Expert Analysis

NLRB Memo Signals Narrower View Of Protected Activism

A recent National Labor Relations Board memo concluding that Microsoft lawfully discharged two employees who condu... (more story)

Visa Ruling Exposes APA Risks For DHS Grace Period Repeal

Four defects described in a September district court decision halting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's n... (more story)

Religious Accommodation Lessons From Recent EEOC Focus

With several recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement actions focusing on religious accommo... (more story)

Labor More

Nonprofit Workers Can't Join Existing Unit, NLRB Official Says

A National Labor Relations Board official approved a representation election for a stand-alone group of employees working at a Colorado nonprofit on Wednesday, but found that the workers don't have enough in c... (more story)

Workers Back Kroger In NLRB Dues Revocation Suit

Workers represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation urged the Fifth Circuit to vacate a National Labor Relations Board decision finding Kroger unlawfully ceased deducting dues from worke... (more story)

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Metal Co. Bypassed Union In Plant Closure, NLRB Judge Says

A Michigan metal heat-treating company violated federal law by maintaining overly broad work rules, failing to inform a United Auto Workers local of its plans to close its facility and shutting down the facili... (more story)

Utah Cannabis Shop Says NLRB Case Can't Be Tossed Yet

A Utah medical marijuana dispensary challenging National Labor Relations Board proceedings against it over the firing of four union supporters is pushing back against both the NLRB and the intervening United F... (more story)

Tacoma Must Put Workers' Initiative To Voters, Panel Rules

City leaders in Tacoma, Washington, have a duty to put a so-called Workers' Bill of Rights initiative to voters, a state appellate panel said Tuesday, holding in a published opinion that the city council faile... (more story)

Ford PA Can Vote On Joining UAW Unit, NLRB Official Says

A physician assistant at a Ford assembly plant in Missouri can vote on whether to join an existing bargaining unit of nurses represented by the United Auto Workers, a regional director for the National Labor R... (more story)

NJ Judge Backs Denial Of Painting Co.'s $350K Fee Bid

A New Jersey federal judge rejected a painting company's challenge to a magistrate judge's ruling that denied its bid for a union pension fund to cover roughly $350,000 in legal fees, finding that the magistra... (more story)

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Ex-Thermo Fisher Manager Blames Age, Sex Bias For Ouster

A former senior director of research and development at Thermo Fisher Scientific alleged that he was sidelined and then forced out as part of an effort by the Massachusetts-based company to weed out older work... (more story)

Jets' Arbitration Bid In Firing Case Meets Skeptical Panel

A New Jersey appellate court on Wednesday questioned the New York Jets' bid to limit a federal arbitration exemption to sexual harassment victims and reporters, probing whether the law might also protect an em... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Spikes Yale Health Workers' Vax Mandate Challenge

The Second Circuit shut down a suit Thursday from workers who claimed Yale New Haven Health violated their rights by subjecting them to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying their constitutional claims were doome... (more story)

Okla. Pot Agency Accused Of Retaliating Over Gender Pay Gap

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority was hit with a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit by a former employee who claims the agency reprimanded her for pointing out that she was paid less than her ma... (more story)

Televangelist, Network Owner Face Off In Race Bias Trial

A Michigan federal jury was told on Wednesday that deciding a Black televangelist's race discrimination claim against the white owner of a religious network will require deciding if the owner's sharing of a me... (more story)

Ga. City Worker Says Harassment Complaint Got Her Demoted

A worker found herself working as a clerk behind a curtain after alleging that a Georgia city official with a penchant for subjecting female colleagues to inappropriate comments had harassed her, she said in a... (more story)

NC Corrections Dept. Escapes Ex-Officer's HIV Hiring Bias Suit

North Carolina's corrections system has beaten a lawsuit in which a previously fired state prison officer alleged that an offer to work at another state prison was withdrawn because he is HIV positive, with a ... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Amazon Sued Over Late Final Paychecks In Mass.

A former worker at an Amazon distribution center in Massachusetts said the e-commerce company fails to give terminated employees their final paychecks on their last day, violating a state wage law.

US Bank Keeps Workers' Break Suit In Seattle Federal Court

A proposed wage-and-hour class action targeting U.S. Bank NA will remain in federal court, a Seattle judge ruled Tuesday, finding that the bank sufficiently showed that the dispute is worth more than $5 millio... (more story)

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Buffalo Exchange Workers Take Pay Claims To 2nd Circ.

Three former Buffalo Exchange workers urged the Second Circuit to revive their claims for liquidated damages over allegedly late paychecks, arguing a 2025 New York law curtailing the remedy was improperly push... (more story)

Eldercare Co.'s Wage Class Fight Bound For Wash. High Court

Washington's highest court agreed Tuesday to take up whether an appellate panel rightly revived two workers' proposed wage-and-hour class action against an eldercare provider despite the plaintiffs' membership... (more story)

Ex-Fifth Third Worker Claims Unpaid Prep Work Violated FLSA

An ex-Fifth Third Bank customer service representative has hit her former employer with a proposed class action accusing it of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay her and other employees ... (more story)

Colo. Legislative Aide Says He Was Fired For Pay Complaints

A Colorado state representative fired a senior legislative aide after he objected to doing campaign work on taxpayer-funded time and complained that she failed to fairly pay him for hundreds of hours of campai... (more story)

Ga. Appeals Court Grapples With Nurses' COVID-Era Pay Fight

A Georgia appeals court wrestled Wednesday with whether nurses who traveled to Florida for jobs at state-run COVID-19 testing sites were owed pay just for showing up in the Sunshine State — or if being assigne... (more story)