Co. Underpaid JFK Airport Bartenders For Years, Suit Says
An operator of bars and restaurants at John F. Kennedy International Airport underpaid employees for years by unlawfully taking a tip credit, requiring off-the-clock work and undermining seniority protections ... (more story)
Employment Group Of The Year: Seyfarth
Seyfarth Shaw LLP's employment team locked in an arbitration win for an energy company accused of wage violations, successfully defended Seattle in a pandemic-related battle and shut down a long-running Califo... (more story)
NLRB Attorneys Target Kinder Morgan Precedent At 9th Circ.
The Ninth Circuit should walk back a six-year-old decision that gave unions a tool to complicate interunion disputes over what work their members perform, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors said, urgin... (more story)
Gov't Wants Voice Of America RIF Challenge Thrown Out
A lawsuit challenging the termination of over 500 Voice of America employees should be dismissed, the U.S. Agency of Global Media told a D.C. federal court, because the deputy CEO of the government-owned broad... (more story)
Boeing Can't Escape Bias Suit Over $12K Bonus
Boeing must face a proposed class action accusing it of excluding workers on long-term disability leave from a $12,000 bonus, as a Washington federal judge denied the company's dismissal motion and remanded th... (more story)
Starbucks Gets Mo.'s 'Speculative' DEI Bias Suit Thrown Out
A Missouri federal judge dismissed the state's suit claiming that Starbucks' diversity policies discriminate based on race and gender, finding that its complaint is "devoid of non-conclusory and non-speculativ... (more story)
NLRB Official Approves Vote For Calif. Hospital Housekeepers
A group of environmental services employees at a California hospital can vote on whether to join a bargaining unit represented by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, a Nationa... (more story)