Kroger to Face Revived Bias Suit by Worker Who Had Breast Cancer
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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.
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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.
Federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical of a US Labor Department rule requiring businesses to pay tip-earning employees the full minimum wage during their idle time.
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 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.
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.
Michael Burshteyn has joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the intellectual property litigation practice in the San Francisco office, the firm said Monday.
Clément Vandevooghel has joined Kramer Levin as a partner with the banking and finance department in the Paris office, the firm said Monday.
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Damian Carolan, a practice group head at Allen & Overy, is leaving the UK law firm days before it officially merges with New York’s Shearman & Sterling.
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.
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?
The Amalgamated Transit Union was found not to be involved in the assault of a union member, nor attempting to get that union member terminated, both of which would’ve violated the NLRA. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 689 a/w Amalgamated Transit Union AFL-CIO, CLC (Transdev North Amer, 2024 BL 143412, N.L.R.B., 05–CB–286354, 4/26/24
A federal court reconsidering an NLRB regional director’s request for injunctive relief concludes the regional director is entitled to a preliminary injunction under Section 10(j) of the NLRA, where it’s just and proper to rescind ADT, LLC’s unilateral changes to bargaining unit members’ employment. Nachand v. ADT, LLC, 2024 BL 142301, W.D. Ky., 3:22-MC-005-CHB, 4/25/24
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
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