The Ninth Circuit defied U.S. Supreme Court precedent and opened a circuit split when it upheld a National Labor Relations Board order making Macy's rehire striking workers and dole out novel remedies covering workers' losses, the company argued Wednesday in a bid for the high court's review.
The debates over who qualifies for a transportation worker exemption to federal arbitration requirements and whether two steps should be used for collective action certification are some of the wage and hour issues employment law attorneys' minds as 2025 winds down. Here, Law360 explores five wage and hour legal questions that are developing.
The Sixth and Ninth circuits will consider the scope of a 2022 law barring mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment and assault claims, and the Fourth Circuit will review whether HIV-positive prospective service members can be blocked from joining the military. Here are five oral arguments that discrimination attorneys should keep tabs on in the coming month.