Union Foe's Review Call Could Ease Dues Cancellations

A push to undo a decades-old National Labor Relations Board precedent letting unions restrict workers from withholding dues under lapsed contracts could deal a blow to unions, though there are reasons to doubt the board’s urgency to revisit this policy.

Starbucks Settles Fla. AG's 'Race-Based Quota' DEI Claims

Starbucks Corp. has agreed not to use race- or sex-based goals in hiring and promoting its employees and to not "participate in any organizations that require increasing the racial diversity of its board of directors" as part of a settlement with Florida's attorney general, according to an announcement made Thursday.

5th Circ. Backs School District's Win In Ex-Admin's Bias Suit

The Fifth Circuit refused Thursday to revive a former Dallas school district administrator's suit alleging she was fired amid a purge of older white employees, concluding she couldn't overcome the district's explanation that she was fired for interfering with a child protective services investigation.

Expert Analysis

9th Circ. Ruling Raises Bar For Arbitration Pacts Via Email

Julia Jordan, Diane McGimsey and Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager

The Ninth Circuit's recent holding in Rickes v. Thermo Fisher that the mere delivery of an email doesn't establish... (more story)

9th Circ. Ruling Marks New Chapter In Risk Factor Tug-Of-War

Courtney Quirós, Susan Hurd and Lex Mayo

The Ninth Circuit's recent dismissal of a securities fraud class action against SunPower is the latest in a growin... (more story)

Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

Scott Diamond and Alexis Crump

The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes mor... (more story)

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Calif. Forecast: Aramark Wage Deal Before Court

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on final settlement approval in a wage and hour class action against Aramark Services Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matt... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears PwC Arbitration Bid In Bias Case

In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will hear PwC's arguments for reversing a lower court order that kept a former partner's discrimination and retaliation suit in court instead of sending it to arbitration.... (more story)

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NLRB Orders Nexstar To Bargain In Union Certification Row

Nexstar Media Corp. violated federal labor law by refusing to bargain with an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday, setting up the company to... (more story)

Kroger's NLRB Retreat Ends UFCW Push For Arbitration

Kroger has agreed to stop asking the National Labor Relations Board's Baltimore office to test whether a United Food & Commercial Workers local still has majority support at a Virginia Beach store, the local t... (more story)

7th Circ. Backs Concrete Co. In $23M Pension Exit Fight

The Seventh Circuit turned down a multiemployer pension fund's bid to reinstate a $23 million withdrawal liability bill against a concrete company, splitting Thursday with two other appellate courts on interpr... (more story)

UFCW Failed To Probe Firing Grievance, Ex-Port Worker Says

A former Port of Baltimore employee urged a Maryland federal judge to reject a United Food & Commercial Workers local's bid to escape his lawsuit challenging his termination, arguing that his amended complaint... (more story)

Tech Firm Violated Labor Law By Firing Engineer, NLRB Says

A Silicon Valley tech firm must rehire a worker it fired after he spoke up about a workplace policy change that he and his co-workers had concerns about, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, affirming an ... (more story)

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Mich. County Sheriff Can't Shake Ex-Aide's Harassment Suit

A Michigan county sheriff can't escape a former civilian employee's suit accusing him of sexually harassing her for years and then firing her after learning she had an audio recording of his alleged advances, ... (more story)

Ex-Manager Accuses USA Hockey Of Disability Discrimination

A former manager for USA Hockey Inc. alleged in Colorado federal court that the organization discriminated against him after he had been seriously injured in a car accident by revoking his disability work acco... (more story)

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EEOC Says Hospital Spurned Applicant Over Heart Condition

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit Thursday against a Maryland-based healthcare nonprofit and one of its acute care facilities, claiming they violated disability bias law by pulling a ... (more story)

Mich. School District Beats Former Worker's Race Bias Suit

A Michigan federal judge has tossed an employment discrimination suit brought by a Black former Eastpointe Community Schools worker who claimed the district repeatedly passed her over for promotions and later ... (more story)

Childcare Center Seeks To Ax Fired Director's Pregnancy Suit

A Colorado childcare center asked a federal court to dismiss a former director's pregnancy discrimination suit, arguing she failed to exhaust her legal remedies on several claims and that allegations concernin... (more story)

Jury Clears UNC Of Race Bias Against Black Grad Student

A federal jury has cleared the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of wrongdoing in a Black former graduate student's lawsuit alleging she was booted from her Ph.D. program because of her race after sh... (more story)

Tech Co., Nightclub Resolve EEOC Pregnancy Bias Probes

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it wrapped up investigations into allegations that a Reno, Nevada, electronics company and San Francisco strip club discriminated against pregnant employee... (more story)

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Staffing Co. Travel Time Suit Survives Challenge

A Kansas federal court has allowed hundreds of overnight travel workers to pursue a collective overtime claim against a staffing company over its policy of paying travel time only during normal business hours,... (more story)

Seyfarth Shaw Adds Veteran Employment Atty In Century City

Seyfarth Shaw announced on Wednesday it has hired the general counsel of The Mancini Foundation, a nonprofit focused on mental health awareness and advocacy, to join the firm's labor & employment practice in Los Angeles.

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Paralegal Says Fla. Injury Firm Fired Her Over OT Complaints

A Florida personal injury firm misclassified a paralegal and other workers as independent contractors, denied them overtime and fired the paralegal after she complained, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. 

'Shrinking' Crew Member Says Exec Producer Groped Her

A former crew member on the Apple TV+ show "Shrinking" has sued Warner Bros. Television and one of the series' executive producers in California state court, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after raisin... (more story)

Target Beats NY Warehouse Walking-Time Wage Suit

Target won't have to face a proposed class action accusing it of shorting warehouse workers for time spent walking to and from their time clocks, after a New York federal judge found Wednesday that state wage ... (more story)

Nike Worker Seeks Pay Records In Proposed Class Wage Suit

A Nike retail worker has asked a Washington federal court to order the company to produce pay and scheduling records for its entire workforce before a class certification fight, arguing Nike has no basis to wi... (more story)

Salon's Ex-Managers Say They Were Wrongly Denied OT Pay

Two former managers hit a private equity firm and one of its hair salon affiliates with a proposed class and Private Attorneys General Act suit in California state court, alleging managers were wrongly classif... (more story)