Expert Analysis

Employer Tips As Deepfakes Reshape Workplace Harassment

As the workplace harassment landscape faces the rising threat of fabricated media that hyperrealistically depict e... (more story)

FMLA Expansion Sees State Progress Despite Federal Barriers

Recent legislative efforts to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act reflect workers' growing demand for work-lif... (more story)

How To Balance AI Adoption With Employee Privacy Risks

As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, organizations must learn to leverage AI's capabilities while ... (more story)

Labor More

Airline Asks 7th Circ. To Uphold Win In Union Arbitrability Row

An Indiana federal judge correctly ruled that a court, not an arbitrator, should have decided whether a policy dispute between Republic Airways and a Teamsters local was arbitrable, the regional airline told t... (more story)

Boston U. Beats Ex-Worker's Suit Over Sex Harassment Probe

Boston University defeated a former maintenance employee's lawsuit alleging the school bungled its investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against him, with a Massachusetts federal judge ruling the wo... (more story)

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Dispensary Workers Who Ousted Union Can't Have New Vote

Workers at a Salt Lake City cannabis dispensary can't vote on representation by a Teamsters local, a National Labor Relations Board regional director determined, saying federal labor law blocks an election wit... (more story)

HELP Sets Hearing On NLRB GC, EEOC Member Noms

President Donald Trump's picks to be the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and fill a vacancy on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will face their first test next week at a U... (more story)

Plan Administrator Seeks To Toss Union's Pension Error Suit

A benefit plan administration company said it shouldn't have to face a lawsuit claiming a union pension fund paid $2.4 million in interest because the administrator paid benefits on the wrong day of the month,... (more story)

NYC Homelessness Nonprofit Denied NLRB Injunction Hearing

A New York City nonprofit that operates youth homeless shelters was denied its request for discovery and a hearing as part of an injunction bid it faces from the National Labor Relations Board, a federal judge... (more story)

Chicago Nabs Early Win In City Workers' Genetic Bias Suit

The city of Chicago defeated allegations that the genetic information of two employees was taken when their spouses took part in a wellness program, with an Illinois federal judge finding that evidence does no... (more story)

Discrimination More

Red Cross Vax Refuser Decries Firing Over Religious Beliefs

A former nurse for the American Red Cross suffered physically and economically after she was fired from the organization for not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, counsel for the nurse told a Detroit federal jur... (more story)

T-Mobile Tanks DEI Policies To Meet FCC Chair's Goal

T-Mobile says it will shut down diversity, equity and inclusion programs to align with goals of the Federal Communications Commission's chair as the carrier seeks regulatory approval of two major wireless and fiber deals.

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3rd Circ. Probes 'Disruption' By Alt-Right Ex-Prof's Speech

A Third Circuit panel pressed the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Wednesday to show that what it called racist off-campus comments by a professor had caused such a disruption that it had to fire him, wit... (more story)

DOL Watchdog Seeks Form Update To Match Trump Order

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs intends to modify its bias complaint form to reflect the Trump administration's rescission of a longstanding legal authority used to prevent federal contracto... (more story)

Fired Male VA Counselor Secures Trial In Sex Bias Suit

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs can't escape a male ex-counselor's sex bias suit claiming his boss declined to promote him because he wanted the job to go to a woman, a Texas federal judge said, ruling... (more story)

Top Dems Press EEOC On 'Shakedown' Of Major Law Firms

Top congressional Democrats are once again seeking information on the Trump administration's "shakedown" of major law firms over their past work and clients.

Macy's Says McLaughlin Ruling Backs Axing DOL's ERISA Suit

Macy's has once again asked an Ohio federal judge to slash a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit claiming the retail company discriminated against tobacco users by charging them an extra fee through its health in... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

NY Judge Agrees To Toss Translation Co.'s Defense In OT Row

A New York federal judge on Wednesday agreed to ax TransPerfect's federal wage law defense in a class action accusing it of not paying overtime, agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that state law has... (more story)

Walgreens Judge OKs $950K Uniform Policy Deal On 2nd Try

More than 12,000 Walgreens employees have received preliminary approval of a $950,000 class action settlement over claims of unreimbursed uniform expenses, after a California federal judge said the parties had... (more story)

California Court Allows Worker To Pursue 'Headless' PAGA Suit

A California appeals court panel held Monday that a worker who dismissed his individual claims against his former employer for civil penalties under California's Private Attorneys General Act can still pursue ... (more story)

US Chamber Backs Anheuser-Busch's 4th Circ. Class Fight

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed Anheuser-Busch LLC's bid to flip a Virginia federal court's decision granting class certification to workers alleging the brewing giant failed to pay for mandatory pre- and ... (more story)

Call Center Worker Says Security Co. Fails To Pay All Wages

A security camera company improperly calculates call center workers' overtime wages and fails to pay them for work they perform before they are officially clocked in, according to a proposed class and collecti... (more story)

7th Circ. Asks Ill. Justices To Mull Amazon COVID Pay Fight

The Seventh Circuit shipped to the Illinois Supreme Court a suit accusing Amazon of not paying workers for time spent in COVID-19 screenings, asking the state justices to sort out whether state law incorporate... (more story)

Popeyes Franchises' $400K Wage Deal Gets Initial Nod

Several Popeyes franchises agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve a class action accusing them of paying workers only their regular hourly wage even when their hours exceeded 40 per week, according to a filing in N... (more story)