Expert Analysis

Handbook Hot Topics: An Employer-Friendly Shift At NLRB

As the National Labor Relations Board is expected to shift toward issuing more employer-friendly decisions, employ... (more story)

Mulling Differing Circuit Rulings On Gender-Affirming Care

Despite the Eleventh Circuit's recent holding in Lange v. Houston County that a health plan's exclusion for gender... (more story)

What To Know As Rulings Limit NLRB's Expanded Remedies

Two recent appellate decisions strongly rebuke the National Labor Relations Board's expansion of remedies beyond r... (more story)

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New York Defends Farmworker Unionization Law

Three New York farms had ample opportunity to challenge the United Farm Workers of America's certification as their workers' bargaining representative, so they can't fight the state law that let farmworkers un... (more story)

NLRB Judge Rules Against Amazon In Worker Contract Row

A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered Amazon to drop several parts of its noncompete and confidentiality agreement for employees, ruling that the overly broad language within specific provisions v... (more story)

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NLRB Nears Quorum As Senate Committee Approves Pick

The National Labor Relations Board neared a return to full function Wednesday as the U.S. Senate labor committee approved a corporate labor counsel nominated to fill one of four board vacancies, teeing him up ... (more story)

Philly Rehabs' Layoffs Flouted Labor Law, NLRB Judge Says

A network of Philadelphia rehab facilities violated labor law by laying off its newly unionized nurses and subcontracting out their work about a month into contract negotiations, a National Labor Relations Boa... (more story)

5th Circ. Skeptical Of NLRB Dinging Starbucks For Subpoenas

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed skeptical of the National Labor Relations Board's claim that it can slap Starbucks Corp. with a labor law violation after it allegedly sent overbroad subpoenas to pro-union employe... (more story)

NY, Teamsters Oppose NLRB Injunction Bid In Fill-In Law Case

States can let their labor boards fill the National Labor Relations Board's shoes when the federal labor board is dysfunctional, the state of New York and a Teamsters affiliate argued in New York federal court... (more story)

5th Circ. Weighs If Ex-Starbucks CEO Made Anti-Union Threat

A Fifth Circuit panel pressed Starbucks Corp. to explain how former CEO Howard Schultz's comments telling a pro-union employee they could find another job did not run afoul of labor law, saying Tuesday the com... (more story)

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FCC OKs $1B UScellular Deal After AT&T Drops DEI Policies

AT&T got the Federal Communications Commission's approval for its $1 billion UScellular deal Wednesday, following in the wake of rivals Verizon and T-Mobile and becoming the latest of the big three mobile carr... (more story)

Wash. Defends Law Limiting Immigrants Working In Jails

Washington state urged a federal judge to deny King County's attempt to block a law that imposes citizenship and immigration status requirements for local government corrections officers, arguing that it passe... (more story)

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Former Gov't Workers Challenge Trump's DEI Firing Spree

The Trump administration unlawfully targeted perceived political enemies, women and people of color when it fired all federal employees who served in roles related to diversity, equity and inclusion, former go... (more story)

Colo. Service Provider's 'No Gossip' Policy Illegal, Worker Says

A payroll and human resources company had an illegal no-gossip agreement that violated Colorado laws that prohibit employment agreements imposing strict restrictions, an account manager says in a proposed clas... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs Chicago In Officers' Vaccine Bias Suit

The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a suit lodged by a group of police officers claiming Chicago's COVID-19 vaccination policy violated their constitutional and statutory rights, finding their cla... (more story)

American Airlines Can't Nix Attendant's Disability Bias Claims

American Airlines must face a former flight attendant's lawsuit claiming he was fired after developing cataracts, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding that he adequately alleged the airline is subject to a... (more story)

Ex-Stone Hilton Assistant Pushes For Texas OAG Subpoena

A former Stone Hilton PLLC executive assistant has doubled down on her bid to subpoena the Texas Office of the Attorney General in her suit accusing former OAG attorneys and firm founders Judd Stone and Christ... (more story)

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Worker Says Metal Supplier Owes For Unpaid Meeting Time

A specialty metals supplier regularly forces warehouse employees to participate in meetings when they are supposed to be on breaks, depriving them of money they're owed and reducing their potential overtime pa... (more story)

'Mailbox Rule' Can't Deliver Win For Marshalls, 9th Circ. Told

A former Marshalls worker told the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that a district judge wrongly relied on the "mailbox rule" to send his employment suit to arbitration because Marshalls had mailed him an arbitration... (more story)

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Phillips 66 Failed To Pay For Standby Shifts, Workers Say

Oil refinery company Phillips 66 failed to pay its employees for their standby shifts even though such shifts imposed great limitations on them, three workers said in a proposed class action in California federal court.

Instacart Challenges NYC's New Grocery Delivery Regulations

Instacart on Tuesday asked a federal court to block New York City's new regulations for app-based delivery workers, claiming that the new minimum wage, consumer tipping options and disclosure requirements run ... (more story)

2nd Circ. Urged To Reverse NLRB Ruling On Driver Status

A New York City car service company asked the Second Circuit not to enforce a National Labor Relations Board order finding that the company unlawfully fired and misclassified several of its drivers, arguing th... (more story)

Illinois County Dodges Ex-Officer's OT Suit, For Now

The security screenings a former correctional officer for an Illinois county performed before his shifts were not integral to his work, while his post-shift activities could be but he failed to show he worked ... (more story)

CSX Must Face Ex-Employee's FMLA Retaliation Suit

CSX Transportation Inc. can't escape a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully fired for taking medical leave, with a Florida federal judge ruling that the dismissal of class claims in a similar c... (more story)