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Bar Complaint Calls Out EEOC Chair's Law Firm DEI Letters

A legal advocacy group asked the Virginia State Bar to investigate whether U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas violated ethics rules by declining to investigate LGBTQ bias complaints and sending letters demanding information from law firms on their diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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6th Circ. Hints Support For Superintendent's Suit Over Leave

A Sixth Circuit panel signaled during a hearing Thursday that a trial court prematurely dismissed a school superintendent's lawsuit challenging her continued placement on leave, but the judges wondered if the school official had enough evidence to win at a later phase of litigation.

4 Tip-Credit Compliance Reminders As Summer Nears

As the summer hiring season approaches, attorneys said restaurant owners should get ready to navigate tip-credit requirements at both the federal and state levels, monitor side work, make sure paychecks are accurate and tip-pooling practices are compliant. Here, Law360 offers four tips for complying with tip-credit rules.

Expert Analysis

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

Jennifer Serafyn, Annette Tyman and Anuj Khetarpal

As federal agencies mandate new procurement language aimed at curbing contractors' DEI practices and embedding Fal... (more story)

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

Lori Kisch

A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management off... (more story)

7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

Zoe Argento, Denise Tran-Nguyen and Bradford Kelley

Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements und... (more story)

Labor More

Florida Stone Biz Illegally Fired Worker, NLRB Judge Says

A Florida stone company violated federal labor law by firing an employee for engaging in union organizing activity with a chapter of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, a National L... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says Co. Threatened Unionizing Staff's Jobs

A company that serviced the Los Angeles Metro violated federal labor law by telling its unionizing staff that the public transit authority could cancel its contract with the company anytime, a National Labor R... (more story)

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NLRB Member Skeptical Of Oversight Of Airline Contractors

The National Labor Relations Board allowed workers who fuel airplanes at John F. Kennedy International Airport to keep unionizing with the Teamsters over their employer Allied New York Services' objection, but... (more story)

Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Lift Block On Calif. Border Patrol Sweeps

The government urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to lift an injunction barring Border Patrol from warrantless arrests and detentive stops without probable cause and reasonable suspicion, arguing that the pl... (more story)

Consolidation Recommended For NY Hospital Antitrust Cases

Two antitrust lawsuits accusing New York-Presbyterian Hospital of using anticompetitive tactics when negotiating with insurers should move forward as one, a New York magistrate judge said Wednesday, encouragin... (more story)

Police Union In Ch. 11 During Sexual Harassment Case Appeal

A national police union affiliated with the AFL-CIO appeared in Florida bankruptcy court Wednesday as it seeks a breathing spell to prosecute an appeal of a $2.25 million judgment in a sexual harassment lawsui... (more story)

2nd Circ. Amends Revival Of Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit

The Second Circuit on Wednesday pulled back from a holding that mortgages underlying a union pension fund's mortgage-backed securities investments that tanked during the financial crisis were plan assets under... (more story)

Discrimination More

Delta Used Coaching Plan To Deny Raise, Sex Bias Suit Says

A female Delta Air Lines aviation maintenance planner working under all-male management was placed on a coaching plan that didn't apply to her male colleagues and was used to deny her a merit raise and suggest... (more story)

Mercedes Fired New Dad After Bias Complaints, Suit Says

Mercedes-Benz ignored a Vietnamese American employee's complaints about a manager's racial bias before ultimately firing him after he took leave for the birth of his child, he told a Georgia federal court.

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Care Provider, EEOC Reach $324K Deal Over Medical Inquiries

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday that a South Carolina in-home care facility has brokered a $324,000 deal to resolve the agency's allegations that it bucked four federal civi... (more story)

Race 'Not A Factor' In Black Teacher's Firing, NC School Says

A Black teacher in North Carolina was fired for failing to teach his students the necessary curriculum to pass their end-of-grade-level testing, not because he injected race into his lessons, the school argued... (more story)

Ex-Emory Healthcare Nurse Takes Race Bias Suit To 11th Circ.

A Black travel nurse claiming Emory Healthcare fired her for complaining that she got less training than white colleagues is turning to the Eleventh Circuit after losing her lawsuit, according to a notice file... (more story)

Pa. DA Offices Sued Over Interview Questions In Bias Suit

A 61-year-old lawyer says members of the district attorney's offices in Montgomery and Chester counties asked him questions during job interviews intended to make him uncomfortable and to highlight age and rac... (more story)

Bassist's Suit Against Metal Band Can Rock On, Judge Says

A Connecticut judge has refused to strike six counts from a bassist's lawsuit challenging his ejection from the Grammy-nominated metal band Hatebreed, finding the musician properly pleaded claims that he was h... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Home Improvement Co. Nailed With Misclassification Suit

A home improvement company's nationwide sales model is built on a misclassification scheme that shortchanged workers, a group of former sales representatives said in a proposed collective and class action file... (more story)

NC Judge Denies Class, Collective In Yearslong Wage Dispute

A North Carolina federal judge refused to certify a new round of collective and class claims against an auto parts manufacturer, finding that workers challenging off-the-clock work failed to show their claims ... (more story)

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SC County Beats EMT's OT Suit With Firefighter Exemption

A federal jury sided with a South Carolina county in a lawsuit accusing the county of failing to pay overtime wages to an emergency medical worker, finding that she qualified for a firefighter exemption under ... (more story)

Worker Says H&M Shorted OT For Preshift Setup

H&M has been hit with a proposed collective and class action in Illinois federal court alleging that the fashion retailer denied overtime pay to customer service workers who were required to complete computer ... (more story)

Morgan & Morgan Taps Seyfarth Atty For Employment Push

Morgan & Morgan PA has added a Seyfarth Shaw LLP attorney to lead and build a California employment division for the injury law firm.

Delta Pilots Fail To Get Military Bias Suit Off The Ground

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's decision tossing former Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots' claims that they were forced out of their jobs for taking military leave, ruling the pilots would... (more story)

Hurricane Maria Aid Workers Can't Pursue FEMA For Wages

A First Circuit panel said Wednesday that workers for a nonprofit organization that received Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for Hurricane Maria relief efforts cannot sue the federal government for u... (more story)