Expert Analysis

Trending Legal Implications Of Employee Influencer Programs

Employee-generated content is rapidly becoming a popular marketing strategy, as illustrated by Starbucks' new TikT... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Shifting Workplace Violence Responses

Amid recent threats of violence against artificial intelligence company executives and Jewish-owned businesses, em... (more story)

Limiting Employer Risk If Calif. Case Upends Time Rounding

The California Supreme Court's holdings in recent years suggest that it may tighten the rules for — or even elimin... (more story)

Labor More

NLRB Accused Of Botching Analysis In Unlawful Firing Case

A Detroit water infrastructure company has asked the National Labor Relations Board to reconsider its July decision that the company unlawfully fired a striker, saying the board didn't explain why a violation ... (more story)

USPTO Says Patent Atty's Suit Shouldn't Stop Discipline Case

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has said an Ohio federal court shouldn't pause professional discipline proceedings against an attorney while he sues the agency, saying he's likely to fail with his suit ch... (more story)

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NLRB Won't Let Starbucks Shed Union Bargaining Claims

The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday rejected Starbucks' appeal of an order denying a board prosecutor's bid to withdraw claims that the company unlawfully changed its policies without bargaining wi... (more story)

Teamsters Accuse Amazon Of WARN Act Violation Pattern

Amazon and its delivery subcontractors abruptly cut ties with nearly 1,400 delivery drivers in New York state between 2023 and 2025, the Teamsters alleged in a letter to state regulators, urging them to invest... (more story)

Spirit Flight Attendants Object To Google Data Sale

The union representing Spirit Aviation's flight attendants has asked a New York bankruptcy judge to reject the bankrupt airline's request to sell its internal data to Google for artificial intelligence trainin... (more story)

4th Circ. Ends Immigration Judges' Free Speech Suit

The Fourth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed that a district court lacked authority to hear a suit from an immigration judges' union challenging a policy barring judges from speaking publicly about immigration wit... (more story)

Feds Urge Wash. Court To Back Axing Dam Workers' CBA

The Trump administration urged a Washington federal court to deny a labor union's bid to block the government from terminating a collective bargaining agreement covering hydropower dam workers, arguing that ap... (more story)

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Asurion Fired Manager Over Bias Report, Anxiety, Suit Says

A technology insurance company fired a Black manager whom it had recognized as "one of the strongest salespeople in the country" after she took medical leave to deal with anxiety exacerbated by alleged retalia... (more story)

Ex-Sheriff's Workers Urge Court Not To Toss Retaliation Suit

Former employees of a Colorado county's sheriff's office urged a federal judge not to toss their lawsuit claiming the county fired and criminally prosecuted them for raising concerns about misconduct by the sh... (more story)

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Car Dealer Ousted Workers For Bias Complaints, EEOC Says

A Wisconsin car dealership groundlessly disciplined and forced out employees who complained about a sales manager who made racist comments and assaulted a Black employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ... (more story)

Medtronic, Former Exec Settle Whistleblower Retaliation Suit

A Colorado state judge tossed a whistleblower lawsuit against Medtronic Inc., granting a dismissal bid from the company and a former executive after they reached an undisclosed settlement.

NJ Justices Bar Abuse Claims Against Nat'l Boys & Girls Club

The New Jersey Supreme Court held Wednesday that the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America can't face litigation in the state over decades‑old abuse allegations at a Jersey City affiliate, finding the claims ... (more story)

Atty, Ex-Mentor Settle After Harassment, Bias Suit Dismissed

An attorney whose sexual harassment and employment discrimination suit against her former mentor was thrown out last month for repeated discovery violations has reached a settlement resolving the remaining cla... (more story)

Rulings Sinking Class Claims A 'Disservice,' EEOC Dem Says

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's sole Democratic commissioner denounced a trio of recent agency decisions striking classes of federal employees who brought bias claims, saying the decisions s... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Scribd To Pay $3M To End Wash. Wage Scale Class Action

Document hosting service Scribd Inc. will pay $3 million to resolve a class action accusing the tech company of violating Washington state law by failing to include pay information on job postings, according t... (more story)

Rutgers RAs Sue University Over Unpaid Minimum, OT Wages

A former Rutgers University resident assistant sued the school in New Jersey federal court Wednesday, alleging the university treats dormitory supervisors as free labor, compensating them primarily with housin... (more story)

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5th Circ. Backs Class Cert. In Hospital Meal Break Suit

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld class certification for psychiatric hospital staff who say they were effectively on call during unpaid meal breaks, rejecting the hospital's bid to unwind the class while ... (more story)

Burlington Accused Of Requiring Work During Unpaid Breaks

Three Burlington Coat Factory current and former employees hit the off-price retailer with proposed nationwide collective and class claims alleging workers were routinely required to perform unpaid work on pur... (more story)

Deloitte Can't Shake Leave Bias Suit From Ex-Manager

A California federal court has refused to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Deloitte Consulting LLP of penalizing employees through a performance evaluation system that shortchanges the compensation of ... (more story)

Prison Phone Co. Says Techs Aren't Owed Public Works Pay

A prison phone service provider told a New York federal judge that three field service technicians who installed and maintained telecommunications systems in hospitals and prisons did not agree to a "public wo... (more story)

Bloomberg Campaign, Workers Defend $6M Settlement Notice

Attorneys for workers and Mike Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign urged a New York federal judge to let notice of a proposed $6 million overtime settlement move forward, saying another attorney's challenge... (more story)