MasterCorp, Workers Seek Approval of $4.95 Million Settlement
A group of hotel housekeepers filed an unopposed motion Thursday to settle a wage lawsuit against staffing agency MasterCorp Inc. for $4.95 million.
Two signature US Labor Department policies are almost certain to face a test of whether the latest updates to the agency’s regulations can survive legal deficiencies that led to the demise of their Obama-era predecessors.
A National Labor Relations Board official correctly ordered a mail-in election at Starbucks’ Seattle Roastery, a federal appeals panel ruled.
United Way Worldwide allowed a male official to sexually harass a female executive and then unlawfully fired her after she complained, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a Virginia state court.
MLB was sued Wednesday by a former minor league umpire who says he was fired because he complained about a female umpire’s harassment based on his gender and sexual orientation.
The US Federal Trade Commission’s move to ban virtually all noncompete clauses is the biggest step yet in a broader regulatory crackdown forcing employers to re-evaluate how they recruit and retain workers.
A group of hotel housekeepers filed an unopposed motion Thursday to settle a wage lawsuit against staffing agency MasterCorp Inc. for $4.95 million.
The School District of Philadelphia is free of some civil rights claims lodged by a Black former program manager, but her other allegations, made under a different racial discrimination law survive, a federal judge said.
Three New York City Department of Education executives have agreed to settle their suit over allegations that they were demoted and replaced with less-qualified Black workers, according to a federal judge’s order.
The widow of a former
The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is designating 16 new federally funded construction projects through an initiative created to promote equal opportunity in industry jobs.
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CVS Health Corporation and a nurse practitioner it fired for allegedly refusing to prescribe contraceptive and abortifacient drugs because of her Christian faith have finalized a settlement agreement to end her suit, according to a joint status report.
Planned federal mandates to protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat stress would kick in any time the heat index reaches 80 degrees Fahrenheit, four degrees higher than a prior proposal, according to an update from OSHA officials.
New details in a probe examining whether the Federal Circuit’s oldest and longest-serving member is fit to remain on the bench highlight issues about anti-discrimination protections in the judiciary and efforts to obtain medical information about the judge.
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The US Supreme Court suggested it might drag out
Michigan law firm Lipton Law Center PC can go to trial on its claim that Colorado firm Andrus Wagstaff PC didn’t pay Lipton for work the firms did together representing Larry Nassar abuse victims.
The US Supreme Court has never addressed whether a president has the power to pardon themselves and that unanswered question was one that loomed over proceedings in Donald Trump’s appeal for immunity from criminal prosecution over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Teresa M. L. Tate has joined Reed Smith as a partner in the global corporate group in the San Francisco office, the firm said Thursday.
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The risks that artificial intelligence represents have come into sharper focus: disinformation, potential job loss, perhaps even an existential threat to humanity. Is government capable of putting guardrails around such a fast-moving technology?
A Pennsylvania state appellate court reversed the state trial court’s grant of dismissal to Waste Management & Processors on the claims of a loader legally using medical marijuana for his disability that he was fired due to his legal use of medical marijuana, in violation of state law. Kopinetz v. Waste Mgmt. & Processors, Inc., 2024 BL 134640, Pa. Super. Ct., 1344 MDA 2023, 4/19/24
A New York federal district court partially denied NYC Health’s motion to dismiss the claims of an associate director of Middle Eastern origin that he was subject to discrimination and retaliation due to his national origin, in violation of Title VII and state law. Said v. NYC Health, 2024 BL 140503, E.D.N.Y., 1:23-cv-03313-OEM-JAM, 4/24/24
A Pennsylvania federal district court partially denied dismissal to the School District of Philadelphia on the claims of a Black program manager that she was subject to racial discrimination and retaliatory termination, in violation of Title VII, Section 1981, equal protection, and state law. Johnson v. Sch. Dist. of Phila., 2024 BL 140265, E.D. Pa., 23-3430, 4/24/24
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