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How PAGA Proposal Could Expand Calif. Labor Agency's Role

The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency's recently proposed regulations governing the Private Attorn... (more story)

4 Emerging Limits Of Employer Mental Health Notice Defense

A California appeals court's recent decision in Husband v. Target, addressing when an employer knows about an empl... (more story)

Using Past Tech Transitions As A Lens For Calif. Worker AI Bill

Examining previous workplace automation battles reveals the goals of a California bill that would impose obligatio... (more story)

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3rd Circ. Rejects Ex-Union President's Speedy-Trial Fight

A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday said a former union president convicted of embezzlement alongside former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty was not denied... (more story)

NLRB Protections Can't Be Severed, Lighting Co. Says

A lighting company asked a Texas federal court for a quick win in its suit challenging the removal protections of National Labor Relations Board members and administrative law judges, arguing that the board's ... (more story)

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NLRB Dings A-B Arbitration Enforcement After Court Remand

Anheuser-Busch violated federal labor law by trying to make a fired worker arbitrate his race bias claim in conflict with his collective bargaining agreement, the National Labor Relations Board said in a rever... (more story)

IRS Can't Force Removal Of Union Flyers, Union Says

An IRS directive issued last month ordering the removal of flyers and other materials promoting the National Treasury Employees Union is a "textbook example" of First Amendment violations, the NTEU told a Dist... (more story)

First Responders Say Atlantic City Fails To Pay Full OT

Cops and firefighters in Atlantic City, New Jersey, routinely work over 40 hours per week without full overtime compensation, a pair of proposed class actions in New Jersey state court allege.

Wells Fargo, Ocwen Lose 2nd Circ. Rehearing In ERISA Suit

The Second Circuit rejected a request for rehearing by Wells Fargo and Ocwen, which asked the court to reconsider its decision to revive a federal benefits lawsuit accusing them of mishandling home loans tied ... (more story)

NLRB Prosecutor Pushes To Cut Claim In Starbucks Case

A National Labor Relations Board prosecutor urged the board to overturn an order denying his bid to withdraw a claim that Starbucks unlawfully changed its policies without first bargaining with Starbucks Worke... (more story)

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Ex-Reed Smith Atty Seeks Appellate Review Of Bias Damages

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination urged a state appeals court Tuesday to grant her bid to appeal a ruling on her available damages, arguing that the appeal is necessary ... (more story)

Staffing Cos. Say EEOC Suit Lacks Evidence Of Race Bias

A trio of staffing companies urged a Tennessee federal court to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they wouldn't hire Black workers upon clients' requests, arguing that despite d... (more story)

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DC, Fired ALJ Reach Settlement In Race Bias Suit

The District of Columbia agreed to resolve a Black former administrative law judge's lawsuit alleging she was passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified white colleagues, according to a Monday filin... (more story)

6th Circ. Revives Superintendent's Suit Over Forced Leave

The Sixth Circuit reopened a Michigan school superintendent's lawsuit alleging she was subjected to a sham misconduct investigation and involuntarily placed on leave because she's a woman who made unpopular de... (more story)

EEOC Backs Negligence Standard For 3rd-Party Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Second Circuit that a lower court was wrong to toss an ex-travel plaza worker's sex harassment suit, stating that just because the business didn't empl... (more story)

Workday Position In AI Bias Suit May Boomerang, Judge Says

A California federal judge pushed back Monday against Workday's "odd" claim that the state's civil rights laws don't apply in job bias litigation over its artificial intelligence tools, saying the California-b... (more story)

Univ. Of Washington Beats Medical Prof's Bias Suit At Trial

Jurors have cleared the University of Washington's medical school of liability in an anesthesiology professor's lawsuit alleging that she was unfairly ousted from a director role after complaining of discrimin... (more story)

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Serv-U-Success Hit With FLSA Overtime Pay Suit

A former assistant manager at a retail company filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court accusing Thrifty Retail Services Logistics LLC, doing business as Serv-U-Success, of failing to prope... (more story)

Remote Workers Tell 6th Circ. Boot-Up Time Compensable

Remote call center workers handling inbound patient calls from home have argued before a Sixth Circuit panel that their employer failed to pay them in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for pre-shift... (more story)

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5th Circ. Rules Oilfield Driller's Hybrid Pay Bars OT Claims

An oilfield driller who received a fixed salary alongside variable day rates was paid on a salary basis and therefore was exempt from federal overtime requirements, the Fifth Circuit held, reversing a lower co... (more story)

Healthcare Plan Cos. Will Pay $38.7M To End Overtime Suit

Two affiliated companies that administer health plan benefits will pay $38.7 million to resolve a class and collective action from current and former healthcare workers who alleged they were misclassified as e... (more story)

Whirlpool Didn't Pay For PPE Donning Time, Workers Say

Whirlpool Corp.'s hourly nonexempt production and manufacturing employees weren't paid for time spent donning personal protective equipment like safety glasses and earplugs before their scheduled shift times b... (more story)

4th Circ. Nixes Class In Anheuser-Busch OT Suit

The Fourth Circuit on Monday vacated an order certifying a class of Anheuser-Busch employees in a lawsuit alleging the brewing giant failed to pay the workers for pre- and post-shift work, finding that the cla... (more story)

Amazon Workers In Colo. Seek Cert. In COVID Screening Suit

Roughly 13,000 current and former hourly Amazon employees at its Colorado fulfillment centers who underwent mandatory pre-shift COVID-19 screenings and post-shift exit security screenings without pay asked a f... (more story)