Ford Motor Co. does not have to rehire a worker the company fired twice in the early 2020s, the Second Circuit ruled, ordering a new arbitration to decide whether the worker deserves reinstatement after he was fired in 2020 for harassment and again in 2023 for lying.
A Third Circuit panel appeared receptive Wednesday to a physician's push for a second chance at her age, sex and disability discrimination suit involving a denied transfer, because the judges fired pointed questions at an attorney for the hospital where she had been a resident.
The Second Circuit's recent decision to reject the National Labor Relations Board's latest test of dress codes that restrict union displays shows that its foundational policies are vulnerable as judges grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's command to scrutinize agencies' legal views.