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​​​​​​​High Court Won't Revisit Groff Religious Accommodation Test

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined an invitation by a group of Washington firefighters to clarify whether the court's landmark 2023 decision in Groff v. DeJoy requires employers accused of illegally denying religious accommodations to show that the workplace adjustments present an actual hardship.

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Nurse Can't Get 9th Circ. To Reopen COVID-19 Vax Bias Suit

A split Ninth Circuit panel refused Friday to reinstate a lawsuit alleging an Oregon healthcare system violated the First Amendment when it refused to excuse a nurse from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, concluding the hospital had demonstrated it would've been too difficult to let her skip the jab.

NLRB GC Calls For Reversing Unilateral Change Standard

A National Labor Relations Board prosecutor has urged an administrative law judge to overturn a Biden-era standard that made it more difficult for employers to unilaterally change the working conditions of its employees, claiming the standard wrongly overruled previous board decisions and departed from U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

Expert Analysis

Visa Ruling Exposes APA Risks For DHS Grace Period Repeal

Jun Li

Four defects described in a September district court decision halting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's n... (more story)

Religious Accommodation Lessons From Recent EEOC Focus

Crystal Banse

With several recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement actions focusing on religious accommo... (more story)

3rd Circ. Ruling Shows ADA Limits Amid Worker Misconduct

Jason Kaufman and Mallory Campbell

In Hileman v. West Penn Allegheny Health System, the Third Circuit recently rejected a wrongful termination claim ... (more story)

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Justices Turn Away Case Over NLRB Remedies And Review

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal of a Third Circuit ruling involving a number of labor issues, including the National Labor Relations Board's heightened remedies and the level of deferenc... (more story)

Supreme Court Won't Hear Tribal Card Check Order Challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a Native American tribe's challenge to an arbitrator's decision requiring it to follow election rules in an agreement with a UNITE HERE local that the tribe said violated tribal law.

Starbucks Can't Exit Fight Over Union Trademarks

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday denied Starbucks Corp.'s bid to escape a lawsuit from a union representing over 12,000 Starbucks workers seeking a declaration the union can continue using Starbucks' log... (more story)

Supreme Court Won't Rethink Trucking Co. Bargaining Order

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a trucking company's bid to reverse a National Labor Relations Board order requiring it to bargain with a union, leaving in place a Fourth Circuit decision that found ... (more story)

Feds Can't Ax Unions' Suit Over AI Monitoring Of Noncitizens

A New York federal judge has declined to toss a lawsuit by unions accusing federal immigration agencies of using artificial intelligence to surveil noncitizens' online activity, finding that immigration law do... (more story)

NY-Presbyterian Can't Nix Union Funds' Antitrust Suit

A New York federal judge ruled three union benefit funds can pursue an antitrust suit against New York Presbyterian Hospital without first proving it holds a large market share in the city, rejecting the hospi... (more story)

Union Urges NLRB To Keep Long-Standing Voter Threshold

An International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local has urged the National Labor Relations Board to reject a challenge to 90-year-old precedent requiring unions to win only majorities of those who vote in... (more story)

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Fla. Furniture Retailer To Pay $1.3M To End EEOC Bias Probe

A Florida furniture store chain agreed to pay $1.3 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into allegations that it favored Hispanic applicants over workers of other races, ... (more story)

Fox Tells DC Circ. Worker Wasn't Fired Over Leave, Politics

Fox News urged the D.C. Circuit to reject a former Capitol Hill producer's bid to revive claims that he was fired over his political views and use of sick leave, arguing he was terminated instead for insubordi... (more story)

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Cop Fired After Posting Rap Videos Can't Get High Court's Ear

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a Black police officer's lawsuit claiming he was unlawfully fired after posting homemade rap videos online, declining his invitation to revisit a landmark 1973 r... (more story)

Ex-EEOC Director Can Pursue Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias Suit

The former information governance and strategy director at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was cleared to move ahead with his federal suit alleging he was marginalized and pushed out by the ag... (more story)

High Court Turns Away Delta Pilots' Military Leave Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear former Delta Air Lines pilots' challenge to an Eleventh Circuit ruling that grounded their suit alleging the airline pushed them out of their jobs for taking military leave.

High Court Won't Hear Chicago Workers' Vaccine Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court again refused Monday to weigh in on a challenge to COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for Chicago city workers, declining to take up the case after the Seventh Circuit refused to ... (more story)

Justices Pass On Former Air Marshal's Disability Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to probe a Fourth Circuit ruling that upheld the dismissal of a former air marshal's disability bias suit, which claimed the government improperly required her to tran... (more story)

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Plumbing Co. Seeks To Boot 3 Workers From OT Collective

A Georgia plumbing company has asked a federal court to remove three workers who opted in to an overtime collective action, arguing that they all signed arbitration agreements barring them from joining class o... (more story)

Justices Won't Review If NJ Wage Laws Exclude Immigrants

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a New Jersey high court ruling that allows unauthorized immigrant workers to pursue claims under the state's wage-and-hour laws.

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Ex-Legg Mason Worker Keeps 401(k), Leave Claims Alive

A former Legg Mason product marketing employee can move forward with claims that she was wrongly denied 401(k), stock purchase, paid time off and vacation benefits despite being labeled a temporary worker, a N... (more story)

Rivian Accused Of Denying Wash. Workers Breaks, OT Pay

Electric vehicle maker Rivian broke multiple employment laws in Washington state and Seattle by failing to provide mandated meal and rest breaks, shorting workers on pay and failing to reimburse business expen... (more story)

UFC Wants To Know Who's Backing Fighters' Wage Case

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is pressing a Nevada federal judge to pull back the curtain on the funding of a proposed wage-fixing class action that has been snaking through federal court for years.

Pa. Hospital Workers Sue Over Biased Time Rounding

A patient registration worker sued the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in federal court Friday, alleging the hospital system's timekeeping software rounds time in the company's favor, while requiring p... (more story)

Hertz Hit With PAGA Suit Over Off-Clock Work

Hertz stiffed workers on their full pay by rounding their time, making them wait off the clock to use a timekeeping terminal and requiring them to respond to work messages during breaks and after shifts, accor... (more story)