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1st Circ. Ruling Offers Post-Muldrow Tips For Handling PIPs

The First Circuit's recent ruling in Walsh v. HNTB, one of the first circuit-level applications of Muldrow's lower... (more story)

Rulings Offer Lessons On Credible Workplace Investigations

Three recent rulings illustrate that while internal investigations are a critical tool for managing workplace risk... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Navigating EEOC's Religious Bias Push

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has placed a heightened focus on religious accommodation requests... (more story)

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NJ-NY Tunnel Commission Asks Court To Toss PLA Challenge

The Gateway Development Commission asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a construction contractor's constitutional challenge to a project labor agreement that the commission used on a Hudson Tunnel Project... (more story)

Ogletree Adds Ex-Jackson Lewis Labor Pro In Boston

A former equity principal from Jackson Lewis PC with nearly three decades of experience representing and counseling employers on labor and employment issues has joined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC ... (more story)

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Alcoa, Retirees Reach Deal In 7th Circ. Life Insurance Fight

Alcoa USA Corp. and a class of retirees told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday they had reached a tentative settlement in a long-running dispute over union retiree life insurance benefits, asking the court to can... (more story)

Spirit Airlines' Demise To Reshape Low-Cost Competition

Rival airlines have scrambled to boost routes, plug service gaps and snatch up Spirit Airlines customers in the two days since the budget carrier's demise, raising alarms about what other casualties might be i... (more story)

Va. On Verge Of Widening Union Rights For Public Employees

Virginia is poised to expand public sector bargaining rights for the second time in less than a decade, a move that experts said would be a victory for organized labor and a fundamental shift for public employ... (more story)

Mich. Justices To Hear Best Buy Arbitration Dispute Case

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered oral arguments on whether an employee arbitration agreement used by Best Buy Co. Inc. is enforceable, directing the parties to address how a recent precedent on adhesion ... (more story)

Justices Urged Not To Take Up Macy's Thryv Challenge

Macy's Inc.'s challenge to a Ninth Circuit ruling upholding a National Labor Relations Board order to reinstate strikers misstates the controlling precedent and mounts an "academic" attack on the board's heigh... (more story)

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Ex-Blank Rome Atty Must Nix Pseudonym In Assault Bias Suit

A former Blank Rome attorney cannot sue the firm anonymously claiming that it failed to act after she accused a male associate of sexually assaulting her, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, after the firm arg... (more story)

4th Circ. Unsure Wells Fargo Denied Ex-Worker's WFH Request

A Fourth Circuit panel seemed uncertain Tuesday of whether it would uphold the entirety of a $22 million Americans with Disabilities Act verdict favoring a former Wells Fargo employee, with at least two judges... (more story)

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4th Circ. Backs Raytheon In Ex-Workers' Vaccine Bias Case

The Fourth Circuit upheld RTX Corp.'s defeat of a lawsuit claiming it forced out employees who received religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine policy, ruling Tuesday that the ex-workers behind the suit f... (more story)

EEOC Says All-Women Event Hurt Bottler's Male Workers

Men were harmed when they were excluded from an all-women leadership development forum hosted by a Coca-Cola bottler, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a New Hampshire federal judge, urging... (more story)

Colo. Nonprofit Law Firm Hit With Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

A former paralegal supervisor for a Colorado nonprofit law firm that represents tenants facing eviction sued the organization in federal court, alleging she was selected for a layoff after repeatedly complaini... (more story)

11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Ga. Teacher's Disability Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit refused to reopen a teacher's lawsuit claiming a Georgia school district fired her rather than let her work remotely during the pandemic because of a previous cancer diagnosis, ruling she ... (more story)

Mich. Man Says Sheriff Rejected Him Over Autism, Complaints

A Michigan man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing a western Upper Peninsula community and its sheriff of refusing to consider him for law enforcement and volunteer opportunities because of his a... (more story)

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Hockey Players Urge 9th Circ. To Revive U.S. Antitrust Claims

A U.S. federal court erroneously ruled that federal antitrust law did not apply in a case involving Canada-based hockey leagues and teams, players hoping to revive their suit alleging mistreatment by the devel... (more story)

Energy Firm Accused Of Stiffing Consultants On OT

An energy consulting firm failed to pay overtime to hourly consultants who regularly worked more than 40 hours per week on infrastructure projects across the country, according to a collective action filed Tue... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Bars Out-Of-State Drivers In Bimbo Bakeries OT Suit

Out-of-state delivery drivers can't pursue their wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries in a Vermont federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, finding their claims aren't tied closely enough to the company's... (more story)

Top PAGA Atty Talks Calif.'s Proposal To Curb Frequent Filers

California’s proposed rule for punishing “vexatious filers” of Private Attorneys General Act notices isn’t clear enough about the state workforce agency’s oversight plans, said Elizabeth Parker-Fawley of Lawye... (more story)

4th Circ. Judge 'Uneasy' With Anheuser-Busch OT Class

A Fourth Circuit panel seemed unlikely to leave untouched a certified class of Anheuser-Busch LLC workers alleging the brewing giant failed to pay for pre- and post-shift work, taking issue with disparities in... (more story)

GOP House Bill Would Cut Restricted Stock Units From OT

Restricted stock units would be excluded from the calculation of overtime pay under federal wage law under a bill introduced by a Republican U.S. House lawmaker.

Freight Carrier Denied Workers Breaks, OT, Suit Says

A Washington freight carrier denied workers meal and rest breaks, failed to pay overtime and sick leave and required employees to sign unlawful noncompete agreements, a proposed class action filed in state court said.