The US Labor Department’s use of Trump-era wage calculations for the first phase of its expansion of federal overtime pay protections creates a potential legal shield for at least part of a policy change destined for court attacks.
The EEOC’s decision to file a brief in support of a plaintiff who alleged Workday’s artificial intelligence-based hiring tools discriminated against him has sparked widespread skepticism.
Restaurant groups will get a second chance to present to a federal appeals court their case against a US Labor Department rule limiting when employers can use the tip-credit, or pay tipped-employees less than minimum wage.
The Labor Department’s new standard extending fiduciary duties to more retirement advice professionals appears set to encounter tough opponents from Wall Street and Capitol Hill now that it has been finalized.
Oversight of National Labor Relations Board decisions setting precedents is heating up in circuit courts around the US. Meanwhile, employers are working to comply with recent EEOC rules requiring accommodations for pregnant workers.
A Maryland hospitality business will pay $150,000 and provide additional relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Monday.
A California strawberry harvester will pay $1 million to settle claims it failed to pay 900 or so agricultural workers their full wages, denied them proper rest and meal breaks, and charged or failed to reimburse them for certain expenses.
A Michigan hospital will urge a federal appeals court to overturn a labor board ruling that restricted employers’ ability to use broad non-disparagement and non-disclosure provisions in employee severance agreements.
A Bass Pro Group LLC employee filed a proposed class action saying the retailer’s health plan violates federal law by charging smokers a $2,080 annual penalty they can’t avoid without giving up tobacco.
Two TFI International Inc. trucking companies will pay $460,000 to settle a sexual orientation and retaliation lawsuit, according to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Monday.
The US Department of Labor has rescinded a Trump-era rule that made it easier for small businesses and self-employed people to use cheaper association health plans that don’t comply with all the requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the US Department of Justice have signaled they intend to appeal a Texas federal district court decision blocking the enforcement of a pregnancy bias statute against employees of the state.
The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to review former US Rep. Artur Davis’s (D) lawsuit alleging the Alabama legal services group he once headed unlawfully suspended him because he is Black.
The US Supreme Court declined to determine whether the Defense Department’s now-revoked Covid-19 vaccine mandate violated the religious rights of military chaplains.
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.
Megan B. Kilzy has joined Cole Schotz as a member in the litigation department and white collar criminal defense and government investigations group in the Hackensack, N.J., office, the firm said Monday.
Audra A. Cohen has joined Fried Frank as a partner in the asset management practice in New York, the firm said Monday.
Ryan DiClemente and Colleen Fox have joined Husch Blackwell as partners in the consumer financial services practice in the The Link, the firm’s virtual office, according to a Monday news release.
Ignacio Sandoval has joined Orrick as a partner in the financial and fintech advisory practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday.
The US Supreme Court agreed to take up another case on whether courts can review visa determinations for spouses of American citizens.
Lawrence Simon has joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in the real estate department in the New York office, the firm said Monday.
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?
Starbucks Corp. unlawfully interfered with organizing efforts of its employees at three Ann Arbor, Michigan locations in violation of the NLRA. Starbucks Corporation, 2024 BL 141679, N.L.R.B., 07–CA–293742, 4/25/24
Genuine issues of material fact preclude summary judgment to America’s Auto Body, Inc. on the disparate treatment and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state law of a pregnant receptionist, an Illinois federal court ruled. Altwasser v. America’s Auto Body, Inc., 2024 BL 142336, N.D. Ill., 21-cv-2524, 4/25/24
A federal district court found a fired director for Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation stated False Claims Act violations against her employer and the University of Pittsburgh, and also alleged FCA retaliation. United States ex rel. Ruggeri v. Magee-Womens Rsch. Inst. & Found., 2024 BL 140335, W.D. Pa., 2:19-CV-862-NR, 4/24/24
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