Expert Analysis

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)

3 New Pay Transparency State Laws Raise Compliance Risks

Wage transparency measures taking effect in Delaware, Maine and New Jersey add a layer of complexity to the hiring... (more story)

Vax Ruling Offers Employer Tips For Handling Political Speech

A California appeals court's recent decision in Rademacher v. ABC, rejecting a "General Hospital" actor's suit all... (more story)

Labor More

6th Circ. Won't Rethink Decision On Co.'s Union Snub

The Sixth Circuit won't revisit its decision upholding a finding that a Michigan builder violated federal labor law by ceasing to recognize and refusing to bargain with an established union.

Labor Panel Reverses Union Win In FAA COVID Leave Case

A Federal Labor Relations Authority panel has set aside an award finding that the Federal Aviation Administration violated a labor contract when it denied excused absence requests from three employees during t... (more story)

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Org. Asks NLRB To Nix Union Decertification Election Bars

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has asked the National Labor Relations Board to make it easier for employees to oust unions from their workplaces, arguing that board officials shouldn't bar... (more story)

Jackson Lewis Adds Gordon Rees Employment Trio In LA

Jackson Lewis PC has expanded its offerings in the Golden State with the addition of a trio of employment litigators from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.

What's Happening In Bankruptcy Court This Coming Week

Yellow Corp. will undergo a status conference regarding pension plan settlements, Warrior Technologies will vie for final approval of its bankruptcy financing, and plastic company Trinseo PLC will also seek de... (more story)

Unions Sues To Reinstate Photog Fired Over Live Shot Clash

A Communications Workers of America affiliate has asked an Ohio federal court to order a Cleveland television station to reinstate a photojournalist who was fired after physically moving a co-worker out of a l... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Workday Seeks To Narrow Hiring Bias Case

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on Workday's effort to sink claims in a proposed discrimination class action brought by job applicants. Here's a look at that case and other labor and em... (more story)

Discrimination More

Colo. State Prof Says Finance Dept. Fueled Anti-Male Bias

A Colorado State University professor claimed that several members of the school's finance and real estate department discriminated against him because he's a man and made unfounded allegations of harassment a... (more story)

Detroit Club Retaliation Trial Opens With Employee In Tears

A former Detroit Club bartender wept as his attorney told a Michigan federal jury on Friday that the club's owner threatened his safety, sobriety and real estate career after he spoke out about what he believe... (more story)

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Ex-Honeywell China GC Can't Bring US Bias Suit, Judge Says

Honeywell International Inc. defeated a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired the vice president and general counsel at a Chinese subsidiary because she turned 55, with a North Carolina federal judge saying her... (more story)

College Childcare Center Accused of Firing Pregnant Director

A childcare and learning center at Colorado State University terminated its director for attending medical appointments for her pregnancy, the former director alleged in Colorado federal court.

1st Circ. Says Student Comments Can't Buoy Prof's Bias Suit

The First Circuit refused to reopen a former Rhode Island university professor's lawsuit alleging she was fired because she was a cisgender white woman in her 50s, saying student complaints and criticisms of h... (more story)

NY Forecast: Energy Co. Worker's Age Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.

This week, the Second Circuit will hear arguments over whether to revive an energy company analyst's lawsuit alleging the company discriminated against her on the basis of her age by passing her over for promo... (more story)

Amazon Reaches Deal To End Workers' Genetic Privacy Suit

Amazon has agreed to end a lawsuit alleging that it violated Illinois genetic privacy law by seeking information about job applicants' family medical history, according to a federal court filing.

Wage & Hour More

Choice Hotels Worker Moves To Transfer Wage Suit To Md.

A former Choice Hotels worker has asked a Washington federal court to move her nationwide wage claims to Maryland, arguing the hospitality giant's headquarters there makes it a more appropriate venue for her c... (more story)

JAMS Chief Executive Says Mass Arbitrations On The Rise

Mediation giant JAMS says it has seen a major upswing in mass arbitrations in employment and other contexts, as plaintiff-side firms develop new ways of responding to language requiring out-of-court dispute re... (more story)

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NYPD To Pay $2.9M To End Maintenance Workers' OT Suit

Current and former hourly workers at the NYPD's building maintenance unit have reached a nearly $3 million settlement in New York federal court over claims that the city failed to pay them for preshift prepara... (more story)

Prison Phone Co. Hit With NY Wage Suit By Technicians

Three field service technicians who installed and maintained telecommunications systems in New York jails, prisons and hospitals have sued an inmate communications company in Manhattan federal court, claiming ... (more story)

Workers Hit Chiron Financial With Unpaid Wage Suit

Chiron Financial didn't pay 17 of its workers when it was having money trouble, a proposed class action in Texas federal court alleges, seeking to recoup the money that the workers say they're owed.

Amazon Can't Escape Warehouse Workers' Holiday Pay Suit

Amazon has failed to persuade a New Mexico federal judge to toss overtime claims brought by two warehouse workers who said the company shortchanged them by excluding holiday incentive pay from their regular rate calculations.

Winston & Strawn Employment Partner Joins Davis Wright

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP announced Thursday that an experienced employment attorney has joined the firm's Los Angeles office after a lengthy stint with Winston & Strawn LLP.