Federal government efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs; states’ industry-specific wage hikes that have reached new heights and a National Labor Relations Board that is stuck without a quorum are employment law trends to watch, Littler Mendelson PC’s Workplace Policy Institute said in an annual report. Here, Law360 explores the report’s findings.
Missouri employers that are updating paid sick leave policies after the governor repealed a leave requirement voters had passed should notify workers about changes and watch for a future ballot measure on the issue, a St. Louis attorney told Law360. Melissa Pesce of Ogletree Deakins spoke with Law360 about the rollback.
A $12 million settlement between Delta Air Lines and a class of about 5,000 workers who claimed wage and hour violations can go forward, a California federal judge ruled, finding the deal to be fair and reasonable.
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Federal government efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs; states’ industry-specific wage hikes that have reached new heights and a National Labor Relations Board that is stuck without a quorum are employment law trends to watch, Littler Mendelson PC’s Workplace Policy Institute said in an annual report. Here, Law360 explores the report’s findings.
Missouri employers that are updating paid sick leave policies after the governor repealed a leave requirement voters had passed should notify workers about changes and watch for a future ballot measure on the issue, a St. Louis attorney told Law360. Melissa Pesce of Ogletree Deakins spoke with Law360 about the rollback.
A $12 million settlement between Delta Air Lines and a class of about 5,000 workers who claimed wage and hour violations can go forward, a California federal judge ruled, finding the deal to be fair and reasonable.
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September 02, 2025
The discovery the Second Circuit required in a case accusing Uber of making improper deductions from drivers' wages shows that the drivers primarily engaged in intrastate commerce, the ride-hailing company said, urging a New York federal court to send the case to arbitration.
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September 02, 2025
A Nevada federal judge has rejected Ultimate Fighting Championship's motion seeking to deny class certification for fighters suing it over alleged suppressed wages, saying the request is premature.
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September 02, 2025
A class of mental health workers seeking overtime compensation can't recover pay for training completed prior to the first day of work, as a North Carolina federal judge upheld a previous order finding that the time is not compensable under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
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September 02, 2025
An Atlanta attorney suing her former law firm, John Foy & Associates, is seeking to put arbitration on hold while her claims for harassment and retaliation play out in Georgia federal court, saying that allowing the two matters to proceed simultaneously risks "duplicative proceedings, inconsistent findings and unnecessary expense."
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September 02, 2025
Courts can't sort out who pays arbitration fees, and employers' refusal to pay such fees isn't a failure to arbitrate, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday, siding with X in a case accusing the social media platform of owing workers severance.
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September 02, 2025
A Charter Communications sales supervisor sufficiently supported her claims that the cable giant cheated her and others out of overtime, she told a New York federal court, also arguing that the company is mischaracterizing other court rulings to push for her suit's dismissal.
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August 29, 2025
Two logistics companies have failed to escape a proposed class action accusing them of misusing a professional worker visa program to lure workers from Mexico, with a Georgia federal judge trimming out some discrimination and fair labor claims, but allowing several others to proceed.
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August 29, 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers announced Friday that they reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to back a measure allowing the state's hundreds of thousands of gig drivers to unionize while treating them as independent contractors.
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August 29, 2025
A former management assistant for the city of Dallas failed to demonstrate that she was paid less than a colleague because of her race and her retaliation and discrimination claims also could not stand, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday.
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August 29, 2025
This week, the Second Circuit will consider whether to revive a suit brought by former healthcare workers who claimed they were discriminated against on the basis of their religion when they were fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
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August 29, 2025
The city of Mesa, Arizona, told a federal court that a group of firefighters were still subject to a Fair Labor Standards Act overtime exemption for fire protection duties when they worked ambulance shifts, urging the court to toss their proposed collective action alleging unpaid overtime.
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August 29, 2025
From a look at a pending ABC independent contractor test in New Jersey to discussions of changes to paid leave in Missouri and New York, catch up on Law360 Employment Authority's wage and hour coverage from August.
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August 29, 2025
A former Elevance utilization representative's proposed class suit claiming the company owes her damages for paying her last paycheck late would lead to a "bizarre" conclusion, the entity told a Connecticut state court, arguing that she is potentially owed only $1.18.
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August 29, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for arguments in a National Labor Relations Board case against an environmental and engineering consultant. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 29, 2025
Workers in Maine will get extra wages if their employer cancels or cuts back their shift last minute, and employers in Cleveland will have to abide by new salary history and pay transparency requirements. Here, Law360 looks at these and other wage and hour and equal pay laws coming in the fall.
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August 29, 2025
A Georgia federal judge agreed to pause a suit accusing pest control giant Orkin of automatically deducting time for unpaid breaks from thousands of employees who did not take the breaks and requiring unpaid training sessions.
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August 28, 2025
Drivers accusing a trucking company, its owner and a related entity of misclassifying them as independent contractors should not pursue their wage claims as a collective because their claims would trigger individualized inquiries, the companies told an Oklahoma federal court Thursday.
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August 28, 2025
A school district labor union has agreed to pay $110,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it discriminated against a Black custodian by challenging his promotion, according to a filing Thursday in Illinois federal court.
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August 28, 2025
A Georgia attorney has filed suit against her former employer, John Foy and Associates PC, over "threatening emails" she said she received after she was fired and a final paycheck that she reportedly never got.
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August 28, 2025
SkyWest Airlines' flight attendants urged an Illinois federal court to dismiss the remainder of their suit accusing the airline of not paying them overtime and other wage violations, saying it would be the best way to end their almost 10-year-long case.
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August 28, 2025
McGuireWoods LLP announced Wednesday that it has welcomed an alumnus back to its labor and employment team following his stint as an associate general counsel for packaged meat company Smithfield Foods Inc.
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August 27, 2025
Target didn't pay its warehouse employees for time spent walking to and from their assigned areas where they must clock in and out for shifts, amounting to between $1,000 and $2,000 per year in unpaid wages for each worker, according to a proposed class action in New York federal court.
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August 27, 2025
The Eleventh Circuit has ruled software company NCR Corp.'s "top hat" retirement plans didn't allow the company to issue lump-sum payments to plan participants as alternatives to promised life annuities, affirming former company executives' win in the contract breach suit alleging they were shortchanged payouts from the plans.
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August 27, 2025
Campbell's sought dismissal of a former employee's proposed collective action alleging the soup producer didn't compensate workers for time spent putting on personal protective equipment, telling a New Jersey federal judge the claims must first be assessed in the grievance process under a labor contract.
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August 27, 2025
Solar energy company PosiGen failed to provide proper notice before terminating hundreds of employees as part of a mass layoff affecting workers at sites in Pennsylvania, Louisiana and other states, according to a proposed class action filed in Delaware federal court.