Former employees of a New Jersey personal injury law firm have asked a state court to revive claims in two complaints, one alleging discrimination and the other asserting that the firm owes overtime pay, arguing the firm should be sanctioned for missing payments that led to arbitration proceedings being terminated.
The National Labor Relations Board's Republican members on Thursday signaled interest in rethinking a policy that bars elections to replace unions for up to a year after employers begin bargaining with unions they voluntarily recognize.
A split Fourth Circuit panel revived a retaliation claim Thursday from a Black recycling plant worker who said he was fired for calling out racial discrimination, ruling a trial court was too quick to accept his ex-employer's assertion that unruly conduct was what cost him his job.