Expert Analysis

Religious Accommodation Lessons From Recent EEOC Focus

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

3rd Circ. Ruling Shows ADA Limits Amid Worker Misconduct

In Hileman v. West Penn Allegheny Health System, the Third Circuit recently rejected a wrongful termination claim ... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses six recent rulings involvi... (more story)

Labor More

Calif. Forecast: EEOC Seeks Toss Of Hostile Workplace Suit

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a motion to dismiss a hostile work environment suit by a former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission career official. Here's a look at that ca... (more story)

Tennis Groups Can't Duck Players' Antitrust Suit

A New York federal court has refused to toss a lawsuit brought by tennis players and a players association accusing tournament operators and the sport's governing bodies of blocking competition from rival tournaments.

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Worker's Wage Talk Wasn't Protected, NLRB Judge Says

A used-book store in Florida did not violate federal labor law when it fired a worker who complained about her pay to co-workers, a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge held, saying the work... (more story)

NLRB Official Sets Vote To Oust Union At Kansas Starbucks

Workers at a Starbucks store in Kansas can vote on whether to oust an independent labor organization that formed amidst Workers United's nationwide campaign to unionize the company's stores, an official for th... (more story)

Union, Port Co. Want Ex-Worker's Firing Suit Tossed

A United Food & Commercial Workers local has urged a Maryland federal judge to toss a former Port of Baltimore worker's lawsuit challenging his termination, saying the amended claims in the case still fail to ... (more story)

Airlines' Fight Over Colo. Sick Leave Law Heads To Trial

A Colorado federal court has sent an airline industry group's challenge to the state's paid sick leave law to trial, finding that competing expert testimony about whether the law increases employee absences an... (more story)

Starbucks Illegally Targeted Union Backers, NLRB Judge Says

A Starbucks store in Virginia committed a host of federal labor law violations after its employees sought to unionize and Workers United was certified as the representative for a unit of its employees, a Natio... (more story)

Discrimination More

5th Circ. Rejects Jewish Man's Bias Suit Against Franchise

The Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Jewish man cannot become a franchisee of a Christian-only automotive franchise, saying the franchise does not discriminate against Jewish ethnicity and the law at issue... (more story)

FDIC Says Workplace Culture Monitorship Has Ended

The Morrison Foerster LLP attorney hired to oversee the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s efforts to address past issues with workplace misconduct has concluded her assignment after two years on the job, decla... (more story)

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Hershey Spa Beats Christian's Bias Suit Over Trans Guest

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed a Christian worker's suit claiming the resort and entertainment arm of Hershey's Chocolate broke the law by asking her to assist a transgender guest, saying there was no evi... (more story)

UCLA Law Is Latest DOJ Target Over Race Bias In Admissions

The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division accused the UCLA School of Law of discriminating against white and Asian students in its admissions process in a letter sent to the school's counsel Thursday... (more story)

Fla. Doc Says He Opposed Cruise Co.'s Billing, Got Fired

A doctor has brought a federal whistleblower lawsuit against Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings Ltd. in Florida federal court, alleging he lost his job after speaking out against what he believed were fraudulent ... (more story)

Savannah State Can't Knock Out Asian Ex-Prof's Bias Suit

A Georgia federal judge freed Savannah State University's board of regents from several claims in a former business professor's race and national origin discrimination lawsuit, but kept alive her allegations t... (more story)

FCC Officially Ditches Race, Ethnicity, Gender Reporting Reqs

The Federal Communications Commission has officially done away with a rule that required TV and radio broadcasters to disclose data about their employment diversity to the agency after the Fifth Circuit struck... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Nike Fights Bid For Class Pay Records In Wage Suit

Nike opposed a Washington retail worker's request for classwide pay and scheduling records in federal court, arguing the demands would require more than 1,400 hours of manual retrieval from computer systems an... (more story)

Dollar Tree Accused Of Shorting Colo. Workers

Dollar Tree failed to fully pay its workers for off-the-clock duties, missed breaks and business expenses, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court.

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Lyft To Pay $272.5M To Settle California Misclassification Suit

Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million in what California officials called the largest settlement of its kind in state history, resolving claims that the ride-hailing company misclassified drivers as independen... (more story)

Aya Health Tells 9th Circ. It Needn't Seek Suits Against Itself

Aya Healthcare urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to undo an order pausing its wage-and-hour arbitration bid, arguing that requiring the travel nursing agency to first notify 400,000 workers of the collective... (more story)

GOP Sen. Bill Would Exclude Real Estate Agents From FLSA

Direct sellers and qualified real estate agents would be excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act's definition of employee through a bill introduced by a Republican senator.

NY Judge Gives Tax Preparers Initial OK For $1M OT Deal

A New York federal magistrate judge gave an initial green light to a $1.05 million class settlement to resolve claims brought by tax preparers who accused a New York tax preparation company of overtime and wag... (more story)

Food Workers' Gear Pay Suit Against Campbell's Survives

Pepperidge Farm food production workers cleared a hurdle in a proposed class action accusing the snack-maker and its parent, Campbell's, of failing to pay for time spent donning and doffing required protective... (more story)