En Banc 5th Circuit Will Rehear Ruling Reinstating Fired Trader Joe’s Worker

( November 3, 2026, 12:52 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will rehear en banc a panel majority’s ruling granting a cross-petition filed by the National Labor Relations Board to enforce an order reinstating and making whole a Trader Joe’s employee — whom the company said was “described by her colleagues as a toxic bully” — after finding that she was unlawfully fired after she engaged in protected activity regarding COVID-19 safety protocols....