The National Labor Relations Board has lost nearly 200 jobs since President Donald Trump's inauguration last year, a dramatic decline at an agency that has hemorrhaged employees over the last several years.
A Philadelphia legal services organization secured court approval Friday for a $240,000 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired a staff attorney who was on leave for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts should not use a heightened evidence standard for Fair Labor Standards Act exemption disputes, the holding is turning up in other types of cases, even if its impact is somewhat limited, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores the ruling and how it has played out.