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Ministry Stance In Anti-LGBTQ+ Hiring Suit Confuses 9th Circ.

An en banc Ninth Circuit struggled Tuesday to understand a Washington-based Christian ministry's legal stance as it sought to preserve its ability to reject job applicants who are gay, with several judges suggesting it was immune from enforcement action since the state recognized the jobs as ministerial and therefore constitutionally exempt from anti-discrimination laws.

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Providence Tells Wash. Justices $230M Loss Upends CBAs

Counsel for Providence Health & Services, Washington state's largest healthcare provider, urged the state's highest court on Tuesday to overturn workers' $230 million trial win over missed meal breaks, arguing that the judgment could put large employers at risk for complying with collective bargaining agreements.

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Lab Operator To Pay $2.8M To End EEOC Vax Bias Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that a lab management company agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve an agency investigation into claims that it violated federal law by refusing to grant religious and disability-based exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

Expert Analysis

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

Mitchell Engel

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses six recent rulings involvi... (more story)

How Employers Can Navigate NLRB Rulings Ripe For Reversal

Howard Lavin

Given a recent National Labor Relations Board memo seeking to reverse several precedents — including on severance ... (more story)

What Greek Tragedy Teaches About Mediating AI Disputes

Giuseppe De Palo

While ancient Greek writers could not have anticipated modern arbitration, their tragic plays illustrate new and f... (more story)

Labor More

Texas Biz Court Pares Southwest Union's Boeing Suit

A Texas Business Court judge pared back the scope of claims brought by the pilots union for Southwest Airlines against The Boeing Co. after regulators grounded the 737 Max aircraft, saying Monday that the pilo... (more story)

9th Circ. Rejects Worker's Bid To Revive Dues Challenge

The Ninth Circuit has upheld a ruling tossing claims that an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union forged a government employee's signature on a dues authorization form, ruling that the employ... (more story)

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NLRB Shields Some Stanford Student Data In Disclosure Row

The National Labor Relations Board has partially granted Stanford's challenge to a regional director's decision requiring the university to produce a voter list for an upcoming representation election, ruling ... (more story)

Greenberg Traurig Adds Employment Atty In West Palm Beach

Greenberg Traurig has hired a former Carlton Fields attorney in West Palm Beach to help lead the continued growth of the Florida office's labor and employment practice, the firm announced on Tuesday.

10th Circ. Revives Early Retiree Claims In Union Pension Fight

The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday partially reversed a loss for union retirees who alleged they were wrongly denied early retirement benefits from a multiemployer pension plan after they withdrew from work that was... (more story)

Union Foe Says NY's Dues Outreach Restrictions Are Illegal

A recently enacted New York law that creates fines for impersonating unions violates the U.S. Constitution by restricting nonunions' rights to inform government workers that they may withhold dues, an anti-uni... (more story)

Fired Teacher Says AI Tainted Review And Arbitration

A Massachusetts kindergarten teacher is suing to redo arbitration over her firing, saying the arbitrator who affirmed the school's decision used artificial intelligence to vet her claims that the principal rel... (more story)

Discrimination More

UC Davis Women Athletes Get Less Financial Aid, Suit Says

University of California, Davis has been discriminatorily awarding less athletic financial aid to women varsity student-athletes than their male counterparts for at least the last decade, in violation of Title... (more story)

Bombardier's Pre-Hire Test Regimen Flouted ADA, EEOC Says

Canada-based jet manufacturer Bombardier and its subsidiary Learjet subjected prospective employees to a battery of pre-hire medical and physical examinations that unlawfully screened out people with disabilit... (more story)

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Muslim Barista Fired For Ramadan Shift Requests, EEOC Says

A New York City coffee shop chain illegally fired a Muslim employee after he requested to work earlier shifts to accommodate his daily fasts during the holy month of Ramadan, according to a suit filed Tuesday ... (more story)

Cleaning Cos. Urge Colo. Judge To Toss EEOC's Bias Suit

Two commercial cleaning providers accused by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of illegally favoring Latin American applicants urged a Colorado federal judge to toss the agency's lawsuit, contending ... (more story)

4th Circ. Says Unequal Ranks Don't Bar Sex Bias Comparison

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday reopened a lawsuit alleging a Virginia sheriff's office refused to promote a female lieutenant and gave her insufficient resources when she filled in for a station commander, sayi... (more story)

Ga. Hospital Escapes LGBTQ+ Bias Suit Over Fertility Benefits

An Atlanta-area hospital and health system defeated a lesbian nurse's lawsuit alleging she wasn't given the same access to fertility benefits as heterosexual employees, with a Georgia federal judge concluding ... (more story)

Fired Black Teacher Tells 4th Circ. To Revive Race Bias Suit

A Black teacher is looking to reverse a summary judgment ruling in his racial bias suit favoring the charter school that fired him, telling the Fourth Circuit the school's allegedly conflicting reasons for ter... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Target Accused Of Shorting Colo. Workers On Pay And Breaks

A former Target employee in Arapahoe County, Colorado, claimed in state court Monday that the company is violating state wage laws by not compensating employees for all hours worked or repaying them for busine... (more story)

DC Prison Guards Seek Class Certification For Wage Suit

Three Washington, D.C., prison guards are seeking class action status for the wage lawsuit they filed against the city this summer, asking a D.C. federal judge Tuesday to certify their suit.

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Ex-Worker Urges 4th Circ. To Revive Wage, Retaliation Claims

A former worker at a sports bar in North Carolina urged the Fourth Circuit to revive her wage, retaliation and emotional distress claims, saying that a lower court improperly kept surviving claims from a jury ... (more story)

DTE Energy Settles Mich. Off-The-Clock Wage Claims

A settlement resolving claims that DTE Energy Corporate Services LLC failed to properly pay employees for time spent starting and shutting down computer programs before and after their shifts was approved by a... (more story)

ABM Says Prior Wage Deal Cuts Worker's PAGA Claims

Facility services company ABM urged a federal judge to narrow a worker's wage suit, arguing a previous $2.3 million settlement bars him from pursuing Private Attorneys General Act penalties for conduct before ... (more story)

Ex-Delta Flight Attendant Says Post-Arrest Firing Unlawful

Delta Airlines Inc. violated federal law when it fired a flight attendant without conducting a full investigation after a racially charged confrontation at a Marriott hotel in Savannah landed her in jail, acco... (more story)

Golden Nugget Wants Dealer's Wage Suit Tossed Again

Atlantic City's Golden Nugget casino again moved to dismiss a table game dealer's wage lawsuit, adding new arguments against two tip credit notice claims while renewing its bid to send state law claims to New ... (more story)