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July 31, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has declined to consolidate two collective wage actions against DaVita Inc., saying she is skeptical of a former nurse's arguments that the parallel cases would create extra expenses for the parties, and the judge is reluctant to halt one case to wait for the other to catch up.
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July 31, 2024
A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would overhaul civil rights law and eliminate the tipped minimum wage, re-upping a yearslong effort to expand protections that advocates say are crucial to filling in gaps and loopholes in current statutes.
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July 31, 2024
A worker who claimed that one of the country's largest chicken producers misclassified her as overtime-exempt told a Colorado federal judge she reached a settlement with the company to end her proposed collective action.
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July 31, 2024
A California federal judge has given an initial stamp of approval to a $300,000 settlement between a mortgage company and a class of its employees, ending claims that the company failed to pay hourly wages or provide meal and rest breaks.
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July 31, 2024
A school district in New York violated federal law when it refused to fairly pay a teacher after he took time off to serve in the Army National Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a new lawsuit.
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July 31, 2024
Massachusetts state court judges refereed a damages dispute between a real estate titan and a Big Four consultant, ruled in favor of allegedly underpaid healthcare workers and untangled a defamation suit over a labor executive's old social media posts, among other notable rulings during the month of July.
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July 31, 2024
The Fourth Circuit upheld a Baltimore gas company's win over a former mechanic's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully terminated for taking medical leave because of a diabetes-related condition, ruling Wednesday that suspicions of dishonesty provided a credible reason for letting him go.
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July 31, 2024
Two construction workers' suit claiming a company didn't pay them overtime can head back to a New York federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying that the duo supported their claims that the entity was their employer.
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July 31, 2024
Delaware's Supreme Court has affirmed a ruling that an entity that invests in tech companies waited too long to try to arbitrate a manager's legal fee advancement suit, rejecting a "half-hearted suggestion" that it was unaware of an arbitration provision until "its third set of counsel" joined the case.
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July 31, 2024
An Indiana diner that retaliated against workers cooperating with a U.S. Department of Labor probe into its pay practices settled with the agency, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
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July 31, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed an 8-year-old suit by Uber Black drivers claiming the ride-sharing company misclassified them as independent contractors, saying the case lost hope of a resolution after two unsuccessful trials and a trip to the Third Circuit.
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July 31, 2024
Levi Strauss trimmed but couldn't fully dodge a former marketing director's suit claiming she was passed over for promotions in favor of male or younger colleagues, when a California federal judge ruled that a jury needs to determine whether bias caused her career trajectory to stagnate.
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July 31, 2024
A carpet cleaning and restoration company in Marietta, Georgia, faces a proposed class action lodged by a former employee who claims it failed to pay overtime as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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July 31, 2024
Evolving state laws and court precedents are making an impact on where a multistate employer may be sued, taking on new prominence as a trend of restricting collective actions to individuals who worked in the states where the cases were filed spreads across federal circuits, attorneys told Law360.
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July 31, 2024
The Michigan Supreme Court put back in place higher minimum wage and broader paid sick leave laws on Wednesday, finding the laws were unlawfully amended by the state Legislature in a controversial move to keep a $12 minimum wage law off the ballot.
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July 30, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is formally seeking a temporary block against Kroger's proposed purchase of Albertsons, arguing in an Oregon federal court brief unsealed Tuesday that the planned divestiture of 579 stores to a "failed" supermarket boss won't adequately protect consumers or union labor facing dramatically increased concentration.
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July 30, 2024
The Teamsters urged a California federal judge to dismiss for good a suit by United Airlines workers seeking the formula the union and the company have used to calculate semiannual raises, saying the amended complaint remains deficient and late.
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July 30, 2024
The human resources director and the commissioner of the Massachusetts office in charge of public construction are entitled to sovereign immunity under the state's wage act, a Massachusetts intermediate-level appeals court ruled, affirming a trial court's decision to toss a suit from the office's former general counsel.
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July 30, 2024
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday granted Creative Artists Agency's motion to toss "Empire" star Terrence Howard's claims alleging the talent agency's conflicting interests led him to accept a salary below industry standards, but gave him another chance to amend the claims to address issues over the statute of limitations.
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July 30, 2024
An Illinois utility locating company escaped an ex-worker's off-the-clock work claims in a proposed overtime class action, after a federal judge found that the worker never objected to the company's policy of not paying for that time and ruling that the company must still face state overtime wage claims related to vehicle allowances.
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July 30, 2024
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP has ended a former partner's race and disability bias suit, announcing a settlement in Los Angeles Superior Court, while continuing to push for arbitration in a separate discrimination suit, also filed in Los Angeles, where a former equity partner has accused the firm of gender discrimination and "unethical billing."
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July 30, 2024
A Virginia federal court didn't support its decision to award nearly $420,000 in attorney fees and costs in two consolidated suits seeking unpaid overtime from a healthcare company, the Fourth Circuit ruled, sending the cases back.
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July 30, 2024
A Connecticut federal judge agreed to send two food distributors' misclassification suit to the Second Circuit, ruling that his decision that a Federal Arbitration Act carveout doesn't apply to businesses might create a loophole in the arbitration world.
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July 29, 2024
As planet Earth continues to shatter heat records, experts say employers need to be thinking not only about worker safety, but also their obligations not to discriminate against employees who might be more vulnerable to extreme heat. Here are three questions employers should ask themselves about anti-discrimination law as they consider their heat safety plans.
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July 29, 2024
A group of mortgage loan officers who accused Bank of America of misclassifying the employees as overtime-exempt has cinched conditional collective certification, with a North Carolina federal judge rejecting the bank's arguments that their job duties were too different to merit certification.