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DC Circ. Ruling Bodes Ill For Potential EEOC Challenges

A D.C. Circuit panel recently allowed President Donald Trump's dismissal of two agency officials to move ahead, a development experts said darkened the outlook for the potential legal challenges that the fired U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission members may bring over their January ousters.

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Fired NLRB Member Urges Full DC Circ. To Avert 'Crisis'

Fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox urged the full D.C. Circuit to rethink a panel ruling staying her reinstatement, saying Tuesday that en banc review is "urgently necessary" after a majority enabled governmentwide chaos by rewriting U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

Saying the Third Circuit already sorted out the issue, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry argues that UberBlack drivers, who want the state’s Supreme Court to weigh in on what standard applies to determine whether workers are independent contractors or employees, “ignore the plain language” of a state rule stipulating that questions already answered can’t head to the state’s highest court. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Uber Case Shouldn't Head To Pa. Justices, 3rd Circ. Told

The Third Circuit has already made clear which standard applies to determine whether workers are independent contractors or employees under Pennsylvania law, said the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, backing Uber's arguments to not send a misclassification case to the state justices.

Expert Analysis

Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting

Jan Rybnicek Jenn Mellott

Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition enforcement amid agency leadership c... (more story)

Navigating The Use Of AI Tools In Workplace Investigations

Vance Knapp, Kayla Panek and Alen Samuel

Artificial intelligence tools can be used in workplace investigations to analyze evidence and conduct interviews, ... (more story)

NLRB Firing May Need Justices' Input On Removal Power

Blythe Lovinger and Alex Seidenberg

President Donald Trump's unprecedented removal of National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox spurred a la... (more story)

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Trump Admin Layoffs 'Probably Broke Laws,' Judge Says

A Maryland federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration "probably broke the laws that regulate en masse terminations of government employees," ordering the federal government to reinstate thousand... (more story)

4th Circ. Rejects Appeal From DOGE Of SSA Probe Order

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday nixed an appeal from the Trump administration of a temporary restraining order preventing the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive data in Social Security Adm... (more story)

Starbucks Fights NLRB Ruling On Ex-CEO's Town Hall Remark

A National Labor Relations Board decision from October finding that former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz unlawfully threatened workers during an employee town hall threatens to trample on employers' free speech... (more story)

Trump Admin Fights Wash.'s Bid To Expand Layoff Injunction

The Trump administration has urged a California federal judge to reject the state of Washington's request to expand an injunction blocking federal agencies from firing probationary employees, saying the bid to... (more story)

Unions Re-Up Challenge To Trump's Resignation Offer

Federal unions have renewed their challenge to the president's deferred resignation offer, expanding on their members' difficulties and the roadblocks they face to fighting the initiative through agency channe... (more story)

Arbitrator Overstepped By Solving Uniform Row, Judge Says

A court should have decided whether a dispute between a regional airline and a Teamsters local over the airline's uniform policy was arbitrable, an Indiana federal judge ruled, saying an arbitrator overstepped... (more story)

Fund Has Power To Oust Penske's Dallas Unit, Judge Says

A Teamsters pension plan has the authority to expel a bargaining unit of Penske workers in Dallas in a withdrawal liability dispute, an Illinois federal judge concluded while siding with the truck leasing comp... (more story)

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Ex-Microsoft Manager Says He Was Fired For Whistleblowing

A former project manager for Microsoft says he was fired after flagging compliance issues and misconduct, including being forced to leak sensitive data from client Freddie Mac's workforce platform and being as... (more story)

9th Circ. Won't Revive Wash. Atty's Bias Firing Suit

An attorney can't revive his complaint alleging the Washington State Attorney General's Office fired him based on his PTSD diagnosis linked to being a closeted gay Mormon youth, after the Ninth Circuit said th... (more story)

The Eleventh Circuit won't revive a suit by a former aide for the Atlanta district attorney who accused the employer of firing her because she got pregnant.(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Legal Carveout For Staff Sinks DA Aide's Pregnancy Bias Suit

A top aide to Atlanta's former district attorney who alleged she was fired for getting pregnant falls under an exception to federal anti-discrimination law as an elected official's staffer, the Eleventh Circui... (more story)

Nurse's Job Denial Dispute With Senior Home Stays In Court

A senior living home operator must face a federal lawsuit claiming it violated the New York City Human Rights Law by retracting a nurse's job offer because she refused to consent to a credit check, a New York ... (more story)

7th Circ. Revives Officer's Back Pay Bid In ADA Row

The Seventh Circuit reinstated Tuesday a former corrections officer's back pay request that was rejected by a lower court after a jury found the county sheriff he worked for violated disability bias law by sub... (more story)

Ex-Exec Accuses Deutsche Bank Of Audit Lies, Retaliation

A former high-ranking official with Deutsche Bank has sued the bank for whistleblower retaliation and libel over what he said was a false human resources complaint concocted to fire him for cause after he flag... (more story)

NBA Wants No Extra Shot At Vax Discrimination Claim For Ref

Former NBA referee Leroy Richardson lost in a "final and binding" arbitration of his religious discrimination claim against the league, and thus should not be awarded a win in his suit over his firing for refu... (more story)

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Carnival Biz, H-2B Visa Workers To Settle Wage Suit

A carnival business that tours the East Coast and two H-2B visa workers who alleged that it forced them to work long hours in sometimes dangerous conditions without overtime pay have agreed to settle a propose... (more story)

Truck Drivers Get $1.3M In Misclassification Suit

Five truck drivers will take home about $1.3 million to resolve their lawsuit accusing a now-defunct trucking company of misclassifying them as independent contractors to withhold wages and benefits from them,... (more story)

Amazon workers want the Connecticut Supreme Court to consider whether time spent walking from a clock-out station to a security screening checkpoint should be included in their paychecks under state law. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Amazon Says Workers Can't Rewrite 2nd Circ.'s Wage Queries

Amazon has asked Connecticut's highest court not to reframe certified Second Circuit questions about whether its employees must be paid while walking to mandatory anti-theft screenings at the ends of their shi... (more story)

Bloomberg Campaign Scores Partial Win In Unpaid OT Suit

Michael Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign organization attained a partial win in a suit accusing it of not paying field organizers minimum wage, a New York federal judge ruled, saying that federal law doe... (more story)

6th Circ. Lets Feds End Whistleblower's NASA Contractor Suit

The Sixth Circuit stood by a lower court's decision to let the federal government intervene and successfully seek dismissal for a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit against a NASA contractor, applying a 202... (more story)

Waldorf Astoria Wants Spa Workers' Wage Suit Trimmed

Spa workers' claims accusing a Waldorf Astoria of profiting off its failure to pay them overtime and minimum wages and retaliating against them after the suit was filed should be axed, the hotel told a Hawaii ... (more story)

NC Atty Gets $775K Fee For Multistate Wage Verdict

A North Carolina federal judge has awarded $775,000 in attorney fees to the workers of an Apple-affiliated repair company following their six-figure win in a multistate wage class action over back wages and damages.