Two signature US Labor Department policies are almost certain to face a test of whether the latest updates to the agency’s regulations can survive legal deficiencies that led to the demise of their Obama-era predecessors.
A National Labor Relations Board official correctly ordered a mail-in election at Starbucks’ Seattle Roastery, a federal appeals panel ruled.
United Way Worldwide allowed a male official to sexually harass a female executive and then unlawfully fired her after she complained, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a Virginia state court.
MLB was sued Wednesday by a former minor league umpire who says he was fired because he complained about a female umpire’s harassment based on his gender and sexual orientation.
The US Federal Trade Commission’s move to ban virtually all noncompete clauses is the biggest step yet in a broader regulatory crackdown forcing employers to re-evaluate how they recruit and retain workers.
CVS Health Corporation and a nurse practitioner it fired for allegedly refusing to prescribe contraceptive and abortifacient drugs because of her Christian faith have finalized a settlement agreement to end her suit, according to a joint status report.
Planned federal mandates to protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat stress would kick in any time the heat index reaches 80 degrees Fahrenheit, four degrees higher than a prior proposal, according to an update from OSHA officials.
A US Department of Housing & Urban Development attorney can pursue some allegations that age and sex bias played a role in the agency’s decision not to promote her, but other claims fall short, a federal judge said.
<-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-1685-d583-afbf-d6dda0240000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault conviction was overturned by the state’s highest court, which found that the judge in the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul’s 2020 trial had made fundamental errors.
Walmart Stores East LP and a Black former assistant manager, that alleged his Connecticut store’s racially hostile work environment forced him to quit, have agreed to settle his suit, according to a docket entry.
Three former Aerotech Inc. workers filed a proposed class action saying their employee stock ownership plan was mismanaged because it parked too much money in cash-like investments that paid paltry returns.
A Las Vegas casino and resort will pay $720,000 and provide additional relief to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit filed after the company allegedly failed to accommodate employees with disabilities, the EEOC announced Thursday.
Maryland will require businesses to include a pay range in job postings under legislation that Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed into law Thursday.
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.
Michigan law firm Lipton Law Center PC can go to trial on its claim that Colorado firm Andrus Wagstaff PC didn’t pay Lipton for work the firms did together representing Larry Nassar abuse victims.
Teresa M. L. Tate has joined Reed Smith as a partner in the global corporate group in the San Francisco office, the firm said Thursday.
The leaders of the midsize Manhattan firm Morrison Cohen are defending changes to the law firm’s pay system following a wave of recent partner departures.
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A US Department of Housing & Urban Development attorney can pursue some allegations that age and sex bias played a role in the agency’s decision not to promote her, but other claims fall short, a federal judge said.
Protesters yelled into megaphones, banged drums, shook bells and blasted popular songs bashing Donald Trump outside the US Supreme Court as the justices weighed the historic question of whether the former president should be immune from prosecution.
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 Pennsylvania federal court granted summary judgment to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs on a hostile work environment claim under Title VII of a female pharmacy technician who alleged that her supervisor harassed her and treated her poorly. Conklin v. McDonough, 2024 BL 137029, W.D. Pa., 2:20-cv-2010, 4/22/24
A Missouri federal district court granted summary judgment to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs on a race discrimination claim—presumably under Title VII—of a Black supervisory medical support assistant. Sherman v. McDonough, 2024 BL 138694, W.D. Mo., 4:21-cv-0924-DGK, 4/23/24
A Maryland federal district court granted summary judgment to the Maryland Coalition of Families, Inc. on an interference claim under the FMLA of a team supervisor who had depression and anxiety, and alleged that the employer interfered with her right to take FMLA leave by terminating her. Harris v. Md. Coal. of Fams., Inc., 2024 BL 136737, D. Md., 1:23-cv-01642-LKG, 4/22/24
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