The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has finalized workplace harassment guidance that reinforces LGBTQ+ employee rights like allowing the use of bathrooms that fit a worker’s gender identity as well as protection from misgendering.
A federal appeals court judge castigated the National Labor Relations Board for its handling of a case flipping a Trump-era precedent, accusing the agency of “sandbagging” the company involved and “deliberately” denying it due process.
Employers should be wary of ways artificial intelligence can discriminate against workers or lead to pay violations, especially those who do business with the federal government, the US Labor Department warned in its first-ever guidelines on the emerging technology.
New organizing protections for seasonal farmworkers are the latest phase in a multi-part overhaul of an increasingly in-demand temporary visa program, prompting businesses to threaten a new round of litigation over what they say is an abuse of agency power.
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.
After helping to transform Houston’s bankruptcy court from a backwater to a boomtown, Judge David R. Jones resigned in 2023 following the disclosure of his long-running romantic relationship with a local bankruptcy lawyer. As the revelations mount, the inner workings and casual approach to potential ethical conflicts of a highly productive and tight-knit legal community have begun to surface.
A Houston employment agency that performed payroll services for Chevron contractors is liable for about $350,000 in gross receipts tax because the services were “incidental” to the employment of the contractors in New Mexico, an appeals court there said Monday.
Insurance agents can utilize exemptions to collect compensation when dealing with 401(k) plans and will only see their recommendations of certain products become subject to new fiduciary standards when retirement assets are involved, Labor Department leaders said during a press briefing on the agency’s new fiduciary rule.
The Golden Pass liquefied natural gas project in Texas, co-owned by QatarEnergy LNG and Exxon Mobil Corp., is at risk of delay due to a shortage of specialized workers and construction issues, according to people familiar with the matter.
Employers should be wary of ways artificial intelligence can discriminate against workers or lead to pay violations, especially those who do business with the federal government, the US Labor Department warned in its first-ever guidelines on the emerging technology.
A new rule aims to make visa processing more efficient for human trafficking victims and allow them earlier access to benefits.
Chesterfield Valley Investors LLC, doing business as Gateway Classic Cars, is facing a, EEOC sexual harassment lawsuit after allegedly subjecting a female employee to a hostile work environment because of her sex, the agency announced April 26.
The seven-day extortion trial of former Philadelphia union leader John Dougherty and his nephew, Gregory Fiocca, has ended in a mistrial after the jury found itself “hopelessly deadlocked” after less than a day.
A federal appeals court judge castigated the National Labor Relations Board for its handling of a case flipping a Trump-era precedent, accusing the agency of “sandbagging” the company involved and “deliberately” denying it due process.
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.
Dentons US LLP and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP are facing claims by a former client who alleges the firms engaged in racketeering and fraud in connection with their representation of him on a Senegal power deal.
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The world’s biggest brands are reportedly spending hundreds of millions of dollars to associate themselves with the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The flagship L’Occitane brand, despite the fragrance boom, has been expanding sales slowly, given that it operates in the premium segment of the market, rather than the luxury space where demand has been strongest.
Almost nine in ten companies say they’ll disclose extensive carbon-footprint data even beyond what many are required to produce, according to a new study by global consulting firm Workiva.
New York has become the first major US city to embed climate impacts into its budget decisions.
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?
An Indiana federal district court denied Walmart, Inc.'s motion to dismiss the breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims of an at-will employee who was fired after he successfully challenged a disciplinary write-up. Rowden v. Walmart, Inc., 2024 BL 140600, N.D. Ind., 1:23-CV-362-HAB, 4/24/24
A Virginia federal district court denied Virginia State University’s motion to dismiss a sex discrimination claim under the Equal Pay Act of a female assistant professor who alleged that she was paid less than male colleagues in her department. Robertson v. Va. State Univ., 2024 BL 140770, E.D. Va., 3:23cv777 (DJN), 4/24/24
A District of Columbia federal district court granted summary judgment to Functional Pathways, LLC on a failure to accommodate claim under the D.C. Human Rights Act of an occupational therapist who alleged that Functional Pathways denied her request for an extended leave of absence. Campbell v. Functional Pathways, LLC, 2024 BL 143735, D.D.C., 23-1507 (BAH), 4/26/24
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