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EEOC's Kotagal Says Harassment Guidance On Thin Ice

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recently restored quorum sets the stage for its Republican majority to pursue an ambitious agenda that will include upending Biden-era guidance on workplace harassment "fairly quickly," Democratic Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal said at an American Bar Association event Thursday.

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Amazon Can't Knock Out Warehouse Worker's Age Bias Suit

A Utah federal judge tossed a former Amazon worker's claim that his Russian roots cost him his job but declined to dismiss his allegations that the company used bogus safety violations as a pretext to fire him due to his age.

Union To Pay Attys $315K Who Dissented On Palestine Vote

A union for legal aid lawyers and advocates agreed to pay $315,000 to three of its attorney members who said the labor group tried to kick them out for opposing a pro-Palestine resolution they saw as antisemitic, counsel for the attorney members said Thursday.

Expert Analysis

Recent Rulings Show When PIPs Lead To Employer Liability

Noah Bunzl

Performance improvement plans may have earned their reputation as the last stop before termination, and while a PI... (more story)

Legal Guardrails For AI Tools In The Hiring Process

Benjamin Perry and Lauren Watson

Although artificial intelligence can help close the gaps that bad actors exploit in modern recruiting, its precisi... (more story)

A Look At State AGs' Focus On Earned Wage Products

Manisha Sheth and Jack Robbins

Earned wage products have emerged as a rapidly growing segment of the consumer finance market, but recent state en... (more story)

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Calif. Forecast: $50M Google Racial Bias Deal Up For Approval

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a potential $50 million deal to resolve a proposed racial discrimination class action against Google. Here's a look at that case and other labor and ... (more story)

Harris Beach Murtha Adds Senior Counsel Pair In NY

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC has grown two of its New York offices with a trusts and estates attorney from Pierro Connor & Strauss LLC and an employee benefits specialist who previously worked in-house wit... (more story)

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NYC Bill To Make Amazon Hire Drivers Building Support

A Teamsters-backed bill that would block Amazon from using third parties to deliver its packages in New York City may move forward after winning the support of a veto-proof supermajority of New York City Council members.

Teamsters, Airline Settle Arbitration Fight On Appeal

Republic Airways and an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local unit have resolved their legal differences over an arbitration award the airline challenged in federal court, removing the local's bid to re... (more story)

Starbucks Union's Open-Ended Strike Starts At 65 Cafes

Baristas at 65 Starbucks cafes in 13 states walked off the job Thursday on the first day of an open-ended strike their union says will expand if Starbucks does not offer more pay and hours and take steps to re... (more story)

Fired Immigration Judges Share Concerns As Cases Pile Up

Fired immigration judges spoke on Thursday about their "crushing" backlog of cases, a buildup exacerbated by the Trump administration's elimination of their colleagues' positions.

MVP: Duane Morris' Jennifer A. Riley

Jennifer A. Riley of Duane Morris LLP helped Geico defeat conditional certification in a nationwide collective action, defended an industrial staffing company from California state law claims and helped severa... (more story)

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Manning Kass Hit With Age Bias Suit In Calif.

Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP is facing an age bias lawsuit in California state court alleging a firm leader has made ageist comments at employees over 40 and is trying to drive those workers out of the firm.

NJ Law Firm Blume Forte Wins Bid To Arbitrate Bias Claims

A former staffer at Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari PC had her disability discrimination suit against the firm sent to arbitration this week, with a New Jersey state court judge ruling she could not avoid ... (more story)

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King & Spalding, Atty Move To End Bias Suit At 4th Circ.

King & Spalding LLP and an attorney who complained that she didn't apply to a summer associate program as a straight, white woman because the firm sought diverse applicants have agreed to end her bias case, ac... (more story)

Kraft Heinz, Vaccine Objector Settle Religious Bias Battle

A former Kraft Heinz scientist who was fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine has resolved her religious discrimination lawsuit against the food company in the Seventh Circuit, her attorneys at First ... (more story)

Transgender Troops Sue Air Force Over Lost Retirement Pay

Seventeen transgender service members are accusing the U.S. Air Force of unlawfully rescinding their retirement orders following President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender people in the milit... (more story)

Housing Authority Pans 'Confusing' Bid To Revive Bias Claims

The public housing authority in Charlotte, North Carolina, has called a former coordinator's attempt to revive long-dismissed claims in her hostile work environment case that already went to trial "confusing" ... (more story)

Barnard Fights Rehiring Dorm Worker Accused Of Harassment

Barnard College should not have to reinstate the night-shift dorm attendant it fired after receiving a complaint that he pressured an Orthodox Jewish student to hug him, the college told a New York federal cou... (more story)

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NYC Workers Claim City Flouted OT Obligations

New York City failed to pay its Department of Homeless Services special officers and sergeants for all the hours they worked, basing their pay on their scheduled hours instead, according to a suit in New York ... (more story)

Wash. AG Introduces Unit To Fight For Worker Protections

Workers in Washington state could now turn to a new unit that will focus on enforcing protections and tackling wage theft, the state's attorney general announced Thursday, citing "a systematic dismantling of t... (more story)

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Hawaii Justices To Weigh In On Waldorf Resort Wage Case

The Hawaii Supreme Court will sort out whether a per-week or a per-hour unit should apply in the determining of compliance and damages under the state's minimum wage law, a federal court said in a case accusin... (more story)

Ohio EMT Co. Miscalculated OT, Deducted Pay, Suit Says

An emergency medical transport company operating in Ohio and West Virginia flubbed overtime calculations, deducted wages to cover required training costs and zeroed out final paychecks, a former employee has a... (more story)

AutoZone Settles Employee's FMLA Retaliation Dispute

AutoZone has settled a Massachusetts employee's lawsuit claiming he was demoted because he took medical leave to deal with stress exacerbated by a supervisor's ageist comments, according to a federal court filing.

IHOP Franchise Owner Accused Of Wage Theft In Colo. Suit

A former IHOP employee sued the owner of several IHOP franchises in Colorado state court on Monday, saying an a proposed class action it illegally required employees to distribute tips to assistant managers an... (more story)

Fighters Say UFC Withheld Arbitration Evidence In Wage Suit

Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters suing the mixed martial arts organization for wage suppression are accusing it in Nevada federal court of withholding a large amount of evidence key to the UFC's bid to ... (more story)