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DC Circ. Says NLRB 'Successor Bar' Conflicts With Labor Law

A split D.C. Circuit panel said Tuesday that the National Labor Relations Board's practice of insulating unions from removal after businesses change hands defies federal labor law, applying a landmark 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that scaled back courts' deference to federal agencies.

EEOC Takes Key Step Toward Scrapping Workforce Data Reports

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Tuesday to publish a proposal to abandon decades-old requirements that employers report their workplace demographics, moving a step closer to rescinding the disclosure mandates. 

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New York NLRB Trigger Law Struck Down By Federal Judge

A New York federal judge on Monday made permanent his temporary block on a 2025 New York law empowering state enforcers to act for the National Labor Relations Board when it can't, declining to second-guess U.S. Supreme Court precedent barring states from stepping on the board's ground.

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Yellow Corp. WARN Act Appeal Refines Layoff Guidance

Sarah Primrose, Peter Wozniak and Christopher Coleman

A Delaware federal court's recent upholding of a bankruptcy court's disallowance of unions' federal Worker Adjustm... (more story)

Remote Work Rulings Show ADA Fights Hinge On Process

Paul Sweeney

Two opposite outcomes in recent Fifth Circuit and D.C. federal court cases underscore that the legality of denying... (more story)

Labor Contract Bill Would Introduce Sweeping Risks For Cos.

Haley Crum, Catherine Burgett and Richard Cleary

The House-approved Faster Labor Contracts Act would force rapid first-contract bargaining, subject businesses to b... (more story)

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Clark Hill Adds Employment Atty From Seyfarth In Atlanta

Clark Hill PLC has added a Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner in Atlanta, strengthening its labor and employment group.

Fisher Phillips Combines With Dallas Litigation Boutique

International labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has added a four-attorney team through a combination with Dallas litigation boutique Stewart Law Group PLLC.

Janitorial Cos. Beat Supplemental Pension Claims, For Now

A D.C. federal judge trimmed claims that three airport janitorial contractors owe supplemental pension contributions, finding a pension fund failed to plausibly allege that the companies assumed a predecessor'... (more story)

Atlanta 'Plane Train' Workers Score 18% Raise In 1st CBA

A group of employees who operate and maintain the underground people mover system at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement less than a year ... (more story)

Michigan Says Airline Sick Leave Suit Lacks Factual Basis

Susan Corbin, director of Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, says the state's Earned Sick Time Act does not interfere with airline operations and urged a Michigan federal judge to dismiss... (more story)

UC Doctors Push To Unionize Over Workload, Safety Concerns

Almost 10,000 attending doctors working for the University of California health system are joining a Service Employees International Union affiliate, the union announced in a statement Monday.

Pension Guarantor Proposes Rule On Disclosure Penalties

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. proposed a rule Monday on monetary penalties for failures to provide information on single-employer and multiemployer benefit plans that clarifies how plan sponsors can lower... (more story)

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Lockheed Can't Use EEOC Charge To Narrow Bias Suit

Lockheed Martin can't trim a lawsuit alleging it refused to give a worker the same opportunities for overtime, training and assignments it offered to other employees because he is African and Muslim, concludin... (more story)

Reed Smith Loses Bid To Pause Ex-Worker's Gender Bias Suit

A New Jersey judge on Tuesday rejected Reed Smith LLP's motion to pause discovery in a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee, finding that the firm had not proved irreparable harm if the c... (more story)

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4th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Hospital Employee's ADA Suit

The Fourth Circuit refused to revive a former Maryland hospital worker's lawsuit claiming she was fired because of a progressive neuromuscular disorder, ruling she couldn't overcome the healthcare system's exp... (more story)

9th Circ. Says Lone Facebook Post Can't Sustain Bias Suit

The Ninth Circuit has backed the dismissal of a harassment suit from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who said his colleagues mocked his sexuality in a photo of him published in a Facebook group, r... (more story)

Sam's Club Accused Of Illegally Firing Hospitalized Worker

Sam's Club illegally fired a baker after refusing to process her leave request during an emergency hospital stay, she alleged in Michigan federal court, adding that she only learned of her firing when her memb... (more story)

Plumbing Co. Illegally Fired Pregnant Worker, EEOC Alleges

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Georgia plumbing company, claiming it unlawfully fired an employee for taking too much time off work for pregnancy-related symptoms and medical appointments.

EEOC Defends Subpoenas In Suit Over NM Native Bias Probe

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a New Mexico school board hasn't explained why it failed to exhaust administrative remedies to challenge the agency's subpoenas seeking employment and appl... (more story)

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Exec. Threatened Immigrant Worker Over OT Claim, Suit Says

A financial services firm's executive sent a series of late-night messages threatening to report an Albanian immigrant worker for immigration fraud just three days after the worker's attorney sent a demand let... (more story)

BofA Agrees To Pay $4.3M To Settle Unused Vacation Pay Suit

Bank of America agreed to a $4.3 million deal to end claims that it didn't pay out unused vacation time for thousands of workers, though the settlement hit a minor setback when a federal judge ruled the plaint... (more story)

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Firm Fired Paralegal After Wage Complaints, Suit Says

A former medical malpractice paralegal accused a personal injury law firm and three attorneys in New York federal court of failing to pay overtime, alleging the firm gave her $600 cash after she complained abo... (more story)

Denver Strip Club Says Officer's Suit Taints Labor Appeal

A Denver strip club Friday asked a state court judge to prohibit a Denver Labor hearing officer from presiding over its appeal challenging $14 million in fines stemming from wage theft allegations, claiming th... (more story)

Oilfield Services Co. Says OT Suit Must Be Arbitrated

An oilfield services company urged a Colorado federal judge to compel arbitration of a proposed class and collective action alleging unpaid overtime, arguing the former worker behind the suit agreed to arbitra... (more story)

Workers Say They Opted Out Of Wayne-Sanderson Deals

Poultry plant workers looking to bring claims in state court over an alleged scheme to suppress wages told a Maryland federal court they opted out of nearly $70 million in settlements struck with Wayne-Sanderson.

Alleged Anti-Gay Remarks Sink Ex-Chipotle Worker's Bias Suit

An Alabama federal judge tossed a Black Chipotle manager's suit alleging she was fired for complaining that her boss favored Hispanics, ruling she failed to overcome the restaurant chain's position that she wa... (more story)