Expert Analysis

Meta Layoff Suit Serves As Early Test Of AI Bias Claims

A lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Meta's use of artificial intelligence in recent layoffs negati... (more story)

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)

Labor More

Judge Asks Atty To Explain Absences In Nurses' Wage Suit

A Colorado federal magistrate judge ordered Friday that an attorney for nearly 40 nurses in a wage lawsuit against Colorado-based U.S. Nursing Corp. explain why he has not appeared in the case for months and w... (more story)

ERISA Recap: 5 Appellate Rulings To Know From August

The Seventh Circuit kept an Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager rule in place as not preempted by federal benefits law, the Fourth Circuit revived an Altria ex-worker's dispute over benefit plan documents, and t... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Says UAW Unit Didn't Back Away From Deal

A United Auto Workers local did not violate federal labor law by refusing to sign an agreement on production standards at a Florida Mack Trucks plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, saying the un... (more story)

NLRB GC Revives Claim Teamsters Blocked Amazon Facility

The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board revived a charge claiming the Teamsters illegally blocked an Amazon facility during a picket after the company appealed a regional official's decision ... (more story)

GM, Ultium Can't End Worker's Firing Suit At Pleading Stage

General Motors' battery cell manufacturer must face a worker's claim that his firing violated his union's collective bargaining agreement, a Tennessee federal judge has ruled, saying the worker has a solid cas... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs NLRB Enforcement Order In Retaliation Row

The National Labor Relations Board can enforce its order finding a nuclear waste cleanup company unlawfully fired an employee who reported allegations to his union that the company violated its collective barg... (more story)

Teamsters Set To Shed Federal Monitors After Judge's OK

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is slated to ease decades of government oversight meant to ferret out ties to organized crime after a New York federal judge on Thursday approved a deal between the u... (more story)

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Cannabis Co. Ayr Accused Of Wrongfully Firing New Parent

Miami-based cannabis operator Ayr Wellness Inc. and associated companies were hit with a discrimination lawsuit by a former vice president who claims they pressured her to cut short her maternity leave, denied... (more story)

BMW Says Citizenship Bias Verdict Based On Speculation

A BMW manufacturing unit urged the Fourth Circuit to upend a jury's verdict in favor of an American former human resources manager who claimed she faced an unlawful demotion to make room for a German national,... (more story)

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Jury Says Norfolk Southern Owes $954K In Disability Bias Suit

A Pennsylvania federal jury said Friday that Norfolk Southern should pay nearly $954,000 to an electrician who claimed he was unlawfully kept out of work for almost a year because of his seizure disorder.

Turf Co. Laid Off Foreman Over Workplace Injury, Suit Says

A landscaping company violated a foreman's disability rights by laying him off shortly after he returned from six weeks of medical leave following an on-the-job injury to his ankle, he said in a lawsuit filed ... (more story)

DC Circ. Backs Social Services Agency In Layoff Bias Suit

The D.C. Circuit upheld the dismissal Friday of a race bias suit claiming a Washington, D.C., social services agency disproportionately fired Black workers in a 2011 layoff, ruling that the district's decision... (more story)

Medical Issues Got Steel Co. Worker Fired, FMLA Suit Says

A Mississippi steel company fired a machine operator in retaliation for taking time off work to treat medical issues stemming from his kidney failure, according to the former employee's suit filed in federal court.

Detroit Club Must Pay $417K Fee After $6.3M Bias Verdict

A Michigan federal judge has awarded more than $417,000 in attorney fees and costs to three former Detroit Club employees who won nearly $6.3 million at trial on race discrimination and retaliation claims, whi... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Boeing OT Suit Says Incentive Pay Was Omitted From Rates

Boeing shorted its workers in Washington state by failing to factor in bonuses and other nondiscretionary compensation when calculating overtime and sick leave payments, according to a proposed class action th... (more story)

United Airlines Violates Wash. OT And Break Laws, Suit Says

United Airlines is accused of violating Washington labor laws by shorting overtime pay and denying compliant meal and rest breaks to hourly employees who held ground job positions for the carrier, according to... (more story)

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Elevance Health Settles Ex-Worker's Late Pay Class Claims

Elevance Health Inc. has agreed to a settlement in principle that would end a proposed class action claiming it failed to give discharged workers their final paychecks in a timely fashion under Connecticut and... (more story)

Dunkin' Donuts Operator Misclassified Managers, Suit Says

A Dunkin' Donuts franchisee misclassified store managers as exempt from overtime and failed to pay them for work exceeding 40 hours per week, a former employee claimed in a proposed class and collective action... (more story)

Fla. Restaurant Pays $733K In DOL Wage Probe

A Florida seafood restaurant paid nearly $733,000 after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that it stiffed 31 workers on their full pay, the agency announced.

Bowling Venue Workers Win Collective Status In Tip Suit

Servers and bartenders who claim an operator of bowling venues improperly kept or shared their tips with nontipped workers can proceed as a collective, a Texas federal magistrate judge ruled.

Worker Says Colo. Mining Co. Shorted Pay, Including Overtime

A uranium mining company operating in Wyoming shorted hourly workers' pay by rounding down workers' recorded time and removing bonuses from overtime rate calculations, according to a proposed class and collect... (more story)