.
Amazon will likely appeal a National Labor Relations Board decision finding it unlawfully refused to bargain with a union that won a landmark representation election in New York, but experts said the company will face long odds in convincing a federal appeals court that the board wrongly certified the union.