Expert Analysis

How Rogue AI May Shape Corporate Liability, Responsibility

Recent artificial intelligence cyber incidents offer a window into how companies deploying autonomous systems shou... (more story)

Meta Layoff Suit Serves As Early Test Of AI Bias Claims

A lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Meta's use of artificial intelligence in recent layoffs negati... (more story)

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow pu... (more story)

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NLRB Policy Woes Deepen As 2nd Circ. Rejects Uniform Test

The Second Circuit's recent decision to reject the National Labor Relations Board's latest test of dress codes that restrict union displays shows that its foundational policies are vulnerable as judges grapple... (more story)

Split NLRB Faults Subpoena Rejection In Union Vote Dispute

A National Labor Relations Board official should consider the messages that two workers exchanged with a Pipefitters local when deciding whether the workers were eligible to vote in a union representation elec... (more story)

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5th Circ. Nixes Bulk Of NLRB Order In Starbucks Threats Case

The Fifth Circuit has declined to enforce the bulk of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding Starbucks unlawfully threatened workers with reduced store hours and a hiring freeze in response to a uni... (more story)

Auto Industry Group Gets DOL Green Light For Health Plan

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm said Tuesday that a group of retailers and repair centers associated with Napa Auto Parts is clear to establish a group health plan for its member employers... (more story)

DOL Issues Mental Health Parity Enforcement Guidance

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm issued guidance Tuesday on how to comply with federal laws that require employer health plans to produce an analysis of their mental health and substance us... (more story)

5th Circ. Partially Backs NLRB Ruling In Starbucks Union Row

The Fifth Circuit backed most of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that Starbucks engaged in a host of federal labor law violations to suppress a union campaign in upstate New York, ruling that... (more story)

NYC Launches Office Focused On Worker Organizing

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched what his administration said is the nation's first office centered on helping workers organize, connecting them with unions and keeping them informed on their rights.

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Ex-Worker Says CBRE Fired Him For Raising Fraud Concern

A longtime CBRE employee claimed in a Georgia federal lawsuit that he was fired and blackballed from the real estate firm after he raised concerns about being required to conceal his competing roles for three ... (more story)

Walmart Illegally Fired Worker For Positive Pot Test, Suit Says

Walmart illegally fired an employee who tested positive for a nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolite that showed up on his urine drug test, despite lacking evidence that he possessed or used cannabis at the workp... (more story)

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Consulting Firm Must Face Ex-Director's Disability Bias Suit

Financial and risk advisory firm Kroll can't escape a former director's lawsuit alleging he was denied a temporary transfer and fired because of his stroke-related mobility issues, with a New York federal judg... (more story)

Amazon Makes Life Tough For Pregnant Workers, Suit Says

A quartet of former Amazon warehouse workers lodged a proposed class action in New York federal court Tuesday, accusing the e-commerce giant of slow-walking pregnant women's requests for additional breaks and ... (more story)

EEOC Says San Francisco Is Stalling White Worker Bias Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a California federal judge to force San Francisco to speed up compliance with an agency subpoena into a white former city employee's claims that she faced... (more story)

Ex-DLA Piper Partner Must Face Claim He Raped Associate

A Massachusetts state court has ruled it has jurisdiction over an assault and battery claim alleging a former DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware, finding that purported inciden... (more story)

Cannabis Co. Ayr Accused Of Wrongfully Firing New Parent

Miami-based cannabis operator Ayr Wellness Inc. and associated companies were hit with a discrimination lawsuit by a former vice president who claims they pressured her to cut short her maternity leave, denied... (more story)

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Contractor Can't Send Arbitration Pact To $162M Wage Class

A contractor that helps administer a New York state Medicaid program cannot send arbitration agreements to members of a $162 million settlement class in a suit alleging it failed to pay personal assistants acc... (more story)

Ex-Facebook Exec Must Arbitrate Memoir Publicity Fight

A California federal judge ruled Friday that a former Facebook executive waited too long to challenge in court an interim arbitral award that bars her from promoting her "Careless People" whistleblower memoir,... (more story)

DOL Letters Address Supervisor Tips, Employee Volunteers

Restaurant supervisors who bartend cannot join tip pools, time that a nonprofit organization's exempt employees spend volunteering is not compensable, and a 60-minute meal break is sufficient even when a worke... (more story)

Ex-Geico Agents Can't Get More Discovery In Benefits Dispute

An Ohio federal court has blocked former Geico insurance agents from expanding the scope of discovery in their lawsuit claiming the insurer misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them employe... (more story)

Boeing OT Suit Says Incentive Pay Was Omitted From Rates

Boeing shorted its workers in Washington state by failing to factor in bonuses and other nondiscretionary compensation when calculating overtime and sick leave payments, according to a proposed class action th... (more story)

Judge Asks Atty To Explain Absences In Nurses' Wage Suit

A Colorado federal magistrate judge ordered Friday that an attorney for nearly 40 nurses in a wage lawsuit against Colorado-based U.S. Nursing Corp. explain why he has not appeared in the case for months and w... (more story)

Jury Says Norfolk Southern Owes $954K In Disability Bias Suit

A Pennsylvania federal jury said Friday that Norfolk Southern should pay nearly $954,000 to an electrician who claimed he was unlawfully kept out of work for almost a year because of his seizure disorder.