Child Labor Violators’ Profits in Labor Solicitor’s Crosshairs
The US Labor Department is pursuing some of the toughest remedies for child labor violations, such as company profits, an escalation the agency’s top lawyer says is needed to end an alarming trend of minors working in dangerous conditions.
Twitter Worker Advances Class Age Bias Suit Over Musk’s Takeover
H-1B Seekers Can Sue Over Visa Revocations for Alleged Fraud
Indian workers have standing to pursue legal claims for revocation of H-1B visas without proper notice as a result of their employers’ attempts to game the lottery registration system, a federal judge ruled.
EEOC Sues Sheetz for Race Bias Over Criminal Record Screens
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Sheetz Inc., alleging the convenience store chain discriminated against job applicants based on their race by refusing to hire individuals with criminal histories.
Supreme Court’s New Test for Bias Claims Still Needs Hashing Out
The US Supreme Court’s new standard for the harm a worker must show to challenge allegedly discriminatory job transfers contains enough ambiguities to spark further debate over what’s necessary to bring a viable bias claim, lawyers and law professors said.
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California Health-Care Minimum Wage Bump Faces Fiscal Shortfall
Health-care facilities across California are preparing for a new minimum wage covering the industry to take effect June 1 even as the governor has signaled there could be changes to the law in the face of a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.
Child Labor Violators’ Profits in Labor Solicitor’s Crosshairs
The US Labor Department is pursuing some of the toughest remedies for child labor violations, such as company profits, an escalation the agency’s top lawyer says is needed to end an alarming trend of minors working in dangerous conditions.
Blatt to Set Supreme Court Record for Women With 50th Argument
Lisa Blatt isn’t afraid to tell a US Supreme Court justice they’re making stuff up, inject herself in her own hypotheticals, or talk like she’s debating friends at a bar.
Google Fires 28 Workers Protesting $1.2 Billion Israeli Contract
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Wedbush Waived Arbitration Right By Delaying After Viking River
A California appeals court on Thursday shot down a bid by investment firm Wedbush Securities Inc. to compel a class of its financial advisers into arbitration, saying the company waited too long to act on its alleged right to arbitrate.
KeyPoint Investigators’ FLSA Collective Proceeds, Judge Says
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Bias Claims of School’s Ex-Employee Headed to Trial, Judge Says
The George School will face a jury in the case of a former employee who alleges the school’s decision to terminate him was racially motivated, a federal judge said.
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Amazon’s Settlement Deal With Worker Passes Labor Board Muster
Amazon.com Inc.’s deal with a worker to settle an unfair labor practice case that was approved by a National Labor Relations Board judge survived a challenge from the agency’s general counsel.
Explainer: Medical Exam Requirements and Aging Judges
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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Child Labor Violators’ Profits in Labor Solicitor’s Crosshairs
The US Labor Department is pursuing some of the toughest remedies for child labor violations, such as company profits, an escalation the agency’s top lawyer says is needed to end an alarming trend of minors working in dangerous conditions.
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The Artificial Intelligence Dilemma: Can Laws Keep Up?
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IN BRIEF
View MoreCase: Discrimination/Race Discrimination (E.D. Ark.)
The city of West Memphis, Ark. and its officials are entitled to summary judgment on a Black police officer’s race, gender, hostile work environment and retaliation claims under Title VII, after he was suspended without pay for five days for violating anti-harassment policies. Allen v. McClendon, 2024 BL 109112, E.D. Ark., 2:21-cv-00172 KGB, 3/29/24
Case: Individual Employment Rights/Contracts (6th Cir.)
The Sixth Circuit vacated a district court judgment ordering Shelby County to pay $1.5 million to a fired Army reservist and jail employee who sued the county under the USERRA after signing an agreement releasing all claims against it. Ward v. Shelby Cnty., 2024 BL 123918, 6th Cir., 22-6054, 4/11/24
Case: Discrimination/Sex Discrimination (M.D. Pa.)
A Pennsylvania federal district court denied summary judgment to Mickey Truck Bodies on a sex discrimination claim under Title VII of a female logistics supervisor who alleged that she was paid less than four male comparators. Hricenak v. Mickey Truck Bodies, 2024 BL 127109, M.D. Pa., 4:21-CV-00694, 4/12/24
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