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What We Did And Didn't Learn From DOJ's 1st Illegal DEI Deal

IBM's recent $17 million deal with the U.S. Department of Justice marks the first resolved False Claims Act enforc... (more story)

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

As federal agencies mandate new procurement language aimed at curbing contractors' DEI practices and embedding Fal... (more story)

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

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

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Ex-Federal Workers Seek Reinstatement In Md. Federal Court

The Trump administration disguised ideologically motivated firings as routine layoffs, then pushed workers into a broken system to challenge their discharges, a group of laid-off federal workers alleged, askin... (more story)

NLRB Judge OKs Firing Of Nurses Who Gave Each Other IVs

A Johns Hopkins Medicine outpatient surgical center did not violate federal labor law when it fired several registered nurses, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, finding that although the worker... (more story)

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Union, Google Draws 9th Circuit In Joint-Employer Dispute

Google and a Communications Workers of America affiliate will go to the Ninth Circuit to present their competing challenges to a National Labor Relations Board decision ordering the company to bargain with the... (more story)

Union Fund Says Allied Owes $427K For Left-Out Workers

A Teamsters healthcare fund has asked a New York federal judge to award it a pretrial win on claims that Allied Aviation Services Inc. owes it about $427,000, saying the airline fueling company owes the money ... (more story)

Mediation Agency Needs Feds' OK For Arbitrator Referrals

The federal agency that mediates disputes between the government and its workers' unions will now seek consent from agencies the president has excused from bargaining before it will refer unions to arbitrators... (more story)

Volkswagen Drops Challenge To NLRB Bargaining Order Bid

Volkswagen has dropped a Texas federal lawsuit to stop National Labor Relations Board prosecutors from seeking to make it bargain with a group of workers in New Jersey less than a week after the carmaker chall... (more story)

Judge Backs Landfill Co. In Fight With Union Over Firing

A municipal landfill operator has defeated a union's attempt to compel it to rehire a longtime employee, with an Indiana federal judge preserving an arbitration award that allowed the worker's firing to stand.

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Mediation Fails Again In Former NJ Judge's Pension Fight

A former New Jersey judge's suit against the state judiciary over the denial of her disability pension is back on after another round of mediation failed, according to a letter filed in New Jersey state court.

MrBeast Calls Ex-Worker's FMLA Suit A Publicity Stunt

The companies behind YouTuber MrBeast denied a former employee's claims that she was forced to work through her maternity leave and fired for taking time off to have a baby, arguing she filed the suit to boost... (more story)

Toss Of Atty's LVMH Claim 'Problematic,' 2nd Circ. Judge Says

A Second Circuit judge said Monday that he is having a "hard time" understanding how the firing of a LVMH lawyer wasn't connected to her earlier harassment allegations, indicating a willingness to revive retal... (more story)

Justices Won't Review 9th Circ. Indirect Retaliation Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't consider whether the Fair Labor Standards Act allows private actions against a person who didn't employ the worker bringing the suit, rejecting a bid by a manager of... (more story)

ABA Settles Scholarship Suit After Disavowing Racial Criteria

The American Bar Association struck a deal to end a suit claiming a scholarship program for racial and ethnic minorities discriminated against white applicants, in line with a vow it made last year that its pr... (more story)

Justices Won't Review Ex-DePaul Instructor's Race Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review the dismissal of a former DePaul University instructor's suit claiming he wasn't rehired because he's Arab American, despite his argument that the school's inco... (more story)

Title IX Agreement Puts Colleges On Compliance Notice

Colleges should feel more urgency to ensure athletes have equal opportunities after San Diego State University agreed in a proposed class action to fully comply with Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which bar... (more story)

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House Dems Urge DOL To Scrap Contractor Proposal

A group of more than 40 House Democrats urged the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw a proposed rule on independent contractor classification, saying it would weaken labor protections by replacing the curren... (more story)

JetBlue Punished Attendants For FMLA Leave, Suit Says

More than two dozen JetBlue flight attendants launched a proposed class action in New York federal court that claims the airline penalized them for taking approved medical leave by docking attendance scores an... (more story)

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DOL Nabs $202K Default Win Against Development Co.

The U.S. Department of Labor secured a roughly $202,000 default judgment against a company specializing in technology, real estate, energy and healthcare that was accused of failing to pay workers, after the b... (more story)

Papa John's Franchisee Wage Suit Axed For Workers' Inaction

A New York federal judge tossed a proposed wage class and collective action against several Papa John's franchise operators after the workers repeatedly missed court-ordered deadlines while pursuing a settleme... (more story)

Justices To Weigh DOL's In-House H-2A Fine Power

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review whether the U.S. Department of Labor can levy $580,000 in penalties via its in-house court against a New Jersey farm for alleged violations of the H-2A tempora... (more story)

Maggie McFly's Servers File Class Action Over Unpaid Wages

A pair of former Maggie McFly's servers have filed a proposed class and collective action against the restaurant chain in Connecticut federal court, claiming the business failed to pay them minimum wage for al... (more story)

DOL Joint Employer Rule Expands Risk For H-2 Employers

A proposed rule clarifying when multiple employers are jointly liable for wage violations could reshape the risk landscape for employers that rely on contractors to supply temporary foreign workers, potentiall... (more story)