Expert Analysis

What To Know If DOL Raises Overtime Salary Floor

With the U.S. Department of Labor recently rescinding a 2024 rule that increased the minimum salary for the Fair L... (more story)

Pregnancy Bias Suits Highlight EEOC's Expanding Reach

Recent U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suits show that enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act... (more story)

Immigration Ruling Maps Alternative To Universal Injunctions

A Rhode Island federal court's decision in Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island v. USCIS vacating polici... (more story)

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Software Co. Seeks Rehearing In NLRB Remedy Ruling

A Vermont software company urged the D.C. Circuit on Friday to rethink its decision finding that the company illegally fired an employee for creating a spreadsheet for coworkers to share their salaries, arguin... (more story)

CFPB, Union Seek Pause On Review Of Layoff Plan

The Trump administration and a federal labor union that represents staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have jointly asked a D.C. federal court to pause weighing a response to the administratio... (more story)

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Union Can't Force Ex-Aides Into Arbitration, 2nd Circ. Says

A union cannot automatically bind former New York City home health aides to mandatory arbitration through an agreement signed after they left their jobs, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, allowing 17 former wor... (more story)

Trader Joe's Union Wins Chicago Election After 2 Years

Trader Joe's United has narrowly won an election to represent workers at a Chicago store after the National Labor Relations Board resolved a ballot dispute more than two years after workers cast their votes. 

NLRB Official Sets Vote To Oust Union At Wash. Fabricator

Technicians and specialists at a Washington fabrication company may vote on whether they'd like to oust their union, a National Labor Relations Board official has held, scheduling a decertification election at... (more story)

Trader Joe's Must Turn Over Boss' Statement In Union Row

A National Labor Relations Board judge has ordered Trader Joe's to turn over a manager's statement about organizing at a Manhattan store, rejecting the grocer's claim that its general counsel asked for the statement.

Brooklyn Legal Aid Provider's Union Sets Strike Deadline

The union for the Brooklyn Defender Services has voted to authorize a strike if it doesn't reach an agreement with managers by the morning of July 16.

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Judge Shields Anti-Abortion Groups From New Mich. Bias Law

A federal judge ruled Friday that two anti-abortion organizations do not have to comply with a Michigan law that prevents employers from discriminating against workers who have had an abortion, stating they're... (more story)

Haitian Meatpackers Urge Court To Keep JBS Bias Suit Alive

A group of Haitians who worked at Colorado meatpacking companies urged a federal court Friday to disregard JBS USA Food and Swift Beef's objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the companies' ... (more story)

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Ex-Reed Smith Atty Fights Pausing Bias Suit Amid Appeal

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney on Thursday pushed back on the firm's bid to stay her gender discrimination suit against it while the attorney's appeal of the scope of the damages in the suit plays out.

11th Circ. Refers Atty For Discipline Over Suspected AI Entries

The Eleventh Circuit on Friday referred an attorney for potential discipline over a brief he filed in a client's retaliation lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections, ruling that the attorney fail... (more story)

Ex-Biomedical Worker Axed For Not Altering Data, Suit Says

A former regulatory affairs specialist for biomedical company Vitara has alleged in New Jersey state court that she was fired in retaliation for refusing to manipulate data in the company's bid to perform the ... (more story)

Meet The Solo Employment Atty Who Is New DC Bar President

Diane Seltzer won last year's race to lead the District of Columbia Bar in an election with unprecedented member participation. Now that she's starting her term as president of the organization, Seltzer wants ... (more story)

Paralegal Drops ADA Bias Suit Against Former Firm

A former paralegal who alleged a law firm fired her the day after she disclosed her cancer had recurred has voluntarily dismissed her disability discrimination lawsuit against the firm, a North Carolina federa... (more story)

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Trucking Co. Drivers Can Notify Others Of Wage Collective

An Illinois federal judge ruled Friday that delivery drivers can notify a nationwide group of current and former drivers of their right to join a wage suit against a freight company, finding the drivers raised... (more story)

NJ Sushi Restaurant Seeks To Ax Wage Suit Fraud Claims

A sushi restaurant and others urged a New Jersey federal court Thursday to dismiss seven claims accusing them of shifting assets to frustrate a server's wage suit, saying the allegations rely on family ties, t... (more story)

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DOJ Defends Nurse Wage-Fixing Conviction At 9th Circ.

The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Ninth Circuit panel to reject a Las Vegas home nursing executive's appeal of its first-ever criminal wage-fixing conviction, defending its trial characterization of a len... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Alaska Airlines Seeks Sick Leave Suit Ruling

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a proposed wage and hour class action against Alaska Airlines. Here's a look at that case and other labor an... (more story)

NY Forecast: Home Care Co. Urges Early Appeal In Wage Suit

This week, a New York federal judge will consider whether to certify for appeal a May decision that allowed home care workers to proceed with a proposed class and collective action against a company, in part s... (more story)

Southwest Airlines Accused Of Shorting Wash. Workers' Pay

Southwest Airlines Co. regularly underpaid its workers in Washington state and denied them legally mandated meal and rest breaks, according to a former employee's proposed class action against the Texas-based carrier.

Wash. Justices Nix Live-In Caregiver Wage Exemption

Adult family homes in Washington cannot use a state minimum wage exemption to deny wage-and-hour protections to caregivers who live where they work, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, holding the car... (more story)