Shuttle truck drivers who hauled automobile parts between storage lots and a Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in Chicago were engaged in interstate commerce and thus exempt from federal overtime requirements, the Seventh Circuit has ruled, affirming a win for their employers in two consolidated class actions.
A worker missed the deadline for filing an unfair labor practice charge alleging that an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees local refused to refer him for work through its hiring hall, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
The Ninth Circuit will hear arguments in a stack of employment discrimination cases this month, including disputes addressing vaccine mandates, arbitration rules and workplace diversity programs, while the Second Circuit will tackle a high-profile sexual assault case against Fox News. Here, Law360 looks at five oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in April.