A New York federal court's finding that the state wage and hour law incorporates federal exceptions to pay for pre-shift time deviated from the decisions of a handful of state high courts and lays a path for Empire State justices to weigh in, attorneys said.
The procedural findings underlying the National Labor Relations Board's recent repudiation of a Biden-era decision that gave workers some cover for outbursts leave some uncertainty about the board's view of the issue, and may make some precedential decisions more vulnerable to challenge.
A turbomachinery manufacturer must face a transgender employee's lawsuit alleging the company unlawfully refused to cover her gender-affirming treatments under its health plan, a New Hampshire federal judge ruled Monday, saying a jury should decide whether the denial amounted to sex bias.