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9th Circ. Backs NLRB In Cemex Without Ruling On New Test

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a National Labor Relations Board order requiring a Cemex unit to bargain with the Teamsters but declined to weigh in on the viability of the new bargaining order standard the board used the case to announce.

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Chamber Urges Ditching EEOC's 3rd-Party Harassment Stance

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce encouraged the Third Circuit on Monday to split with a decades-old U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission standard and join a sister circuit in adopting a higher bar for workers looking to sue employers over harassment from clients or customers.

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Trump's Labor Secretary Steps Down

President Donald Trump's labor secretary stepped down on Monday amid fallout from an internal investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor watchdog that apparently probed a relationship she allegedly had with a subordinate, and other issues.

Expert Analysis

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

Lori Kisch

A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management off... (more story)

7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

Zoe Argento, Denise Tran-Nguyen and Bradford Kelley

Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements und... (more story)

Employer Tips As Calif. Law Rewrites Retention Pay Rules

Michael Ryan and Rashad Abdallah

California's recent enactment of A.B. 692 disrupts how employers structure sign-on bonuses, retention payments and... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Faults Copper Co. For Canning Strikers

An Arizona copper maker violated federal labor law by laying off or failing to rehire hundreds of workers following a nine-month strike at five facilities that started in October 2019, a National Labor Relatio... (more story)

NLRB Member Skeptical Of ULPs Proscribing Union Ousters

One of the National Labor Relations Board's new Republican members questioned the board's practice of scrapping union decertification petitions at employers accused of unfair labor practices, saying in a decis... (more story)

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AT&T Retailer Fights NLRB's Severance Order In 5th Circ.

An AT&T Inc. retailer is fighting a National Labor Relations Board order that invalidated a portion of its severance agreement, telling the Fifth Circuit that the board relied on a Biden-era policy on severanc... (more story)

Medical Cos. Must Bargain With Union, NLRB Judge Says

Two California medical companies violated federal labor law by firing physicians without giving a labor union an opportunity to bargain beforehand and by withdrawing recognition from the union, a National Labo... (more story)

NY Hospital Co. Fights Workers' ERISA Suit Over Plan Switch

A group of employees of a Buffalo, New York-area hospital network can't prove their employer violated federal benefits law when it switched them from a pension plan to a cash-balance plan in the late 1990s, th... (more story)

Union Urges Court To Back Arbitrator In DirecTV Layoff Fight

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has asked a Colorado federal judge to affirm an arbitrator's finding that DirecTV's layoffs of union-represented technicians violated a collective bargaining... (more story)

Contractor DEI Order Will Cause 'Irreparable Harm,' Suit Says

A coalition of nonprofits, university professors, federal contractors and subcontractors are seeking to block an executive order requiring government contractors to agree they won't engage in "racially discrim... (more story)

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Weinstein Recasts 'Rape' As 'Regret' In 3rd NY Trial Openings

Harvey Weinstein's attorney told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that the former filmmaker had a genuine on-and-off relationship with a woman who chose to "change the narrative" from consensual sex to rape after he f... (more story)

Kylie Jenner Sued By Ex-Housekeeper Over Bias, Unpaid OT

A former housekeeper for Kylie Jenner has sued the celebrity influencer in California state court, alleging the housekeeper was forced to do additional work without pay, mocked by colleagues for her accent, tr... (more story)

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Chartwell Says Gaza Posts, Not Bias, Drove Atty's Firing

Chartwell Law Offices LLP urged a Florida federal court to toss a former attorney's suit claiming she was unlawfully fired because she's a Pakistani Muslim critical of Israel's military action in Gaza, arguing... (more story)

HR Director Says Telehealth Co. Fired Her After Miscarriage

Iris Telehealth was hit with a lawsuit in Georgia federal court Monday from a former human resources manager who alleged she was not given the opportunity to take paid leave and was later fired after suffering... (more story)

NFL, Teams Try To Ditch Flores' Latest Discrimination Claims

The National Football League and three teams that appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to have a proposed racial discrimination class action sent to arbitration have asked a New York federal court to throw out t... (more story)

Black McDermott Atty Says White Men Favored For Partner

A Black female McDermott Will & Schulte attorney accused the firm of gender, race and pregnancy discrimination in a lawsuit lodged in California state court, saying she has been consistently bypassed for promo... (more story)

Stella McCartney Exec Accuses 'Europe-First' LVMH Of Bias

A senior Stella McCartney America Inc. executive accused the fashion brand and its former co-owner LVMH of bias for denying him compensation raises, job security and promotions under a "Europe-first hierarchy"... (more story)

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Delivery Drivers Seek Collective Notice Over Wage Deductions

Delivery drivers who say a freight company's deductions left them with no pay and sometimes owing money, asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to authorize notice to a nationwide collective of their right to ... (more story)

Colo. Contractor Says Engineer's FCA Suit Shows No Fraud

A government contractor accused of retaliating against a former chief engineer has asked a Colorado federal judge to dismiss the worker's False Claims Act suit, arguing the former employee's complaint never id... (more story)

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Uber Flouted Prop 22 With Lack Of Appeals Process, Suit Says

Uber failed to provide drivers with a process for challenging deactivations under California's Proposition 22, which provided certain benefits for app-based drivers and exempted them from an independent contra... (more story)

Bank Of America Wage Deal Over Boot-Up Time Gets OK

Bank of America will pay approximately $21,500, including attorney fees and costs, to resolve a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit alleging employees were not paid for time spent booting up and shutting down the... (more story)

NY Atty Says Okla. Law Firm Misclassified, Denied Benefits

A New York attorney has filed a $3.1 million contract suit against her former employer, accusing an Oklahoma-based national litigation firm of terminating her employment after she requested an overdue invoice,... (more story)

Del. Police Captains Seek OT Win As First Responders

A group of Wilmington police captains who say they were denied overtime pay for years asked a Delaware federal judge on Monday to rule in their favor without a trial, arguing undisputed evidence shows they are... (more story)

Contractor Trafficked H-2A Workers, Denied Wages, Suit Says

An agricultural labor contractor and his company charged illegal recruitment fees to H-2A migrant workers, underpaid the workers and confiscated their passports to prevent them from leaving their jobs, accordi... (more story)