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9th Circ. Wage Ruling Shows Arbitration Pacts Are Still Useful

After years of uncertainty for California employers, the Ninth Circuit’s recent Cocom v. ABM Aviation decision sig... (more story)

NLRB Ruling Highlights Risk From Employee Handbook Test

A National Labor Relations Board judge's recent decision to strike down a workplace rule that only theoretically i... (more story)

ERC Filing Deadlines Raise Tax Adviser Liability Risk

To minimize their risk, employee retention credit providers and tax advisers should understand that agreements to ... (more story)

Labor More

Army Base Baker Fired Over Union Rep Request, Judge Says

A food services contractor at a U.S. Army base in Washington state violated federal labor law by firing a worker who requested a union representative after her manager angrily called her into a meeting, a Nati... (more story)

Union Protest Site Was Private Property, Amazon Says

Amazon has urged a New York federal court to toss the remaining claims in a lawsuit alleging the company illegally called the police on labor demonstrations after its workers' union affiliated with the Teamste... (more story)

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Bus Co. Worker Can't Join Bargaining Unit, NLRB Official Says

A National Labor Relations Board official on Friday rejected a Teamsters local's bid to add a student discipline coordinator to an existing bargaining unit at an Ohio student transportation company, ruling tha... (more story)

25K Workers 'Out Of Luck': Feds Defend Layoffs At 9th Circ.

The federal government Friday urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a finding that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management wrongfully fired 25,000 probationary workers shortly after President Donald Trump took of... (more story)

Store Pushed Out Deli Clerk Who Discussed Pay, Judge Says

A West Virginia convenience store pushed out a deli clerk after she requested a coworker's opinion about whether a pay offer was fair, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, holding Go-Mart Inc. respons... (more story)

NLRB Clears Equipment Co. In Employee Firing Suit

The National Labor Relations Board upheld an agency judge's decision finding that an Illinois construction equipment company lawfully fired a field service technician one day before his probationary period end... (more story)

Nevada Waste Co. Snubbed Teamsters, NLRB Judge Says

A Nevada waste-disposal service violated federal labor law by snubbing the union that its drivers brought in two years ago in various ways, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the company owed... (more story)

Discrimination More

Korean Bank Whistleblower Suit May Be Bound For Arbitration

The Second Circuit on Monday asked if whistleblower retaliation claims by four former compliance executives at the New York arm of a Korean bank should have been sent to arbitration — and if a judge should hav... (more story)

6th Circ. Revives Bias Suit Against Produce Co. Subsidiary

The Sixth Circuit reopened a lawsuit alleging that a fruit and vegetable producer failed to intervene when a Black employee complained about supervisors' racist and sexist remarks, finding the dismissal of a s... (more story)

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Calif. County Judges Recuse From Bias Suit Against DA's Office

The entire bench of a county court recused itself from a lawsuit alleging the San Francisco District Attorney's Office didn't take appropriate action when a Black employee reported a colleague's use of a racia... (more story)

Ex-Eli Lilly Rep Can't File Whistleblower Claims In NJ

A New Jersey federal judge on Friday dismissed a former Eli Lilly sales manager's suit alleging she was fired after objecting to pressure to promote off-label use of the diabetes drug Mounjaro, finding that th... (more story)

Trump Admin Asks High Court To Uphold Trans Troop Ban

The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to allow its ban on transgender members of the military to take full effect, arguing the policy is constitutional under the high court's developing ... (more story)

NBA's Suns Say Performance, Not Bias, Drove DEI Head Firing

The NBA's Phoenix Suns asked an Arizona federal court to grant it an early win in a lawsuit filed by its former diversity equity and inclusion chief, arguing it was her poor performance, not discrimination, th... (more story)

Piggly Wiggly Store To Pay $65K In EEOC Sabbath Work Suit

A Piggly Wiggly operator has agreed to pay $65,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the grocer forced a religious deli worker to work on the Sunday Sabbath, according to a Fr... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Translation Co. Blocked From Early Appeal Of Wage Ruling

A California federal court denied a translation services company's attempt to send a narrow wage statement timing question to the Ninth Circuit before trial, finding the appeal would not meaningfully advance the litigation.

UPS Workers Sue For Security Screening Time Pay

United Parcel Service Inc. required employees to go through security screenings before work, wouldn't let them clock in until afterward and forced them through another unpaid check before they could leave, two... (more story)

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Mortgage Lender Faces Nationwide Underwriter OT Collective

A Georgia federal judge conditionally certified a nationwide collective of mortgage underwriters claiming they were wrongly classified as exempt from overtime, finding their evidence sufficiently showed they p... (more story)

Ex-Victoria's Secret Worker's Wage Case Sent To Arbitration

A California federal judge has ruled that Victoria's Secret can arbitrate a former employee's proposed wage-and-hour class action, finding the parties' arbitration agreement, signed by the plaintiff, has a cla... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears Ford Bid To Arbitrate Firing Case

This week the Second Circuit will consider the United Auto Workers' challenge to a trial court decision that declined to enforce an arbitration award requiring Ford to rehire a pipefitter it fired just days af... (more story)

DOL Scraps 1980s Farmworker Protection Coordination Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor is repealing longtime regulations that required federal agencies to coordinate protections for migrant and seasonal workers, saying they are obsolete and have not been used for decades.

Aviation Co. Workers Say $4M Deal Threatens Wage Claims

A class of California aviation ground workers asked a federal court to lift a stay in their wage and hour case, alleging their employer concealed a state court settlement that purports to release a portion of ... (more story)