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EEOC Showcases Disability, Religion Focus Amid Busy Week

A string of new lawsuits and settlements that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently unveiled underscores the heightened attention the agency is giving to claims of workplace discrimination based on employees' faith and disabilities.

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Class Cert. Granted In Salvation Army Thrift Store Wage Suit

Participants in the Salvation Army's rehabilitation programs who worked at the organization's thrift stores with no pay showed that there is a common question over whether they are employees under state laws, an Illinois federal judge said, signing off on three classes.

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General Motors Can't Get Early Win In EEOC Age Bias Suit

An Indiana federal judge refused to let General Motors escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business unlawfully withheld disability pay from workers who received Social Security benefits, calling GM's argument that its policy hinged on benefit eligibility rather than age premature.

Expert Analysis

NFL Hiring Bias Ruling Signals Trend Away From Arbitration

Masood Ali

A New York federal court's recent decision in Flores v. NFL, declining to compel arbitration in a class action all... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Harassment At Work After Epstein Files

Dawn Solowey and Gary Friedman

The recent release of millions of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme has renewed a move... (more story)

New NLRB GC Likely To Prioritize Efficiency Over Policy Shifts

Michael Passarella

After the National Labor Relations Board operated without a quorum for nearly a year, general counsel Crystal Care... (more story)

Labor More

NYU Reaches Tentative Deal To End Faculty Union Strike

A United Auto Workers unit representing nontenured faculty at New York University has ended a two-day strike after reaching a "historic first contract" with the college, the union has announced.

Amazon Tells NLRB It Must See SoCal Drivers' Union Cards

Amazon should be allowed to force the Teamsters to hand over the union cards that drivers for an Amazon contractor signed in 2023, the company argued, asking the National Labor Relations Board to reverse a boa... (more story)

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VA Must Restore Union Contracts, RI Judge Says

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must resume working with the unions that represent its employees, a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Friday, granting a union coalition's request for a preliminary injun... (more story)

Judge Sides With Teamsters In Unilever Rehire Order Dispute

A Missouri federal judge has upheld an arbitrator's award requiring Unilever to rehire a worker it fired after accusing him of falsifying his reason for taking leave, rejecting the company's argument that the ... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: County Wants Workers' Vax Suit Tossed

In the next week, attorneys should watch for arguments in a suit by around 30 workers alleging Santa Clara County had a discriminatory COVID vaccination policy. Here's a look at that case and other labor and e... (more story)

NLRB Backs Toss Of Bid To Oust Trader Joe's Union

The National Labor Relations Board will not review a decision dismissing a Massachusetts employee's bid to drop the first union successfully organized at Trader Joe's, ruling that the worker raised "no substan... (more story)

Split NLRB Hands Hospital Win In Union Leader Firing Case

A split National Labor Relations Board overturned a board judge's finding that a New York hospital unlawfully fired a radiology technician, ruling 2-1 on Thursday that the hospital would have fired her for a H... (more story)

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Up Next At High Court: Birthright Citizenship, Arbitration

The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its March oral arguments session by hearing a nationwide class' blockbuster challenge to President Donald Trump's limited view of birthright citizenship, as well as a disp... (more story)

Guardsman Says Partners Pushed Him Out Of Biz Venture

An Oklahoma National Guard member told a Georgia federal court his business partners violated federal law by trying to boot him from their company after he was called up for duty and by starting a new venture ... (more story)

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Security Co. Inflexibility Made Baptist Guard Quit, EEOC Says

A security company refused to change a guard's work schedule after he raised concerns that it wouldn't allow him to attend church as a Baptist deacon, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment ... (more story)

5th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Health IT Co. Worker's Bias Suit

The Fifth Circuit upheld a healthcare information technology provider's win over a Black former manager's lawsuit claiming she was fired for complaining that a white male colleague was treated better, saying s... (more story)

Mich. Judge Signals No Stay If Attys Exit Retaliation Suit

A Michigan federal judge said Friday she is not inclined to pause a long-running sexual harassment suit again if counsel for an attorney who is suing her ex-mentor and former firm are allowed to withdraw, tell... (more story)

Colo. City Nabs Early Win In Sexual Harassment Suit

A Colorado federal judge granted the city of Aurora summary judgment Friday after finding that the sexual harassment claims brought by three women who participated in an Aurora Police Department training progr... (more story)

Kroger Fired Disabled Worker Over Need To Sit, EEOC Says

A Houston-area Kroger violated disability bias law by firing a cashier with nerve damage because she needed to sit and use a walker while on the job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in... (more story)

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Pharma Co. Says Exec Was Fired Over Conduct, Not Piglets

The U.S. arm of a Danish pharmaceutical company has told a North Carolina federal judge to throw out a former director's "extraordinary and conspiratorial" lawsuit claiming he was fired for expressing concerns... (more story)

Colo. Nurses Snag Class Cert. In Holiday Pay Case

A group of nurses can proceed as a class in a suit accusing a healthcare company of excluding holiday premiums from their pay when they worked overtime, a Colorado federal judge has ruled.

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Medical Courier Workers Misclassified, Owed OT, Suit Says

A medical courier company misclassified its couriers as independent contractors and failed to pay them overtime despite routinely requiring more than 40 hours of work per week, according to a suit filed Friday... (more story)

Morgan Lewis Adds Baker McKenzie Employment Ace In Fla.

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP said Friday it has bolstered its labor and employment practice with the addition of a former Baker McKenzie attorney in Miami.

DOL Says Visa Prevailing Wage Rule Would Add $6.5B In Pay

The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule that could drive roughly $6.5 billion in additional annual wages to foreign workers by overhauling how prevailing pay is calculated across high-skilled visa programs.

Conn. Sushi Chef Seeks Sanctions Over Deposition Spectator

A sushi chef suing a Connecticut restaurant on claims of wage-and-hour violations wants the defendant sanctioned for allowing a nonparty, who is the defendant in a separate but similar lawsuit, to attend a Jan... (more story)

NC Court Denies Collective Bid In Wage Row, For Now

Employees alleging a property management company stiffed them on overtime wages cannot proceed as a collective for now, a North Carolina federal judge has ruled, finding that the current record is insufficient... (more story)