Amazon will likely appeal a National Labor Relations Board decision finding it unlawfully refused to bargain with a union that won a landmark representation election in New York, but experts said the company will face long odds in convincing a federal appeals court that the board wrongly certified the union.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's latest performance report underscored its dramatically realigned priorities, signaled an enhanced focus on securing settlements before filing suit, and promised a wider embrace of artificial intelligence and other new technologies in its work, experts said.
The Sixth Circuit will take up the question of when the workday begins and ends for call center employees working from home, after granting a quick appeal in a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action against two call center operators for third-party healthcare providers.