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 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.
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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.
A San Francisco class action attorney representing comedian Sarah Silverman, Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon, and other authors in a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI Inc. was denied his motion to serve at the plaintiffs’ interim lead counsel.
Kirkland & Ellis has hired a four-partner investment funds team from Goodwin Procter, the second time Kirkland has poached such a team in three months.
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Disbarment is “the only possible sanction” for former Trump administration official Jeffrey Clark, DC Bar officials said in a filing 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?
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
A District of Columbia federal district court largely granted summary judgment to Crown Building Maintenance on the claims of a Hispanic service technician that he was subjected to a hostile work environment and retaliated against for complaining, in violation of Section 1981 and D.C. law. Flores v. Crown Bldg. Maint., Co., 2024 BL 141948, D.D.C., 23-275 (JEB), 4/25/24
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