Expert Analysis

Recent Rulings Show When PIPs Lead To Employer Liability

Performance improvement plans may have earned their reputation as the last stop before termination, and while a PI... (more story)

Legal Guardrails For AI Tools In The Hiring Process

Although artificial intelligence can help close the gaps that bad actors exploit in modern recruiting, its precisi... (more story)

A Look At State AGs' Focus On Earned Wage Products

Earned wage products have emerged as a rapidly growing segment of the consumer finance market, but recent state en... (more story)

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Amazon, New York Square Off Over State's NLRB Fill-In Law

The state of New York on Friday urged a Brooklyn federal judge to reject Amazon's bid to block a law allowing the Empire State's labor board to adjudicate private sector unionization matters and labor-manageme... (more story)

Employers Urge Justices To Reverse DC Circ. Pension Ruling

Employers that withdrew from a union pension fund urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the D.C. Circuit's holding on actuarial assumptions requirements for calculating withdrawal liability, arguing the appe... (more story)

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Conn. Union Says Prison Bureau Axed CBA As Retaliation

The Federal Bureau of Prisons violated the constitutional rights of its employees when it unilaterally canceled a collective bargaining agreement in September in an effort to suppress union speech and activiti... (more story)

Tribe Fights Enforcement Of Casino Union Recognition Order

A California federal judge should forgo enforcing an arbitration award that requires a Native American tribe to work with UNITE HERE at a tribe-run casino, the tribe argued, saying the award is based on a flawed premise.

Feds Say Ex-Police Union Prez Got Break With 30-Month Term

A Massachusetts police union president who was convicted in a kickback scheme and sentenced to 2.5 years in prison should receive at least that much time when he's resentenced following a First Circuit decisio... (more story)

MVP: Gibson Dunn's Jason Schwartz

Jason C. Schwartz, co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's labor and employment practice, convinced Maryland's Supreme Court to create new case law in favor of his client Amazon clarifying the state's wage an... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: $50M Google Racial Bias Deal Up For Approval

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a potential $50 million deal to resolve a proposed racial discrimination class action against Google. Here's a look at that case and other labor and ... (more story)

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Pa. Firm Can't Sink ADA Suit From Former Legal Assistant

A former legal assistant for Pennsylvania-based collection firm Tsarouhis Law Group can move ahead with her Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit alleging the firm's refusal to accommodate her anxiety caused... (more story)

Wash. County Fights Limits On Immigrants Working At Jails

Washington's King County is challenging what it calls a "quirk" in Washington state law that unconstitutionally prohibits "lawfully present, work-authorized immigrants" from serving as corrections officers for... (more story)

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King & Spalding, Atty Move To End Bias Suit At 4th Circ.

King & Spalding LLP and an attorney who complained that she didn't apply to a summer associate program as a straight, white woman because the firm sought diverse applicants have agreed to end her bias case, ac... (more story)

9th Circ. Judge Rips Feds For 'Trying To Suppress Speech'

A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubts Friday about the Trump administration's request to reconsider an order reinstating billions of dollars in University of California research grants in light of a recent U.... (more story)

Vaccine Suit Plaintiffs Say Disbarred Atty Is Doing Legal Work

Fired city workers suing Ann Arbor for not granting them religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate have told a Michigan federal judge that the discovery master appointed in the case has offloaded th... (more story)

Northern NY US Atty To Defend DOJ In Maurene Comey Suit

The U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of New York has agreed to defend the U.S. Department of Justice against a lawsuit from former FBI Director James Comey's daughter over what she calls her il... (more story)

Manning Kass Hit With Age Bias Suit In Calif.

Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP is facing an age bias lawsuit in California state court alleging a firm leader has made ageist comments at employees over 40 and is trying to drive those workers out of the firm.

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Junior Hockey Players Fight Wage Case Dismissal In Appeal

Junior hockey players have asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court toss of their wage suppression suit against the National Hockey League and Canadian leagues, arguing that the territorial reach of U.... (more story)

Colo. Mining Co. Accused Of Denying Pre-Shift Pay

A Colorado mining company failed to pay workers for time spent putting on protective gear and attending meetings, a former lead man and heavy equipment operator alleged in a proposed collective action in federal court.

JetBlue Accused Of Pushing Workers To Drop Wage Claims

Former employees suing JetBlue for allegedly shorting them on breaks and wages are urging a Washington state judge to block the airline's alleged efforts to coerce members of a proposed class into settlements,... (more story)

NYC Workers Claim City Flouted OT Obligations

New York City failed to pay its Department of Homeless Services special officers and sergeants for all the hours they worked, basing their pay on their scheduled hours instead, according to a suit in New York ... (more story)

Wash. AG Introduces Unit To Fight For Worker Protections

Workers in Washington state could now turn to a new unit that will focus on enforcing protections and tackling wage theft, the state's attorney general announced Thursday, citing "a systematic dismantling of t... (more story)

Transgender Troops Sue Air Force Over Lost Retirement Pay

Seventeen transgender service members are accusing the U.S. Air Force of unlawfully rescinding their retirement orders following President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender people in the milit... (more story)

Hawaii Justices To Weigh In On Waldorf Resort Wage Case

The Hawaii Supreme Court will sort out whether a per-week or a per-hour unit should apply in the determining of compliance and damages under the state's minimum wage law, a federal court said in a case accusin... (more story)