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Employer Tips To Prepare For Va. Family And Medical Leave

With Virginia's paid family and medical leave insurance program taking effect in two years, employers should devel... (more story)

Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting ... (more story)

New Connecticut Law On Employers' AI Use Is Inventive

A recently passed Connecticut law regulating the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions innovates ... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Axes Challenge To Starbucks' Seattle Cafe Merger

Starbucks merged three cafes at Seattle's Pike Place Market into one entity to keep up with changes at the market, not because the company wanted to thwart a union drive, a National Labor Relations Board judge... (more story)

NLRB Upholds Texas Dental Office's Loss In Firing Case

A Texas dental office must rehire a front desk employee whom it fired after she raised workplace concerns, but it doesn't have to apologize to the worker or verbally notify its staff that it lost its National ... (more story)

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DOL Finalizes Union Financial Disclosure Rule With New Form

The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized a rule that makes changes to its financial reporting requirements for labor unions, including adopting a new form imposing more specific disclosures on large unions.

Waste Co. Could Withhold Bargaining Notes, Split NLRB Says

The National Labor Relations Board on Monday stood by its view that collective bargaining partners may generally refuse demands for their notes of negotiations, rejecting a lingering initiative of the former general counsel.

H-2A Farmworker Seeks To Block NY Union Contract

A farmworker has asked a New York federal judge to block the state from imposing a union contract on him and his co-workers, saying the contract adopted under a state agricultural labor law violates his consti... (more story)

Amazon Illegally Fired Union Backer, NLRB Judge Says

Amazon unlawfully interrogated employees and fired a union supporter at a San Francisco warehouse after the workers began organizing with the Teamsters, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, but to... (more story)

Hospital Already Satisfied SEIU Drug Test Award, Judge Says

An Ohio federal judge tossed a Service Employees International Union affiliate's bid to confirm an arbitration award against a Cleveland hospital Friday, saying the hospital already complied with the award by ... (more story)

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3rd Circ. Preview: AI Copyright Spat, NJ Gun Law Battle

A copyright fight over the future of AI‑powered legal research heads to the Third Circuit, where a legal publisher will argue this month that a legal technology company's use of its headnotes does not constitu... (more story)

DC Circ. Says Military Trans Ban Flouts Constitutional Rights

A divided D.C. Circuit panel Monday said the Trump administration illegally banned transgender individuals from military service, then narrowed a preliminary injunction to prevent the government's exclusion of... (more story)

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A State Law Cheat Sheet For Discrimination Attorneys

New York lawmakers advanced legislation guaranteeing workers' access to their employment file, Connecticut legislators sent a sweeping artificial intelligence bill to the governor's desk, and the California Se... (more story)

Wash. Mandates Menopause Protections For Cabinet Workers

Washington state Cabinet agencies will soon be required to accommodate employees experiencing menopause and perimenopause after Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday instructed the state Women's Commission to help devel... (more story)

Kia, Hyundai Workers' Attys Get $3.45M Fee Award In Visa Suit

A Georgia federal court on Monday awarded $3.45 million in attorney fees and costs to lawyers for workers who reached an $11.5 million settlement over claims that a Hyundai supplier, a Kia plant and staffing a... (more story)

NFL Benefit Plans Vow To Reset 'Race Norming' Test Scores

The NFL's disability and retirement plans have agreed to reassess former players' cognitive health to settle a sweeping class action accusing the plans of muting the results based on race.

11th Circ. Backs Miami Beach In Ex-Cop's Retaliation Suit

The Eleventh Circuit refused Monday to reopen a former Miami Beach police officer's lawsuit claiming she was forced out for complaining about colleagues' sexually explicit comments and behavior, finding she co... (more story)

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Ex-Forklift Operators Hit Freight Co. With OT, Retaliation Suit

A warehouse and freight unloading company was hit with a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court by two former forklift operators who alleged they worked as many as 80 hours per week without proper... (more story)

Manufacturer Stiffed Workers On Safety Gear Time, Suit Says

An Ohio manufacturer required hourly production workers to don safety gear and attend preshift meetings without pay, a former employee told a federal court.

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Drivers Cite Flowers Foods Ruling To Fight OT Exemption

Food delivery drivers suing a California company for alleged wage violations say a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision bolsters their argument that a similar federal overtime exemption does not cover their loca... (more story)

DOL Clarifies OT Obligations For Quarterly Bonuses

The quarterly, nondiscretionary bonuses an employer gave to eligible employees already contemplated overtime pay and therefore don't trigger a recalculation of the workers' regular rate of pay, the U.S. Depart... (more story)

Construction Groups Challenge NY Prevailing Wage Update

A coalition of New York construction industry groups has asked a federal court to block a state law that would extend prevailing wage requirements to off-site fabrication facilities, calling it unconstitutiona... (more story)

Mich. Plumbing Co. Hit With Overtime, Retaliation Suit

Three plumbers have sued a Michigan plumbing company and its owner, claiming they were wrongly denied overtime pay and fired after one worker contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about the company's pay practices. 

NJ Panel Advances Bill Creating AI Rules For Licensed Pros

A New Jersey legislative committee has advanced a bill aimed at creating a model policy governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by licensed professionals across the state.