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NLRB Seeks To Permanently Block Calif. Fill-In Law

The National Labor Relations Board urged a California federal court to bar a state law allowing the state labor board to perform certain duties if the national board cannot, arguing that recent decisions in other cases "confirmed" the court should find the law is preempted.

House Committee Wants DOL IG To Widen Info-Sharing Probe

Top House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans urged the U.S. Department of Labor's watchdog Wednesday to expand its review of information-sharing arrangements with outside groups, asking whether three additional agencies improperly disclosed confidential investigative material during the Biden administration.

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NLRB Top Cop Announces 13 Precedents She Hopes To Shift

The National Labor Relations Board's top prosecutor on Wednesday released the shortlist of precedents she has urged the board to revisit or intends to but stopped short of directing regional staff members to send her cases raising these issues so she can use them as vehicles for change.

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NLRB Ruling Highlights Risk From Employee Handbook Test

Daniel Johns

A National Labor Relations Board judge's recent decision to strike down a workplace rule that only theoretically i... (more story)

ERC Filing Deadlines Raise Tax Adviser Liability Risk

Michael Williams

To minimize their risk, employee retention credit providers and tax advisers should understand that agreements to ... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons

Mitchell Engel

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses seven recent rulings from ... (more story)

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NLRB Official Says Talks Ended Contract Bar At Security Co.

A National Labor Relations Board official has set a union representation election for workers at a security contractor, saying an existing labor contract with a competing union did not block the vote because n... (more story)

NLRB Clears Northeastern In Police Union Bargaining Case

The National Labor Relations Board has held that Northeastern University did not violate federal labor law by refusing to bargain with a campus police union, vacating a 2024 board decision after the First Circ... (more story)

Mass. Casino Urges DC Circ. To Vacate Union Election Win

A casino in Springfield, Massachusetts, is challenging its card dealers' unionization, arguing that the D.C. Circuit should nix the results of a 2024 UNITE HERE representation election because of the conduct o... (more story)

NYC In Spotlight Of Teamsters Latest Amazon Push

New York has become the focal point of the Teamsters' efforts to organize drivers who deliver Amazon packages under third-party contracts, an emphasis on state-level advocacy that experts said could be a path ... (more story)

Utah Trombonist Says Union Aided In His Firing

A musicians union local sent statements to the Utah Symphony and Opera demanding that a tenured trombone musician be discharged and failed to properly represent him when he challenged his subsequent suspension... (more story)

7th Circ. Holds High Court Ruling Supports Ark. PBM Rule

The Seventh Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a union fund's challenge to an Arkansas rule making health plans disclose pharmacy compensation and pay fees, backing a lower court's holding that the rule was i... (more story)

Feds Aim To Give Employers Clarity On Wellness Programs

The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies on Wednesday issued guidance on employer wellness programs that permit fees on workers' health premiums for things like tobacco use, which the agencies s... (more story)

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Home Care Co. To Pay $60K In EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

A home healthcare provider has agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business's male owner made sexual comments to staff and groped them without reco... (more story)

Engineer Hits RTX With Age, Disability Bias Suit Over Ouster

A former senior engineer for defense contractor RTX Corp. in Massachusetts says he was sidelined and then set up for termination after he disclosed he suffered from attention deficit disorder and later request... (more story)

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Marketing Co. Rejected Pregnant Job Applicant, EEOC Says

The American arm of Tokyo-based marketing giant Dentsu declined to hire a female job applicant because she was pregnant, according to a new suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against t... (more story)

Blake Lively's 'Blunderbuss' $8M Atty Fee Bid Nets $407K

A New York federal judge Wednesday awarded Blake Lively $407,452 in attorney fees and court costs in her defamation dispute with her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni, significantly less than the $8 mil... (more story)

Miami Politicians Must Face Ex-Top Cop's 1st Amendment Suit

Three former Miami city commissioners aren't shielded by the doctrine of qualified immunity from a fired police chief's First Amendment lawsuit, but the former city manager is, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wedne... (more story)

Co-Workers Speaking Spanish Can't Sustain Bias Claim

A housing manufacturer defeated a white former manager's lawsuit alleging he was fired for complaining that he was treated differently compared to his Hispanic co-workers, with a Texas federal judge ruling col... (more story)

Alaska Airlines Beats Bias Suit Tied To TikTok Video On Plane

A California federal judge tossed a biracial former flight attendant's suit claiming Alaska Airlines fired her out of racial prejudice for posting a TikTok video of her dancing in uniform to an explicit song, ... (more story)

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NY-Presbyterian Says Workers' Wage Claims Don't Add Up

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has urged a federal judge to toss an amended proposed class and collective action over wages, arguing the new allegations brought by two workers still cannot support overtime clai... (more story)

Security Co. Liable For Failing To Pay Worker OT, Court Finds

A New York federal court has found a security installation company liable for failing to pay a former technician overtime under federal and state wage law, ruling that the company's own admissions established ... (more story)

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Bio Co. Tells 9th Circ. Private FLSA Deals Are Valid

A biotechnology company urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm the dismissal of a former employee's overtime claims, arguing that nothing in the text of the Fair Labor Standards Act or U.S. Supreme Court precedent ... (more story)

NY Lawyer's Wage, Bias Suit Tossed Over Venue

A New York federal judge has tossed an attorney's wage and hour and race discrimination suit against Oklahoma-based Arnold & Smith Law, finding that the Eastern District of New York was the wrong venue because... (more story)

O'Reilly Worker Says Auto Retailer Shorted Breaks, Sick Pay

A retail worker for an O'Reilly Auto Parts subsidiary has accused the company of failing to pay Washington state employees for missed meal breaks and post-shift work, part of an alleged systematic practice of ... (more story)

'A Bad Argument': Southwest's Filing In FMLA Suit Irks Judge

A California federal judge on Wednesday criticized counsel representing Southwest Airlines in a certified employment class action for filing an untimely and overbroad motion, saying Southwest's attorney was ma... (more story)

Court Rules DOL's H-2A Farmworker Wage Rule Unlawful

A California federal court found unlawful a U.S. Department of Labor rule overhauling minimum wage rate calculations for H-2A temporary agricultural workers, ruling four rule components were arbitrary and capr... (more story)