Trader Joe's Beats Fired Worker's Age Bias Suit At 1st Circ.

The First Circuit upheld the dismissal of an 80-year-old Trader Joe's employee's suit claiming she was fired from the grocery chain out of age bias, ruling Friday that she failed to show that bias drove the company's call to terminate her after she admitted to buying beer for her underage grandson.

What To Expect As 5th Circ. Mulls NLRB's Constitutionality

The Fifth Circuit will mull the National Labor Relations Board's constitutionality Monday during arguments in two overlapping appeals that ask whether federal labor law defies the president's powers and infringes on employers' rights. Here, Law360 takes a look at what to expect.

DOD Worker's Suit Over Forced Breath Alcohol Test Proceeds

The U.S. Department of Defense must face a school psychologist's lawsuit claiming his supervisor unlawfully forced him to take a breath alcohol test because of his history of alcoholism, with a D.C. federal judge rejecting the government's argument that the request didn't alter his employment conditions.

Expert Analysis

A Look At The Hefty Demands In Calif. Employer AI Draft Regs

Lily Li

California's draft regulations on artificial intelligence use in employment decisions show that the California Pri... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: November Lessons

Mitchell Engel

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

Federal Salary History Ban's Reach Is Limited

Margaret House

Though a newly effective Office of Personnel Management rule takes important steps by banning federal employers fr... (more story)

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FanDuel Dropped From Suit Over MLB Players' NIL Use

The Major League Baseball Players Association said Friday it's dropping FanDuel from a case over the alleged use of players' photos to promote sports gambling.

SEIU Wants To Join Fight To Make Dialysis Center Bargain

A SEIU affiliate wants to be involved in the legal effort to force a dialysis center operator to bargain with it, asking a California federal judge to let it intervene in a case in which National Labor Relatio... (more story)

A social services nonprofit hadn't shown that First Amendment and other constitutional claims could defeat a New York City labor law that requires contractors to negotiate with unions, a federal judge ruled. (iStock.com/mj0007)
Nonprofit Can't Topple NYC Labor Peace Law, Judge Says

A New York federal judge dismissed a social services nonprofit's fight against a New York City law requiring contractors to negotiate with unions, finding the organization hasn't shown that federal labor laws ... (more story)

Las Vegas HVAC Techs Cleared To Vote On UA Representation

A group of Las Vegas heating, ventilation and air conditioning service technicians can vote on representation by a United Association local later this month, a National Labor Relations Board official said.

MVP: McNicholas & McNicholas' Matthew McNicholas

This past year, Matthew McNicholas of McNicholas & McNicholas LLP secured a trio of multimillion-dollar verdicts on behalf of police officers who alleged they were mistreated by their departments, earning him ... (more story)

NLRB Prosecutors Ask For Bargaining Order In AAA Case

The AAA motor club unit covering the western U.S. should be forced to go back to the bargaining table with a Teamsters local and reinstate a fired union supporter, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors to... (more story)

UAW Local Defeats Black Worker's Race Bias Suit At 7th Circ.

The Seventh Circuit refused to reinstate a suit from a Black former General Motors worker who said a United Auto Workers local ignored a grievance he filed alleging that race bias cost him his job, saying he f... (more story)

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Ye's Ex-Construction Manager Latest To Sue For Misconduct

Ye has been hit with yet another employee lawsuit, this time from a former project manager alleging he was subjected to daily antisemitic tirades, forced to listen to the rapper have sex, and ultimately fired ... (more story)

Texas Court OKs Peloton Atty's Suit Against Ex-Coworker

A Texas appeals court won't toss a defamation suit accusing a former Peloton employee of falsely claiming to company executives and New Jersey police that she was bullied by her workplace acquaintance, an in-h... (more story)

Three religious groups are urging the Supreme Court to take up a former Stockton fire chief’s religious bias case, arguing that the Ninth Circuit's order tossing the suit could cause a slippery slope. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
Religious Orgs Back Fire Chief's High Court Bid In Bias Case

Three religious groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a fire chief's suit claiming he was fired from a California city because of his Christian beliefs, arguing the Ninth Circuit opened a pathway for ... (more story)

Colo. University To Pay $4.5M To Resolve Pay Bias Suit

The University of Colorado Boulder has agreed to pay $4.5 million to resolve a proposed class action claiming hundreds of female faculty members were owed back pay after the school raised their salaries withou... (more story)

GOP Sens. Decry 'Lack Of Urgency' On FDIC Misconduct

Six Republican senators wrote a letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Inspector General Jennifer L. Fain asking for a briefing on the FDIC's progress investigating claims of widespread misconduct at th... (more story)

Former ADA Notches Bias Win Against Georgia Prosecutor

A federal judge cast aside the "incredulous" defenses of a Georgia district attorney accused of denying a female attorney a promotion, finding her liable for sex discrimination after previously hitting the DA ... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Vision Care Co. Could Pay $3.5M In Wage Deal

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for the potential final approval of a nearly $3.5 million deal in a wage and hour class action involving entities operating a vision care health insurance company. He... (more story)

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DOL Floats New Restrictions On H-2B Employer Wage Surveys

The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday proposed a rule to further limit employers' use of privately commissioned wage surveys when seeking to hire temporary foreign workers through the H-2B visa program.

NYC Steakhouse's $252K Wage Deal Scores Final Approval

A federal judge signed off Friday on a $252,000 settlement between a New York City steakhouse and a class of workers alleging that it denied them adequate overtime pay under New York state law and the Fair Lab... (more story)

A panel at an ABA Labor and Employment Law Conference in Manhattan used such historical figures as Jonas Bronck, the Bronx's namesake, and Catherine Latimer, the New York Public Library's first Black librarian, in illustrating the fundamental principles that should guide wage and hour best practices. (iStock)
Calculating Wages Owed Is Tricky Endeavor, Experts Say

A panel Friday at the American Bar Association's annual Labor and Employment Law Conference in Manhattan used a cast of real New York personalities and historical figures to highlight for practitioners the imp... (more story)

UPS Hit With Worker Suit Over Lack Of Bathrooms

UPS was sued in a California state court for failing to provide drivers with adequate bathrooms, allegedly forcing workers to relieve themselves in water bottles with nowhere to wash their hands or throw out u... (more story)

Telehealth Cos. Misclassified Managers, Ex-Worker Says

Two telehealth companies misclassified account managers and client relations directors as overtime-exempt despite their job duties not qualifying for any of the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a... (more story)

Home Depot Failed To Pay For Security Checks, Workers Say

Home Depot required workers to submit to COVID-19 and security screenings at the start and end of each shift, procedures that could take nearly 30 minutes to complete, but refused to pay them for the time, two... (more story)

Time To Get 'Phone Ready' Not Paid, Call Center Agent Says

An Illinois-based call center required its agents to do pre-shift work without paying them, thereby violating federal and state wage laws, according to a new proposed collective and class action filed in federal court.