Expert Analysis

What To Know As Rulings Limit NLRB's Expanded Remedies

Two recent appellate decisions strongly rebuke the National Labor Relations Board's expansion of remedies beyond r... (more story)

5 Bonus Plan Compliance Issues In Financial Services

As several legal constraints — including a new California debt repayment law taking effect in January — tighten ar... (more story)

Unique Aspects Of Texas' Approach To AI Regulation

The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act — which will soon be the sole comprehensive artificial intelligence law in... (more story)

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Health Plans Defend Renewed Biogen MS Drug Scheme Suit

Health plans claiming Biogen Inc. illegally stifled competition for its multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera have said an Illinois federal judge should let their latest complaint proceed to discovery because it f... (more story)

NLRB Official Orders Union Election At Idaho Albertson's

Meat department workers at an Albertson's store in Idaho can vote on representation by the United Food and Commercial Workers, but a National Labor Relations Board official denied their bid to join a multi-sto... (more story)

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COVID Changes Still Affecting Union Talks 5 Years On

The COVID-19 pandemic forced employers and unions to make sweeping changes to how they negotiate labor contracts, and while many of the changes went away with the health emergency, attorneys said some are stil... (more story)

Cemex Urges 9th Circ. To Keep NLRB Appeal Paused

The employer challenging the National Labor Relations Board's 2023 precedent shift on union representation elections and bargaining orders asked the Ninth Circuit to keep the case paused, fighting the NLRB's r... (more story)

Benefit Funds Claim Drilling Co. Missed $20K In Contributions

A utility drilling company failed to keep up on its contribution bills owed to its employee benefits plans, resulting in a $20,000 funding shortfall, according to a suit filed by a group of benefit funds and l... (more story)

NLRB Attys Shifted Stance On Starbucks Protest, Docs Show

The National Labor Relations Board's legal advice office told prosecutors to argue that federal labor law shielded Starbucks workers who staged a 2019 protest after earlier opining that the protest was too dis... (more story)

6 December Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch

Workers who say Prudential mismanaged their retirement savings will ask the Third Circuit to reinstate their class action, while a union pension fund will ask the Eighth Circuit to put General Electric back on... (more story)

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Air Force Ignored Supervisor's Sexist Comments, Suit Says

The U.S. Air Force failed to intervene when a prevention analyst complained that her supervisor made derogatory comments about women and minimized LGBTQ-focused efforts while promoting "alpha male education," ... (more story)

2nd Circ. Revives Bid For SSA Disability Benefits Over Anxiety

An administrative law judge must reconsider the Social Security Administration's denial of a former security guard's disability benefits, a split Second Circuit panel found, concluding that the judge needs to ... (more story)

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Catholic School Wants To Block Mich. Civil Rights Law

A Catholic school has asked a Michigan federal judge to rule that the state's anti-discrimination law is unconstitutional because it prevents the school from hiring teachers and instructing students in accorda... (more story)

Nurse For App-Based Health Co. Can't Revive Retaliation Suit

A Washington appeals court refused to revive a nurse's suit claiming she was fired from an app-based medical provider for complaining that it underpaid and overworked independent contractors, ruling she failed... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs Theater In Ex-Manager's Sex Harassment Suit

A former movie theater manager can't reopen her lawsuit claiming her boss' repeated requests for a date and inappropriate comments created an unlawfully toxic workplace, with the Sixth Circuit ruling Tuesday t... (more story)

Court Rejects Cherokee Entity's Push To End Bias Dispute

A Missouri federal court judge won't reconsider an order that denied a bid by a Cherokee Nation entity to dismiss a discrimination claim lodged last year by a former employee, saying it failed to show why a se... (more story)

Texas Woman Says Business Group CEO Assaulted Her

The founder of a Texas business advocacy group is suing the state's largest business association and its CEO, saying he maneuvered his way to head her group and used his leverage to try to coerce her into a se... (more story)

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Cannabis Workers Settle Suit Over Imposed Quotas, Lack Of Pay

Hourly agricultural laborers who accused California cannabis company Glass House Brands Inc. and some of its subsidiaries of bilking them out of sick pay, minimum wage and lunch breaks while enforcing quotas h... (more story)

Warner Bros. Studio Operations Hit With Wage And Hour Suit

Warner Bros. Studio Operations and related companies made California employees work through their meal breaks, required them to work unpaid overtime and didn't pay them for on-call or standby time, according t... (more story)

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JetBlue Can Settle With Wash. Putative Wage Class Members

A Washington state judge declined on Wednesday to block JetBlue from pursuing individual settlements with putative class members in a pending wage action, concluding the plaintiff workers hadn't shown "anythin... (more story)

Updated Deal To End School Bus Driver's Wage Suit Gets OK

A Georgia school district will pay nearly $9,000 to end a former bus driver's Fair Labor Standards Act suit alleging it didn't pay her for three months after she returned from an injury-related leave, with a f... (more story)

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: Enforcement, Military Leave

From a deep dive into paid military leave to a multifaceted look at workers' rights policy and enforcement in the Trump era, catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour stories from November.

Abbott Accused Of Miscalculating Workers' Overtime

Abbott Laboratories miscalculated employees' overtime by failing to include periodic award pay in the regular rate of pay when they worked more than 40 hours per week, a former employee said in a proposed coll... (more story)

9th Circ. Offers Mixed Ruling On Jack In The Box Wage Claims

A trial must address whether Jack in the Box willfully deducted too much from workers' wages, the Ninth Circuit ruled on Tuesday, flipping workers' win on claims the fast-food company over-deducted their wages... (more story)