Expert Analysis

10 Key Worker-Friendly California Employment Law Updates

New employment laws in California expand employee rights, transparency and enforcement mechanisms, and failing to ... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: Nov. And Dec. Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal court decisio... (more story)

How PAGA Reform Can Inform Employer Strategies In 2025

While recent changes to California's Private Attorneys General Act will not significantly reduce PAGA claims, empl... (more story)

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Pac-12 OKs Athlete Group's Bid To Drop Classification Case

A group that advocates for college athletes to be paid can drop its claim that these players are National Labor Relations Act-protected employees, the Pac-12 Conference said, consenting to the group's request ... (more story)

Steelworkers Botched Firing Probe, Worker Tells 6th Circ.

The ex-fire chief of a Michigan paper plant urged the Sixth Circuit to revive his suit claiming the United Steelworkers unfairly refused to challenge his 2021 firing, arguing his rep blindly accepted the compa... (more story)

An Oregon federal judge dismissed a government employee’s allegations against Service Employees International Union Local 503 with prejudice about forgery of her signature on an agreement allowing the deduction of union dues from her paycheck. (Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
SEIU Local Escapes Gov't Worker's Dues Signature Claims

An SEIU affiliate is off the hook for allegations from a government employee that the union forged her signature on a membership agreement authorizing dues deductions, an Oregon federal judge ruled Friday, fin... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: $3.6M Freight Co. Wage Deal Could Get OK'd

In the next week, attorneys should watch for the potential final approval of a $3.6 million settlement in a wage and hour class action against a freight carrier. Here's a look at that case and other labor and ... (more story)

Employment Group Of The Year: Shegerian & Associates

Shegerian & Associates won two jury trials for an oncologist in her gender discrimination lawsuit and secured a $14 million award for a bank manager who was fired for taking leave to care for her critically il... (more story)

NLRB Official OKs Union Vote For Brooklyn Nurse Educators

A group of nurse educators can vote on whether they want to join an existing bargaining unit at a Brooklyn hospital, a National Labor Relations Board regional director concluded, rejecting the employer's claim... (more story)

NY Forecast: Judge Hears YouGov's Bid To Toss Bias Suit

This week, a New York federal judge will consider YouGov's bid to toss a former executive's lawsuit claiming she was discriminated against because of her gender and ultimately forced to resign after she compla... (more story)

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Companies Risk White House Wrath By Keeping DEI Programs

For companies pushing forward with their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives amid a torrent of attacks from President Donald Trump and his allies, there are myriad potential risks ahead — and murky que... (more story)

Mich. Justices Pass On FCA Employee's Racial Slur Appeal

The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday refused to revive a Black man's racial discrimination lawsuit that alleged his supervisor at FCA US LLC regularly called him a racial slur, although two justices, while con... (more story)

A group of attorneys general said several financial institutions, including JPMorgan, must address questions on their commitments to DEI and ESG programs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
10 AGs Target Major Banks Over DEI, ESG Initiatives

Major financial institutions in the United States, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, could have made business decisions to follow political agendas, attorneys general from 10 states said, urging them to ta... (more story)

DOL Ends All Contractor Bias Probes Following Trump Order

The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday halted all investigations and enforcement in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order earlier this week pulling a longstanding, core legal authority used to p... (more story)

Ex-Koch Managers' Ask 11th. Circ. To Undo Assault Verdict

The Eleventh Circuit on Friday considered whether to reverse assault and battery verdicts against two former Koch Foods human resource managers accused of inviting an employee to their home, propositioning her... (more story)

BCBS Has 'High Hurdle' For New $13M Trial, Mich. Judge Says

A Michigan federal judge on Friday told Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan it had a "high hurdle" to meet for him to say a new trial is warranted, after a jury awarded almost $13 million to a worker who was fi... (more story)

EEOC Disability Bias Suit Tossed Following Nixed Evidence

A mortgage and financial services company on Friday defeated a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it unlawfully refused to hire a woman because she took pain medication, after a Wash... (more story)

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Delivery Co. Flouted FLSA, Amazon Driver Claims

An independent freight carrier that allegedly contracts with Amazon has been hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court claiming its delivery drivers are deprived of meal breaks, overtime pay and other wages.

Healthcare Co. Gets Final OK On $14.5M Wage Deal

An Oregon federal judge gave the green light to a $14.5 million settlement that resolves a 17,000-member class action accusing a healthcare company of failing to provide nurses and other hourly employees with ... (more story)

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that two electric company workers may not have received proper overtime pay because certain performance bonuses weren't included in the overtime calculations. (iStock.com/10255185_880)
Ill. Justices Say Performance Bonuses Count In OT Math

Two workers will have another shot at arguing an electric company failed to pay the proper amount of overtime because state law doesn't exclude performance bonuses from overtime math, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Campbell's Unit Accused Of Failing To Pay For Off-Clock Work

A Campbell's subsidiary fails to compensate hourly paid packing employees for the several minutes they spend each day performing certain tasks before and after their shifts, a proposed collective action filed ... (more story)

Fifth Third, United Accused Of Using Prepaid Cards For Wages

Fifth Third Bank and a slew of other companies, including United Airlines, compensated employees through prepaid cards that required workers to pay fees to get their wages, a worker said in a proposed class ac... (more story)

Circle K Fails To Pay For Travel Costs, Manager Says

Convenience store chain Circle K requires store managers to make trips to other locations to pick up out-of-stock items but doesn't reimburse them for the costs associated with this travel, a proposed class ac... (more story)

Limits On Biden's Contracting Power Could Also Hinder Trump

A Trump administration order barring federal contractors from engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion programs could face court challenges, following the path of decisions rejecting the Biden administratio... (more story)