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Trump NLRB Sets Sights On Decertification Bid Dismissals

The National Labor Relations Board under the Trump administration appears likely to rethink its practice of dismissing union ouster petitions filed amid credible accusations of labor violations after a Republican board member made his strongest call yet for a change to a Biden-era policy.

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Bar Complaint Calls Out EEOC Chair's Law Firm DEI Letters

A legal advocacy group asked the Virginia State Bar to investigate whether U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas violated ethics rules by declining to investigate LGBTQ bias complaints and sending letters demanding information from law firms on their diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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6th Circ. Hints Support For Superintendent's Suit Over Leave

A Sixth Circuit panel signaled during a hearing Thursday that a trial court prematurely dismissed a school superintendent's lawsuit challenging her continued placement on leave, but the judges wondered if the school official had enough evidence to win at a later phase of litigation.

Expert Analysis

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

Jennifer Serafyn, Annette Tyman and Anuj Khetarpal

As federal agencies mandate new procurement language aimed at curbing contractors' DEI practices and embedding Fal... (more story)

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

Lori Kisch

A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management off... (more story)

7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

Zoe Argento, Denise Tran-Nguyen and Bradford Kelley

Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements und... (more story)

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Judges Call Ruling On USAID Shutdown Standing Unusual

At least two D.C. Circuit judges on Thursday appeared to take some issue with a lower court's ruling that Oxfam and the union for U.S. Agency for International Development workers couldn't bring their challeng... (more story)

Florida Stone Biz Illegally Fired Worker, NLRB Judge Says

A Florida stone company violated federal labor law by firing an employee for engaging in union organizing activity with a chapter of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, a National L... (more story)

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NLRB Won't Nix Union Election Order At Mo. Cannabis Co.

A Missouri cannabis distributor can't thwart an organizing campaign by claiming most of its workers are union-exempt agriculture employees, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday, affirming a board ... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says Co. Threatened Unionizing Staff's Jobs

A company that serviced the Los Angeles Metro violated federal labor law by telling its unionizing staff that the public transit authority could cancel its contract with the company anytime, a National Labor R... (more story)

Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Lift Block On Calif. Border Patrol Sweeps

The government urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to lift an injunction barring Border Patrol from warrantless arrests and detentive stops without probable cause and reasonable suspicion, arguing that the pl... (more story)

Consolidation Recommended For NY Hospital Antitrust Cases

Two antitrust lawsuits accusing New York-Presbyterian Hospital of using anticompetitive tactics when negotiating with insurers should move forward as one, a New York magistrate judge said Wednesday, encouragin... (more story)

Police Union In Ch. 11 During Sexual Harassment Case Appeal

A national police union affiliated with the AFL-CIO appeared in Florida bankruptcy court Wednesday as it seeks a breathing spell to prosecute an appeal of a $2.25 million judgment in a sexual harassment lawsui... (more story)

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Colo. Court Mulls JBS' Bid To Toss Haitian Workers' Bias Suit

A Colorado federal judge declined Thursday to rule on meatpacking giant JBS USA Food Co.'s bids to dismiss a suit and strike class allegations that Haitian workers suffered race-based discrimination and labor ... (more story)

9th Circ. Seems Willing To Revive Ex-Seattle Worker's DEI Suit

A Ninth Circuit panel appeared receptive Thursday to reopening a former Seattle employee's suit alleging that the city's workplace diversity program was discriminatory, but strongly pushed back against the fed... (more story)

FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Denver. A federal judge on Monday, June 17, 2024, granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for abortions. The lawsuits challenge the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's regulations stating that 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act covers abortion. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Ex-EEOC Official Accuses Agency Of 'Ironic' LGBTQ+ Bias

A former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission director sued the agency in California federal court Thursday, alleging it forced him, a queer and transgender man, to participate in the "erasure" of LGBT... (more story)

Care Provider, EEOC Reach $324K Deal Over Medical Inquiries

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday that a South Carolina in-home care facility has brokered a $324,000 deal to resolve the agency's allegations that it bucked four federal civi... (more story)

Delta Used Coaching Plan To Deny Raise, Sex Bias Suit Says

A female Delta Air Lines aviation maintenance planner working under all-male management was placed on a coaching plan that didn't apply to her male colleagues and was used to deny her a merit raise and suggest... (more story)

Mercedes Fired New Dad After Bias Complaints, Suit Says

Mercedes-Benz ignored a Vietnamese American employee's complaints about a manager's racial bias before ultimately firing him after he took leave for the birth of his child, he told a Georgia federal court.

Race 'Not A Factor' In Black Teacher's Firing, NC School Says

A Black teacher in North Carolina was fired for failing to teach his students the necessary curriculum to pass their end-of-grade-level testing, not because he injected race into his lessons, the school argued... (more story)

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Home Improvement Co. Nailed With Misclassification Suit

A home improvement company's nationwide sales model is built on a misclassification scheme that shortchanged workers, a group of former sales representatives said in a proposed collective and class action file... (more story)

NC Judge Denies Class, Collective In Yearslong Wage Dispute

A North Carolina federal judge refused to certify a new round of collective and class claims against an auto parts manufacturer, finding that workers challenging off-the-clock work failed to show their claims ... (more story)

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SC County Beats EMT's OT Suit With Firefighter Exemption

A federal jury sided with a South Carolina county in a lawsuit accusing the county of failing to pay overtime wages to an emergency medical worker, finding that she qualified for a firefighter exemption under ... (more story)

Worker Says H&M Shorted OT For Preshift Setup

H&M has been hit with a proposed collective and class action in Illinois federal court alleging that the fashion retailer denied overtime pay to customer service workers who were required to complete computer ... (more story)

Morgan & Morgan Taps Seyfarth Atty For Employment Push

Morgan & Morgan PA has added a Seyfarth Shaw LLP attorney to lead and build a California employment division for the injury law firm.

Delta Pilots Fail To Get Military Bias Suit Off The Ground

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's decision tossing former Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots' claims that they were forced out of their jobs for taking military leave, ruling the pilots would... (more story)

Hurricane Maria Aid Workers Can't Pursue FEMA For Wages

A First Circuit panel said Wednesday that workers for a nonprofit organization that received Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for Hurricane Maria relief efforts cannot sue the federal government for u... (more story)