Expert Analysis

What We Did And Didn't Learn From DOJ's 1st Illegal DEI Deal

IBM's recent $17 million deal with the U.S. Department of Justice marks the first resolved False Claims Act enforc... (more story)

New DEI Clauses Will Reshape FCA Exposure For Contractors

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

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

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

Labor More

12th REI Location Takes Steps To Unionize

Workers at REI's San Diego store have gone public with their organizing drive with the United Food & Commercial Workers, placing the store on track to become the outdoor retailer's 12th unionized location.

Voting Org. Fired Workers For Organizing, NLRB Attys Say

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have urged the board to enforce a bargaining order against a voting rights nonprofit, claiming the order is necessary due to the nonprofit's alleged "persuasive and s... (more story)

NLRB Judge OKs Firing Of Nurses Who Gave Each Other IVs

A Johns Hopkins Medicine outpatient surgical center did not violate federal labor law when it fired several registered nurses, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, finding that although the worker... (more story)

Apple Accused Of Punishing Workers At Closing Union Store

Apple is violating federal labor law by making workers at a unionized store apply for jobs at other locations as it transfers workers at two shuttering, non-union stores, the International Association of Machi... (more story)

Ex-Federal Workers Seek Reinstatement In Md. Federal Court

The Trump administration disguised ideologically motivated firings as routine layoffs, then pushed workers into a broken system to challenge their discharges, a group of laid-off federal workers alleged, askin... (more story)

Union Fund Says Allied Owes $427K For Left-Out Workers

A Teamsters healthcare fund has asked a New York federal judge to award it a pretrial win on claims that Allied Aviation Services Inc. owes it about $427,000, saying the airline fueling company owes the money ... (more story)

Mediation Agency Needs Feds' OK For Arbitrator Referrals

The federal agency that mediates disputes between the government and its workers' unions will now seek consent from agencies the president has excused from bargaining before it will refer unions to arbitrators... (more story)

Discrimination More

BU Flouted Student's Brain Injury Accommodations, Suit Says

A former student and instructor at Boston University says she was forced out of her doctoral program after a faculty adviser and an administrator interfered with previously approved disability accommodations f... (more story)

NJ County Prosecutor's Office Hit With Pregnancy Bias Suit

A detective from a New Jersey county prosecutor's office has accused the office and several officers of pregnancy discrimination, alleging they mocked her, took away her firearm and ignored her complaints.

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Advance Auto Strikes Deal To End EEOC Harassment Suit

Advance Auto Parts agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission harassment suit claiming it failed to take action when Black and LGBTQ+ workers regularly faced slurs on the job, according to... (more story)

EEOC Wants 10th Circ. To Greenlight Walmart ADA Settlement

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it's turning to the Tenth Circuit to challenge a trial court's rejection of a $300,000 settlement with Walmart, a deal that aimed to close a case accusing ... (more story)

Restaurant Can't Sink EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

A Missouri restaurant can't dodge a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging its owner made lewd comments to a female manager and paid her less than a male colleague, a federal judge ruled, r... (more story)

Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's pe... (more story)

Weinstein Accuser Takes Stand Once More In 3rd NY Trial

A woman who says Harvey Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 took the stand for a third time Monday, prompting tears from a juror as the star witness described a lifetime of sexual abuse and trauma.

Wage & Hour More

Nurses Fight 'Deceptive' Opt-Out Push In $14M Wage Deal

Nurses involved in a $14 million wage-and-hour class settlement are urging a Colorado federal judge to block what they call a misleading opt-out campaign by a named plaintiff in a related action in state court... (more story)

DOL Says FLSA Lets It Seek Punitive Damages In Pizzeria Suit

The U.S. Department of Labor told a Kentucky federal court Monday that the statutory language of the Fair Labor Standards Act allows the agency to seek punitive damages in its retaliation lawsuit against a piz... (more story)

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House Dems Urge DOL To Scrap Contractor Proposal

A group of more than 40 House Democrats urged the U.S. Department of Labor to withdraw a proposed rule on independent contractor classification, saying it would weaken labor protections by replacing the curren... (more story)

Canada Provinces Back Hockey League's Antitrust Dismissal

The governments of four Canadian provinces have urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior hockey players accusing the National Hockey League and its developmental organizations of suppressing compensation.

Casino Dealer Sues Atlantic City Resort Over Tip Pool Policy

A table game dealer has sued Ocean Casino Resort in New Jersey federal court, claiming the Atlantic City casino illegally underpaid tipped workers by applying a tip credit to time when dealers were barred from... (more story)

Nursing Home Hit With Wage Suit Over Meal, OT Pay

Two former caregivers have hit a Michigan assisted living and memory care facility with a proposed collective action, alleging the facility failed to properly pay overtime by requiring hourly employees to work... (more story)

Conn. Sushi Restaurant Says Chef Can't Certify OT Class

A Connecticut sushi restaurant urged a federal judge Monday to reject class certification in a wage lawsuit brought by a former chef, arguing the case lacks evidence and the only other worker to join the suit ... (more story)