Expert Analysis

Recent Rulings Show When PIPs Lead To Employer Liability

Performance improvement plans may have earned their reputation as the last stop before termination, and while a PI... (more story)

Legal Guardrails For AI Tools In The Hiring Process

Although artificial intelligence can help close the gaps that bad actors exploit in modern recruiting, its precisi... (more story)

A Look At State AGs' Focus On Earned Wage Products

Earned wage products have emerged as a rapidly growing segment of the consumer finance market, but recent state en... (more story)

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Teamsters, Airline Settle Arbitration Fight On Appeal

Republic Airways and an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local unit have resolved their legal differences over an arbitration award the airline challenged in federal court, removing the local's bid to re... (more story)

Starbucks Union's Open-Ended Strike Starts At 65 Cafes

Baristas at 65 Starbucks cafes in 13 states walked off the job Thursday on the first day of an open-ended strike their union says will expand if Starbucks does not offer more pay and hours and take steps to re... (more story)

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NYC Bill To Make Amazon Hire Drivers Building Support

A Teamsters-backed bill that would block Amazon from using third parties to deliver its packages in New York City may move forward after winning the support of a veto-proof supermajority of New York City Council members.

Fired Immigration Judges Share Concerns As Cases Pile Up

Fired immigration judges spoke on Thursday about their "crushing" backlog of cases, a buildup exacerbated by the Trump administration's elimination of their colleagues' positions.

MVP: Duane Morris' Jennifer A. Riley

Jennifer A. Riley of Duane Morris LLP helped Geico defeat conditional certification in a nationwide collective action, defended an industrial staffing company from California state law claims and helped severa... (more story)

Barnard Fights Rehiring Dorm Worker Accused Of Harassment

Barnard College should not have to reinstate the night-shift dorm attendant it fired after receiving a complaint that he pressured an Orthodox Jewish student to hug him, the college told a New York federal cou... (more story)

Union Doesn't Qualify For Casino Picket TRO, Court Says

A Teamsters local doesn't qualify for a temporary restraining order allowing it to resume picketing outside a Caesars-owned casino, an Indiana federal judge ruled, saying the union hasn't proved that its desir... (more story)

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Transgender Troops Sue Air Force Over Lost Retirement Pay

Seventeen transgender service members are accusing the U.S. Air Force of unlawfully rescinding their retirement orders following President Donald Trump's executive order barring transgender people in the milit... (more story)

Housing Authority Pans 'Confusing' Bid To Revive Bias Claims

The public housing authority in Charlotte, North Carolina, has called a former coordinator's attempt to revive long-dismissed claims in her hostile work environment case that already went to trial "confusing" ... (more story)

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Chicken Chain's $300K Deal Ends EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

A chicken restaurant chain agreed to shell out $300,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming that higher-ups sat idly by while a shift manager sexually harassed female employees,... (more story)

AutoZone Settles Employee's FMLA Retaliation Dispute

AutoZone has settled a Massachusetts employee's lawsuit claiming he was demoted because he took medical leave to deal with stress exacerbated by a supervisor's ageist comments, according to a federal court filing.

Harvard Manager Told Ill Worker To 'Meditate,' Suit Says

A former audiovisual department employee at Harvard University says a supervisor responded to her request for accommodation during an illness by increasing her workload and advising her to "meditate," then fir... (more story)

Refugee Aid Org Seeks Enforcement Of First Amendment Deal

A Christian nonprofit urged a federal judge on Tuesday to force Michigan labor departments to follow through on a settlement to resolve the organization's claims that the state forced it to hire non-Christians... (more story)

LGBTQ+ Group Rips 'Startling' EEOC Claims In Trans Case

An LGBTQ+ advocacy group urged a Maryland federal judge to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's "startling arguments" that the court can't interfere with its decision to stop investigating... (more story)

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Wash. AG Introduces Unit To Fight For Worker Protections

Workers in Washington state could now turn to a new unit that will focus on enforcing protections and tackling wage theft, the state's attorney general announced Thursday, citing "a systematic dismantling of t... (more story)

Ohio EMT Co. Miscalculated OT, Deducted Pay, Suit Says

An emergency medical transport company operating in Ohio and West Virginia flubbed overtime calculations, deducted wages to cover required training costs and zeroed out final paychecks, a former employee has a... (more story)

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Hawaii Justices To Weigh In On Waldorf Resort Wage Case

The Hawaii Supreme Court will sort out whether a per-week or a per-hour unit should apply in the determining of compliance and damages under the state's minimum wage law, a federal court said in a case accusin... (more story)

IHOP Franchise Owner Accused Of Wage Theft In Colo. Suit

A former IHOP employee sued the owner of several IHOP franchises in Colorado state court on Monday, saying an a proposed class action it illegally required employees to distribute tips to assistant managers an... (more story)

Fighters Say UFC Withheld Arbitration Evidence In Wage Suit

Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters suing the mixed martial arts organization for wage suppression are accusing it in Nevada federal court of withholding a large amount of evidence key to the UFC's bid to ... (more story)

Wage Rule Inapplicable To 'Plug And Play' Work, Panel Told

A New Jersey utility systems installer told a state appellate panel Wednesday that its subcontracted cell tower work — limited to plugging in pre-terminated fiber optic cables — was wrongly categorized under t... (more story)

Apple Faces Garnishment Bid In $1.6M Wage Suit Judgment

Workers seeking to pocket a $1.6 million judgment in their wage and hour case against an Apple-affiliated repair company asked a North Carolina federal court to garnish Apple's contract payments, saying that t... (more story)