NY Lawmaker Talks Misclassification Stop-Work Order Bill

A New York state senator’s bill that threatens employers with stop-work orders if they are found to have misclassified workers as independent contractors is moving forward to address what the lawmaker says is an issue impacting hundreds of thousands of workers and law-abiding businesses. Harckham spoke with Law360 about the legislation.

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9th Circ. Revives Aya Health Arbitrations In Nurses' Wage Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday reversed a district court ruling that voided arbitration agreements between Aya Healthcare Services Inc. and more than 250 employees, ruling that the lower court erred when it used the individual findings of two arbitrators to nix the agreements entirely.

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NLRB Says Amazon Dodged Bargaining, Lining Up Court Fight

Amazon violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a union that won a landmark representation election at a Staten Island warehouse, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday, setting up the company to challenge the union's certification in federal court.

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Pension Case Offers Entertainment Work Exception Insights

Takai Gillam and Seong Kim

A recent Ninth Circuit decision clarified that any amount of entertainment work can satisfy the entertainment indu... (more story)

Justices May Hesitate To Limit Courts' Arbitration Review

Ashwini Jayaratnam

Based on Monday's argument in Jules v. Andre Balazs, the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to preserve federal juris... (more story)

Motorola Case Shows Reach Of NLRA Dishonesty Protections

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A recent National Labor Relations Board case, involving a Motorola employee who was terminated for lying about dis... (more story)

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UNITE HERE Healthcare Fund Beats SoCal Workers' Rate Suit

A union healthcare fund has beaten back a class action accusing it of wrongfully charging Southern California workers higher rates than Las Vegas workers, with an Illinois federal judge holding that the class ... (more story)

Teva $35M Delayed Generic Inhalers Deal Gets Initial OK

A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday granted initial approval to a $35 million deal that Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay to resolve claims from a coalition of union healthcare funds that say the company s... (more story)

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DOL, HHS Must Face Unions' Claims In DOGE Data Suit

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services must continue facing claims that they illegally gave Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to employee records, as a D.C. federal ju... (more story)

Curaleaf Must Bargain With Union In Mass., NLRB Says

Cannabis giant Curaleaf violated federal labor law when it refused to bargain with a United Food and Commercial Workers Union local in Massachusetts, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Union, Employer Group Beat NJ Contractor's Benefits Suit

A union and a contractors association have beaten back allegations that they coerce employers into making excessive contributions to a union benefit fund, with a New Jersey federal judge tossing a proposed cla... (more story)

U. Of Chicago Grad Union Gets Antisemitism Suit Tossed

An Illinois federal judge tossed a nonprofit's lawsuit claiming that University of Chicago graduate students were forced to pay fees to a union that the organization said was antisemitic, finding the disputed ... (more story)

Worker's Layoff Tip Was Protected, NLRB Prosecutors Say

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors urged an agency judge to find that a software maker illegally fired a worker for sharing a rumor about impending layoffs, saying his message was protected in itself a... (more story)

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Air Force Wins Disability Bias Suit Over Pandemic Leave

The U.S. Air Force won an early victory in a former assistant lodging manager's lawsuit alleging he was denied paid safety leave during the COVID-19 pandemic because of his disability, after an Arizona federal... (more story)

2nd Circ. Won't Revive White Parole Officer's Race Bias Suit

The Second Circuit declined Thursday to reopen a white former parole officer's lawsuit alleging two Black supervisors assigned her a heavier workload and refused to give her a field partner, ruling she hadn't ... (more story)

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Tech Co. To Pay $495K To Resolve EEOC Nationality Bias Suit

The U.S. arm of a global technology company will pay $495,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to hire an Indian job applicant in his 60s because of his age ... (more story)

2nd Circ. Says ConEd Worker Can't Get Redo On Bias Trial

The Second Circuit refused Thursday to grant a new trial for an ex-ConEd worker who secured a partially favorable verdict on claims that she was retaliated against for taking medical leave to treat breast canc... (more story)

County Worker's Sex Bias Suit Lacks Evidence, 2nd Circ. Says

The Second Circuit backed the dismissal of a former New York county worker's sex bias suit claiming she was fired by her male boss out of gender discrimination, ruling that her case lacks evidence that prejudi... (more story)

Novo Nordisk Unit Says Ex-Exec's Poor Work Dooms Bias Suit

By the time she was fired, a finance director of Novo Nordisk unit NNE Inc. had been falling short of company expectations while the pharmaceutical giant was preparing to get a multibillion-dollar drug facilit... (more story)

Emory, Falcons Escape Ex-Team Doc's Race Bias Suit

Emory Healthcare and the Atlanta Falcons defeated a Black doctor's lawsuit claiming he was denied leadership opportunities and then abruptly fired as the NFL team's head doctor, with a Georgia federal judge ru... (more story)

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Furnishing Workers Say They Were Fired For Wage Complaint

Three ex-employees of commercial real estate furnishing company Inhabitr claimed in a Washington state lawsuit that they were fired as retaliation after one of them complained to state authorities that the sta... (more story)

Convenience Store Chain Denied Quick Appeal In Wage Suit

Han-Dee Hugo's can't immediately appeal a decision conditionally certifying a collective action of gas and convenience store managers in an overtime pay dispute, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding t... (more story)

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6th Circ. Says DOL Could Back OT For Home Care In 2013 Reg

The U.S. Department of Labor had the authority to issue a 2013 rule expanding wage protections for home care workers, the Sixth Circuit ruled, saying that a U.S. Supreme Court decision remains good law despite... (more story)

Adult Performers, Cos. Seek Wins In Misclassification Suit

Adult-content performers and a streaming platform's operators filed dueling bids for quick wins in their dispute over the workers' classification, as the performers insisted to a Connecticut federal court that... (more story)

Musk, X Settle Former Twitter Workers' Severance Suit

X Corp. and Elon Musk have agreed to settle claims by a group of six former Twitter employees that they were falsely promised severance benefits in connection with Musk's acquisition of the social media company.

NJ Hospital Workers Win Collective Cert. In OT, Break Suit

A New Jersey healthcare network must face overtime claims on a collective basis, a federal judge ruled, saying a former employee adequately backed up allegations that the network had companywide policies under... (more story)

Amazon Beats NY Warehouse Workers' Screening Time Suit

A New York federal court has tossed wage claims brought by Amazon warehouse workers who alleged they were not paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings before and after their shifts, finding... (more story)