Expert Analysis

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)

Flashpoints In Focus: Minimizing Midterm Politics At Work

With the upcoming midterm elections producing a steady stream of controversy, employers would benefit from plannin... (more story)

Tackling DOL Tips On When Midday Commutes Are Paid Time

Two recent U.S. Department of Labor opinion letters explain when travel between home and work is compensable, prov... (more story)

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Casino Urges High Court to Stay Bargaining Order Mandate

A Las Vegas casino asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a D.C. Circuit mandate enforcing a bargaining order issued by the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the mandate should be stayed pending the casin... (more story)

NJ AG Seeks Expedited Discovery In Amazon Antitrust Suit

New Jersey's attorney general has asked a federal court for leave to file a motion for expedited discovery in a federal antitrust suit claiming that Amazon has unlawfully maintained its dominant buying power i... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Faults NLRB's Dress Code Test In Starbucks Appeal

The Second Circuit faulted the test the National Labor Relations Board applies to neutral dress codes that restrict workers' displays of union insignia, tossing Wednesday a ruling that Starbucks illegally barr... (more story)

Starbucks Says Fight Over Union Name, Logo Belongs In Iowa

Starbucks Corp. has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss Starbucks Workers United's request for permission to maintain its current name and logo, saying an Iowa federal judge should decide whether the un... (more story)

Colo. Judge Tosses DirecTV Bid To Void Union Award

A Colorado federal judge Tuesday following oral arguments dismissed a complaint from DirecTV seeking to vacate an arbitration award over layoffs of union technicians after the court found that its "narrow" abi... (more story)

Teachers Union Wants In On CDL Data Fight

The American Federation of Teachers is seeking to enter a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's bid to obtain a database containing information on 17 million commercial driver's license holders, telli... (more story)

Longshore Union Fights NLRB's Blacklist Ruling at 3rd Circ.

An International Longshoremen's Association local has urged the Third Circuit to overturn a National Labor Relations Board decision finding the union unlawfully barred a worker from jobs after he engaged in di... (more story)

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Ex-Dispensary Worker's Punitive $100K Award Cut To $75K

A Pennsylvania federal judge cut 25% of a $100,000 punitive damages award in the case of a former dispensary worker who claimed his employer fired him for going on leave to recover from injuries he suffered in a car accident.

Conn. Lock Maker Shuts Down Disability Bias Lawsuit

A door hardware manufacturer escaped a longtime employee's lawsuit claiming the company unlawfully assigned her to a position that required reaching and repetitive lifting despite a recurring shoulder injury, ... (more story)

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Ford To Pay $2.3M To End EEOC Probe Alleging Racist Graffiti

Ford Motor Co. has struck a $2.3 million settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to close a harassment charge alleging that racist graffiti was commonplace in employee break rooms and ... (more story)

AI Co. Can't Kick Sex Bias Suit To Arbitration, Judge Says

A New York federal judge said an artificial intelligence software company can't arbitrate a worker's gender bias suit claiming she was regularly demeaned and later fired for protesting sexist mistreatment, fin... (more story)

Ex-Warriors GC, DEI Exec Say Bias Complaints Led To Firings

The Golden State Warriors' former associate general counsel and its former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion allege they were unlawfully fired in retaliation for speaking up about enduring a wo... (more story)

Mich. Judge Tosses Autistic Man's Bias Suit Against Sheriff

A man with autism has lost his Michigan federal lawsuit accusing an Upper Peninsula county and its sheriff of refusing to hire him for law enforcement and volunteer positions because of his disability, with a ... (more story)

11th Circ. Sends Coal Workers' Race Bias Suit To Trial

The Eleventh Circuit reinstated a suit Tuesday from two Black workers who claimed a coal company fired them out of race bias, stating the court can't overlook evidence that a white worker fired the same day fo... (more story)

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Home Care Aides Win Fees After Co. Defied Court Orders

A New York federal court ordered a home healthcare company to pay legal fees after finding it repeatedly ignored court orders to hand over documents in a wage suit brought by 14 home care workers, while stoppi... (more story)

Towing Co. Prez Can't Pierce Corporate Veil In Driver OT Suit

The president of a Texas towing company cannot escape a proposed collective action accusing the business of misclassifying tow truck drivers and denying them overtime, a federal judge ruled, finding the worker... (more story)

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5th Circ. Affirms OT-Exempt Status For Oil Field Drillers

The Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling on Wednesday that found oil field directional drillers at an oil services company exempt from overtime pay, finding that a prior decision involving the same comp... (more story)

Judge Recommends $3.2M For Pizzeria Workers In Pay Suit

Former pizzeria employees should receive about $3.2 million after the operators defaulted in a wage suit, a New York federal magistrate judge recommended, finding that the companies and their owner jointly emp... (more story)

McLane Model Keeps Drivers Overtime-Exempt, 9th Circ. Says

A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's ruling that truck drivers behind a proposed class action against food distributor McLane Foodservice Inc. are exempt from overtime pay, holding that th... (more story)

Securitas Can't Arbitrate Wage Class Action, Wash. Panel Says

A former Securitas worker's proposed wage-and-hour class action against the guard service will move forward following a Washington appeals panel's ruling Monday that upheld a lower court's rejection of the com... (more story)

Treatment Centers Cited Over Unpaid Work By Patients

Massachusetts' attorney general on Tuesday announced a first-of-its-kind citation of over $1 million against a faith-based substance use treatment program for allegedly having hundreds of participants perform ... (more story)