Expert Analysis

New Connecticut Law On Employers' AI Use Is Inventive

A recently passed Connecticut law regulating the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions innovates ... (more story)

NIL Contracts Test Limits On College Football Transfers

College football's new legal era of direct payments to players and fewer transfer restrictions has put contractual... (more story)

The Leeway And Limits Of DOL's Joint Employer Proposal

A recent U.S. Department of Labor proposal would make joint employment harder to prove, giving employers more flex... (more story)

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Home Care Co. Cites Justices' Immigration Ruling In Pay Row

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision finding that a lower court abused its discretion by relying on arguments the parties never raised supports a home care company's bid to undo a Sixth Circuit ruling affirmin... (more story)

NLRB GC Says Worker Entitled To Union Rep Before Drug Test

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have urged an agency judge to find that an industrial cleaning company violated federal labor law by firing a worker after he requested a union representative before ... (more story)

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Amazon Union Says NLRB's Woes Permit NY Trigger Law

The Amazon Labor Union has urged a New York federal judge to reject Amazon's challenge to a law letting the state act for the National Labor Relations Board, saying the high court's bar on state laws that over... (more story)

Amtrak's PTO Accrual Rule Violates CBAs, Unions Tell Court

Amtrak violated its collective bargaining agreements with two unions by only allowing workers who were actively employed on the 15th day of the month to accrue paid time off, the unions told a District of Colu... (more story)

Construction Groups, DOL Agree To End DBA Rule Fight

The U.S. Department of Labor will not oppose a bid by construction industry groups to permanently wipe out three provisions of a Biden-era Davis-Bacon Act rule that a Texas federal court has already blocked nationwide.

Curaleaf Can't Block NJ Pot Law's Labor Deal Requirement

A New Jersey federal judge won't allow Curaleaf to block enforcement of a provision of the state's cannabis law requiring labor peace agreements between cannabis operators and their employers, saying the compa... (more story)

Saint-Gobain Fights USW's Bid To Block Healthcare Shift

Materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday not to prevent it from making changes to retiree healthcare benefits for union workers represented by the United Steelworkers... (more story)

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Fla. Justices Say Ex-Power Co. Welder Didn't Prove Retaliation

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a welder's appeal alleging that a power company terminated him in retaliation for blowing the whistle on unsafe work conditions, ruling he didn't prove beyond a s... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs Benefits Co.'s Win In Race Bias, Pay Suit

The Seventh Circuit affirmed a medical benefits management company's win in a Black former business analyst's suit alleging she was denied higher pay and promotions because of her race, saying she failed to sh... (more story)

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EEOC Urges 11th Circ. To Restore Sex Harassment Verdict

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the Eleventh Circuit should reinstate a jury win for a female former host of a Georgia restaurant who claimed that managers failed to stop male co-workers'... (more story)

NFL's High Court Loss Is Lesson For Fair Employee Contracts

The NFL's failed bid at the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a former coach's racial discrimination claims via arbitration serves as a warning to businesses seeking to draft employment contracts with few options ... (more story)

West Point Prof. Wins Speech Injunction Over Approval Rule

A New York federal court has blocked West Point from requiring civilian faculty to get permission before using their school affiliation in external engagements involving their area of expertise, finding a civi... (more story)

Screening Co. Calls EEOC Subpoena Bid 'Fishing Expedition'

A candidate screening company urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to enforce subpoenas seeking information about preoffer assessments for sheriff's o... (more story)

Colo. Panel Questions Trial Court's Reading Of Wage Laws

The Colorado Court of Appeals appeared poised Wednesday to revive the retaliation claims of a former human services caseworker against the county department she had worked for, pushing back on a lower court's ... (more story)

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Justices' 'Last-Mile' Driver Ruling Leaves Open Questions

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that an arbitration exemption can cover delivery drivers, who complete the last leg of an interstate journey but themselves don't cross state lines or touch a vehicle t... (more story)

Boeing Says Workers Can't Earn Pay For Shuttle Wait Time

Boeing has asked a South Carolina federal court to toss a proposed class and collective action brought by workers who say the aerospace giant failed to pay them for time spent waiting for and riding shuttles b... (more story)

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DOL Won't Raise 2026 Penalties After Shutdown Data Gap

The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it will not increase its civil monetary penalties for 2026 because the federal government shutdown last fall kept the Bureau of Labor Statistics from publishing the ... (more story)

3rd Circ. Asks If Denny's Must Notify Servers Of Notification

The Third Circuit appeared startled Wednesday at the notion that the Fair Labor Standards Act requires employers to notify workers that they're required to notify them of various aspects of the wage law, as De... (more story)

Baseball Podcaster Sued By Ex-Producer Over Pay

Baseball podcaster Jared Carrabis and his production company were hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts on Wednesday by a former producer who says Carrabis used the end of a sponsorship deal to sto... (more story)

American Airlines Can't Duck Flight Attendants' OT Suit

An Illinois federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss a putative class action brought by flight attendants alleging American Airlines failed to properly compensate them for overtime work, saying the airline's a... (more story)

Healthcare Cos. Say 6th Circ. Ruling Bars Nurse's Wage Suit

Two healthcare companies urged a Tennessee federal court to reconsider its order allowing additional discovery in a nurse's proposed collective action, arguing that a recent Sixth Circuit ruling forecloses a t... (more story)