Virginia lawmakers have teed up a bevy of worker-friendly bills for Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to act on, including two sweeping paid leave initiatives, legislation raising the minimum wage and a measure that would ban salary history inquiries. Here, Law360 looks at seven bills in that state that employment lawyers should have on their radar.
A law that nullifies mandatory arbitration agreements for sexual harassment disputes can keep a gay fast-food worker's sexual orientation bias suit in court, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding the derogatory comments he said he faced about his sexuality triggered the statute's protections.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs told a Rhode Island federal court it hasn't violated a preliminary injunction reinstating its bargaining contract with over 300,000 employees, arguing the court can't remedy the union's claims of subsequent contract breaches.