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Motorola Case Shows Reach Of NLRA Dishonesty Protections

A recent National Labor Relations Board case, involving a Motorola employee who was terminated for lying about dis... (more story)

Spotlight On Legal Battles Over EEOC Subpoena Powers

Attorneys at Wilson Elser consider the spate of litigation over the past year, spurred by the Equal Employment Opp... (more story)

NFL Hiring Bias Ruling Signals Trend Away From Arbitration

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

Labor More

Union, Employer Group Beat NJ Contractor's Benefits Suit

A union and a contractors association have beaten back allegations that they coerce employers into making excessive contributions to a union benefit fund, with a New Jersey federal judge tossing a proposed cla... (more story)

U. Of Chicago Grad Union Gets Antisemitism Suit Tossed

An Illinois federal judge tossed a nonprofit's lawsuit claiming that University of Chicago graduate students were forced to pay fees to a union that the organization said was antisemitic, finding the disputed ... (more story)

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DOL, HHS Must Face Unions' Claims In DOGE Data Suit

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services must continue facing claims that they illegally gave Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to employee records, as a D.C. federal ju... (more story)

Worker's Layoff Tip Was Protected, NLRB Prosecutors Say

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors urged an agency judge to find that a software maker illegally fired a worker for sharing a rumor about impending layoffs, saying his message was protected in itself a... (more story)

Amazon Says SF Facility Changes Weren't Union-Driven

Amazon has urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to toss allegations that it increased upper management presence at a San Francisco warehouse after the workers began organizing with the Teamsters, argui... (more story)

SEIU Arbitration Suit Strains Order, Hospital Says

A Service Employees International Union unit is stretching an arbitrator's finding that a hospital unfairly punished a worker who tested positive for cannabis use by seeking to restrict drug tests going forwar... (more story)

Calif. Cargo Workers Are Supervisors, NLRB Official Says

A group of workers at a California container shipping company can't vote on representation by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, a National Labor Relations Board official ruled Tuesday, finding t... (more story)

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Novo Nordisk Unit Says Ex-Exec's Poor Work Dooms Bias Suit

By the time she was fired, a finance director of Novo Nordisk unit NNE Inc. had been falling short of company expectations while the pharmaceutical giant was preparing to get a multibillion-dollar drug facilit... (more story)

Emory, Falcons Escape Ex-Team Doc's Race Bias Suit

Emory Healthcare and the Atlanta Falcons defeated a Black doctor's lawsuit claiming he was denied leadership opportunities and then abruptly fired as the NFL team's head doctor, with a Georgia federal judge ru... (more story)

Fast Food Co. Scolded For Anonymity Challenge In EEOC Suit

A Kansas federal judge denied a Burger King franchisee's bid to unveil the name of a minor who said she was sexually abused by her manager in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission harassment case, cal... (more story)

Attys Suing NBA's Suns Sanctioned For Fake Case Citations

An Arizona federal judge has sanctioned two attorneys mounting a workplace harassment and discrimination suit against the NBA's Phoenix Suns, slamming the lawyers for using artificial intelligence to cite fake... (more story)

DHL Axed Worker Over Sickle Cell Disease, EEOC Says

DHL violated federal disability bias law by firing an employee who asked for a work assignment that wouldn't exacerbate her sickle cell disease, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Georgia federal court.

Dunkin' Stores Kept Disabled Staff Off Job, EEOC Says

Fifteen Dunkin' franchisees and their management company have been hit with a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint claiming employees with medical conditions or disabilities are forced to tak... (more story)

Delivery Co. Forced Christian To Work Sundays, EEOC Says

A mail delivery contractor forced a Christian driver to quit by failing to find someone else to take on a weekend delivery route that conflicted with his Sunday church services, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

NJ Hospital Workers Win Collective Cert. In OT, Break Suit

A New Jersey healthcare network must face overtime claims on a collective basis, a federal judge ruled, saying a former employee adequately backed up allegations that the network had companywide policies under... (more story)

Wage Class Attys Get $254K Fee For Post, Smucker's Deal

A Pennsylvania federal judge has signed off on a just over $254,000 fee request for Winebrake & Santillo LLC attorneys representing employees of Post Consumer Brands LLC and The J.M. Smucker Co. who alleged th... (more story)

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Amazon Beats NY Warehouse Workers' Screening Time Suit

A New York federal court has tossed wage claims brought by Amazon warehouse workers who alleged they were not paid for time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings before and after their shifts, finding... (more story)

Salvation Army Enrollees Not Employees, Ill. Court Says

A Salvation Army rehabilitation program's participants are not employees despite working at least 40 hours per week supporting its thrift stores, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding they did not expect to... (more story)

Defunct Pizza Shop Beats Driver's OT Suit

A Connecticut federal judge has tossed a former pizza delivery driver's suit claiming he worked 100-hour workweeks without overtime, saying the worker didn't show that the now-defunct pizzeria he worked for wa... (more story)

Wash. Gov. Signs 2 Employment Bills For Immigrant Workers

Two new Washington laws aim to protect immigrants in the workplace, including by requiring employers to notify workers of upcoming immigration enforcement activity and by allowing state government workers to d... (more story)

Wage & Hour Features Revisited: Driver Carveout, DOL Rules

From the U.S. Supreme Court mulling what makes drivers interstate transportation workers and attorneys considering what the U.S. Department of Labor's joint employer rule could look like, to the Illinois high ... (more story)