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Ill. Justices Say Wage Law Doesn't Bar COVID Screening Pay

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's minimum wage law doesn't incorporate the limitations on compensable preshift activities found in federal law, answering the Seventh Circuit's call for help determining whether Amazon must pay workers for time they spent undergoing preliminary COVID-19 screenings.

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Ga. Officials Must Face Claims They Violated Race Bias Deal

The Eleventh Circuit ruled that Georgia county school officials can't escape a Black ex-teacher's suit alleging they ignored a race discrimination settlement that required enacting a plan to address hiring bias.

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Law360's NLRB Precedent Tracker Updated For Trump Board

The new Republican majority on the National Labor Relations Board appears to have ample opportunity to move away from the worker-friendly policies of the prior administration should it choose to do so. See what's up for review in Law360's updated NLRB precedent tracker.

Expert Analysis

3rd Circ. Must Reject EEOC's Flawed Equal Pay Theory

Allan King and Stephen Bronars

To avoid illogical outcomes, the Third Circuit, in Cartee-Haring and Marinello v. Central Bucks School District, s... (more story)

How Cos. Should Prepare For NY RAISE Act Compliance

Michael Paulino

With the New York Responsible AI Safety and Education Act taking effect March 19, state regulators will expect sub... (more story)

Justices' GEO Ruling Sets Gov't Contractor Immunity Limits

Terry Collingsworth

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in GEO Group v. Menocal will affect virtually every case in which a gover... (more story)

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Texas Agency Official Wants Out Of Kirk Free Speech Case

The Texas Education Agency commissioner is seeking to escape a lawsuit challenging a state education department policy directing school districts to report educators over "vile" and "inappropriate" social medi... (more story)

Boston Firefighter Union's OT Win Vacated By Judge

A Massachusetts state judge has ruled that Boston can limit the availability of overtime shifts for certain union employees in the fire department, finding the move is a staffing decision not subject to mandatory bargaining.

NLRB's SEIU Recognition Ruling Reversed By 8th Circ.

The Eighth Circuit has partially reversed a National Labor Relations Board order finding that a Missouri hospital violated federal labor law when it stopped recognizing a Service Employees International Union ... (more story)

AFSCME Unit, Pa. DOT Must Face Seniority Dispute

An American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees unit and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation cannot escape an employee's lawsuit alleging that she was placed on unpaid leave during th... (more story)

NLRB Backs Separate Bargaining Units At Oil Transport Co.

National Labor Relations Board officials correctly determined that two fleets of mariners who transport oil for Overseas Shipholding Group must unionize separately, the NLRB ruled Wednesday, upholding the 2024... (more story)

Trump Admin Ordered To Reinstate Voice Of America Workers

A D.C. federal judge Tuesday gave the Trump administration until March 23 to reinstate more than a thousand journalists and staff at Voice of America illegally laid off roughly a year ago, ruling that the gove... (more story)

Freedom Foundation Takes Ore. Union Suit To 9th Circ.

The Freedom Foundation is appealing to the Ninth Circuit the dismissal of its lawsuit that challenges an Oregon law allowing unions to sue anyone who impersonates union representatives, the conservative think ... (more story)

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Cole Scott Escapes Ex-Paralegal's Bias, Retaliation Suit

Florida law firm Cole Scott & Kissane PA defeated a suit claiming it fired a paralegal for complaining that colleagues harassed her because she was a Black woman in her 40s with fibromyalgia, with a Florida fe... (more story)

UnitedHealth Customers Denied Class Cert. In PrEP Suit

Two UnitedHealthcare customers can't turn their Affordable Care Act lawsuit against a company subsidiary into a class action, a Minnesota federal judge ruled Wednesday, denying the pair's bid to represent thou... (more story)

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4th Circ. Backs $91K Atty Fee For Worker's $5K Bias Verdict

The Fourth Circuit declined to scrap $91,000 in attorney fees awarded to a former gym bookkeeper who won $5,000 at trial on her claims that she was fired for reporting sexual harassment, ruling the lower court... (more story)

2nd Circ. Sides With Car Dealership In Pregnancy Bias Suit

The Second Circuit declined Wednesday to revive a suit from a former car salesperson who said her bosses sabotaged her ability to land deals after she announced her pregnancy, ruling she hadn't furnished evide... (more story)

Worker Fired After Moonshine Mishap Loses ADA Suit

The Sixth Circuit refused Wednesday to reopen a suit from a former restaurant manager who said he was fired because he had a stroke, ruling he couldn't overcome his former employer's rationale that he'd lost h... (more story)

Microsoft Attempts To Narrow Atty's Pregnancy Bias Suit

Microsoft Corp. asked a Washington federal judge to trim an attorney's bias case alleging she was fired shortly after announcing her pregnancy, arguing that some of her claims aren't viable because they fell o... (more story)

11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-JetBlue Worker's COVID Mask Suit

The Eleventh Circuit backed JetBlue's win in a lawsuit claiming the airline violated federal disability bias law when it refused to let a flight attendant work maskless during the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling tha... (more story)

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Univ. Of Colorado Health Seeks Dismissal Of Wage Suit

University of Colorado Health urged a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class and collective action alleging that its time-rounding policy shorted workers on pay, saying it was not the former workers' employ... (more story)

Sushi Chef's Overtime Suit Is Fishy, Conn. Restaurant Says

A Connecticut sushi restaurant has told a federal judge that it should win a chef's lawsuit alleging unpaid overtime, because he is a serial filer of baseless claims, working with his attorneys at Troy Law Gro... (more story)

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Ill. Panel Chides State Over 'Absurd' Reading Of Wage Law

An Illinois appellate court had choice words Tuesday for the Illinois Department of Labor's argument that an amendment to the Wage Payment and Collection Act deems certain corporate officers "employers" that c... (more story)

NC Judge Moves Ex-Exec's Wage Fight With Cancer Co. To Va.

A North Carolina federal judge agreed to transfer a former C-suite executive's unpaid wages case against a Canadian cancer testing and treatment company to Virginia, where its U.S. headquarters are, finding th... (more story)

Home Depot's Payouts Don't End Wage Suit, Judge Says

A long-running suit seeking to recover wages from Home Depot over its now-defunct time-rounding practice can partially continue despite the company sending payments to employees, an Oregon federal judge said, ... (more story)

Oil Field Co. Denied Pay For Travel, Off-Clock Work, Suit Says

An oil field services company failed to pay workers for extensive travel and off-the-clock work, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

Taft Widens Colorado Reach With 7 Lawyers From BCLP

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has brought on seven lawyers at its Colorado Springs office from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to enhance its sports law, intellectual property, employment and litigation practices.