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Dem Bill Would End Forced Arbitration In Workplace Disputes

Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill Thursday that would eliminate mandatory arbitration agreements in employment contracts and enhance workers' ability to band together to challenge unlawful employment practices.

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A Summer Reading List For Employment Discrimination Attys

As the clock starts ticking on the final month of summer, discrimination lawyers taking time off for rest and relaxation may want to dig into a book that keeps them in touch with their practice. For attorneys eager to keep learning while soaking up sun, here are five to consider.

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AFGE Says VA Plans To Ax Union Contract Despite Injunction

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would violate an injunction and its union contract if it carries out its plan to stop honoring the contract when the pact expires Aug. 8, a union local claimed, asking a D.C. federal judge to force the agency to continue complying.

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When Leaked Settlement Talks Complicate High-Profile Cases

Rachel Maimin, Julie Levinson Werner and Rachel Dikovics

A recent sexual harassment case involving JPMorgan Chase highlights how leaked settlement offers can affect public... (more story)

Rare DOJ Military Bias Suit Shows Peril Of Co. Admissions

Bradford Kelley

Although the government rarely litigates Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act claims against ... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

Mitchell Engel

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

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Fla. Panel Rules Against Firefighter Over Medical Cannabis

A Florida appellate court on Wednesday sided with a county for terminating a firefighter-paramedic who tested positive for cannabis in a random drug screen, saying he wasn't entitled to a workplace accommodati... (more story)

UAW Hopeful Can't Add Name To Union Election Ballot

The Michigan federal judge presiding over a case involving a United Auto Workers corruption scandal has rejected a union member's bid to be included on the ballot in an upcoming officers' election, ruling that... (more story)

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Legal Aid Union Alleges Unlawful Incentives To Break Strike

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem union announced on the third workday of its strike Tuesday that it has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing its man... (more story)

Teamsters Say Member Objections Don't Warrant Oversight

The Teamsters defended their agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice in New York federal court to wind down decades of federal monitoring of the union, saying concerns members raised after the deal was a... (more story)

DHS Can't Undo Order Halting TSA Union Deal Cancellation

A federal judge in Seattle denied the Trump administration's bid on Tuesday to lift a court order blocking the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from canceling a collective bargaining agreement covering tho... (more story)

1st Circ. Wary Of Reinstating 'Fork In The Road' Suit

A First Circuit judge on Tuesday questioned the repercussions of a court nixing the Trump administration's deferred-resignation program more than a year after federal workers accepted the buyouts. 

Union Seeks Election For Wikipedia Host Workers

A Communications Workers of America affiliate will file for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board after a nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and related projects rejected its bid fo... (more story)

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BNSF Reaches Deal Over Ex-Conductor's Post-Injury Firing

A former conductor has reached a deal with BNSF Railway Co. to end an employment retaliation lawsuit that claims the company wrongfully fired him based on an unsubstantiated rule violation after he sought comp... (more story)

Philly's Ex-DEI Officer Hits City With Discrimination Lawsuit

Philadelphia's former top DEI officer has filed a lawsuit accusing the city of race and sex discrimination, claiming Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration fired her amid an effort to stifle diversity initiati... (more story)

Digital Textbook Co. Resolves EEOC Disability Bias Probe

A North Carolina-based education software provider will pay $150,000 to end an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission into a worker's claim that she was fired because she requested m... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives Biotech Worker's Pension Plan Suit

The Ninth Circuit reopened a former Calbiotech Inc. scientist's lawsuit claiming the company unlawfully hid the existence of a pension plan, saying a trial court erred in concluding that a document specifying ... (more story)

U Mich. Health-West Resolves Fired PA's Religious Bias Case

University of Michigan Health-West has agreed to overhaul its religious accommodation policies, train employees and pay $410,000 to resolve a suit brought by a physician assistant who alleged she was fired for... (more story)

DOL Says Beekeeper Underpaid, Endangered H-2A Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor sued a beekeeping business and its owner in Washington federal court Wednesday, alleging they underpaid H-2A workers, housed them in a rat-infested trailer and pressured an employe... (more story)

Segal McCambridge Settles Fired Secretary's Age Bias Suit

Law firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. has struck a deal to end a New York federal court suit from a former secretary who said her colleagues mistreated her because of her age, according to a Wednesday court filing.

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NJ Settles Trucking Co. Misclassification Suit For $2.8M

New Jersey has reached a settlement with a shipping and logistics company that misclassified hundreds of truck drivers as independent contractors, the state attorney general and labor commissioner announced We... (more story)

Sysco Accused Of Logging Drivers' Work As Breaks

Sysco Corp. and a subsidiary automatically logged California delivery drivers as taking breaks whenever their trucks remained stationary for more than 30 minutes, even when they kept working, a former driver a... (more story)

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Judge Says Jet Co. Should Escape Sex, Pay Bias Claims

A former private jet company executive failed to plausibly allege that she was denied a promotion, underpaid, subjected to a hostile workplace or forced to resign because she is a woman, a North Carolina feder... (more story)

Amazon To Pay $2M To End Suit Over Rest Breaks In Wash.

Amazon will pay $2 million to resolve Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store workers' accusations that the e-commerce giant failed to provide them with meal and rest breaks required under Washington state law, accor... (more story)

Wash. Panel Upholds DoorDash's $14.5M Insurance Penalty

DoorDash must pay $14.5 million in taxes and penalties for failing to pay its Dashers' industrial insurance premiums each quarter from 2017 to 2019, Washington appellate judges ruled Tuesday, finding the Dashe... (more story)

Counsel's Conduct Can't Decertify Server Class In Tips Suit

A Connecticut state judge refused to decertify a class of steakhouse servers alleging they were shorted on wages for untipped work, ruling their attorney's emotional and unprofessional conduct did not cast ser... (more story)

8th Circ. Backs Quartz Co. In FMLA Firing Suit

The Eighth Circuit affirmed a quartz-surface manufacturer's win in a former process engineering technician's suit alleging he was unlawfully fired while on medical leave, finding Tuesday the employer eliminate... (more story)