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What We Did And Didn't Learn From DOJ's 1st Illegal DEI Deal

IBM's recent $17 million deal with the U.S. Department of Justice marks the first resolved False Claims Act enforc... (more story)

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

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

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

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

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12th REI Location Takes Steps To Unionize

Workers at REI's San Diego store have gone public with their organizing drive with the United Food & Commercial Workers, placing the store on track to become the outdoor retailer's 12th unionized location.

Voting Org. Fired Workers For Organizing, NLRB Attys Say

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have urged the board to enforce a bargaining order against a voting rights nonprofit, claiming the order is necessary due to the nonprofit's alleged "persuasive and s... (more story)

NLRB Judge OKs Firing Of Nurses Who Gave Each Other IVs

A Johns Hopkins Medicine outpatient surgical center did not violate federal labor law when it fired several registered nurses, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, finding that although the worker... (more story)

Apple Accused Of Punishing Workers At Closing Union Store

Apple is violating federal labor law by making workers at a unionized store apply for jobs at other locations as it transfers workers at two shuttering, non-union stores, the International Association of Machi... (more story)

Ex-Federal Workers Seek Reinstatement In Md. Federal Court

The Trump administration disguised ideologically motivated firings as routine layoffs, then pushed workers into a broken system to challenge their discharges, a group of laid-off federal workers alleged, askin... (more story)

Union Fund Says Allied Owes $427K For Left-Out Workers

A Teamsters healthcare fund has asked a New York federal judge to award it a pretrial win on claims that Allied Aviation Services Inc. owes it about $427,000, saying the airline fueling company owes the money ... (more story)

Mediation Agency Needs Feds' OK For Arbitrator Referrals

The federal agency that mediates disputes between the government and its workers' unions will now seek consent from agencies the president has excused from bargaining before it will refer unions to arbitrators... (more story)

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'General Hospital' Actor Can't Revive Vax Suit Against ABC

California appellate justices refused to reinstate a "General Hospital" actor's suit alleging ABC fired him for his political views after he declined to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy, ruling the evid... (more story)

Blue Origin Can't Arbitrate Ex-Worker's Sex Harassment Suit

Space technology company Blue Origin can't force a former employee to arbitrate his claims that colleagues told him to "man up" and that he was fired for complaining about safety concerns, with a California ap... (more story)

Toss Of Atty's LVMH Claim 'Problematic,' 2nd Circ. Judge Says

A Second Circuit judge said Monday that he is having a "hard time" understanding how the firing of a LVMH lawyer wasn't connected to her earlier harassment allegations, indicating a willingness to revive retal... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs Healthcare Co. In Race Harassment Suit

The Eleventh Circuit has declined to revive a former employee's racial discrimination and retaliation suit against an Alabama healthcare system, saying there's no evidence that would allow a jury to infer unla... (more story)

Former Union Pacific Conductor Can't Revive ADA Suit

A Texas federal judge affirmed the dismissal Monday of a former Union Pacific Railroad Co. conductor's suit claiming the company violated disability bias law by booting him from his position over failed color ... (more story)

2nd Circ. Backs Brooklyn Hospital In Vaccine Bias Suit

The Second Circuit upheld Monday a New York City hospital's defeat of a suit from a former housekeeper who said he was unlawfully fired for seeking a religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccination policy, fin... (more story)

Mediation Fails Again In Former NJ Judge's Pension Fight

A former New Jersey judge's suit against the state judiciary over the denial of her disability pension is back on after another round of mediation failed, according to a letter filed in New Jersey state court.

Wage & Hour More

DOL Says FLSA Lets It Seek Punitive Damages In Pizzeria Suit

The U.S. Department of Labor told a Kentucky federal court Monday that the statutory language of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows the agency to seek punitive damages in its retaliation lawsuit against a piz... (more story)

Canada Provinces Back Hockey League's Antitrust Dismissal

The governments of four Canadian provinces have urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior hockey players accusing the National Hockey League and its developmental organizations of suppressing compensation.

Sign for the U.S. Department of Labor outside the agency's headquarters
House Dems Urge DOL To Scrap Contractor Proposal

A group of more than 40 House Democrats urged the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw a proposed rule on independent contractor classification, saying it would weaken labor protections by replacing the curren... (more story)

Casino Dealer Sues Atlantic City Resort Over Tip Pool Policy

A table game dealer has sued Ocean Casino Resort in New Jersey federal court, claiming the Atlantic City casino illegally underpaid tipped workers by applying a tip credit to time when dealers were barred from... (more story)

Nursing Home Hit With Wage Suit Over Meal, OT Pay

Two former caregivers have hit a Michigan assisted living and memory care facility with a proposed collective action, alleging the facility failed to properly pay overtime by requiring hourly employees to work... (more story)

Conn. Sushi Restaurant Says Chef Can't Certify OT Class

A Connecticut sushi restaurant urged a federal judge Monday to reject class certification in a wage lawsuit brought by a former chef, arguing the case lacks evidence and the only other worker to join the suit ... (more story)

MrBeast Calls Ex-Worker's FMLA Suit A Publicity Stunt

The companies behind YouTuber MrBeast denied a former employee's claims that she was forced to work through her maternity leave and fired for taking time off to have a baby, arguing she filed the suit to boost... (more story)