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DOL Strips Affirmative Action Mandate From Apprenticeships

The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled its blueprint Thursday for rolling back decade-old regulations requiring apprenticeship program sponsors to meet certain affirmative action and equal employment opportunity obligations, releasing a rule the agency said would repeal "burdensome and legally questionable" demands.

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Diminished 'Kings' Chain Looks To Liquidate Over Atty Fees

A Pennsylvania federal bankruptcy judge had qualms Thursday about plans to wind down the last two restaurants in the formerly regional Kings Family Restaurant chain, worrying the involuntary bankruptcy was driven by lawyers seeking to collect fees from an unpaid wages suit rather than current and former employees.

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Starbucks' NLRB Litigation Shrinks, But Cases Linger

More than five years after the union campaign at Starbucks hit the public eye, what was once a growing pile of National Labor Relations Board litigation involving the company is shrinking, though many cases remain unresolved.

Expert Analysis

Justices Must Protect Enforcement In DOL Fine Power Case

Michelle Dromgold-Sermen, Jessica Vasquez-Luna and Julissa Barrera

In deciding whether the U.S. Department of Labor’s in-house court has the power to decide monetary penalties arising from H-2A ...(read more)

Consistency Is Key In Pipeline Incident Investigations

Phil Sandick and John Rainwater

A pipeline release that causes worker injury does not trigger one investigation, but five or more, running on different timetab...(read more)

NLRB Ruling Allows Leeway On Disciplining Misconduct

Sarah Niemiroski

The National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in Lion Elastomers gives employers more room to discipline employees for t...(read more)

Labor More

Port Workers Urge Court to Keep Union Nepotism Claims Alive

Port of Savannah workers have asked a Georgia federal court to reject an International Longshoremen's Association local's bid for an early win in their class action alleging it divided a hiring list and funneled jobs to un...(read more)

Wilcox Says NLRB Could Change With Independence Loss

Fired NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox said Thursday she is concerned that weakened removal protections for National Labor Relations Board members will cause them to do their jobs differently in the face of real or perceived risk...(read more)

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NLRB Chair: Work On Precedent Shifts 'Already Underway'

The National Labor Relations Board is at work reviewing cases that could alter precedent set during the Biden administration that shifted federal labor law in a more union-friendly direction, the board's chairman said Thur...(read more)

Maynard Nexsen Adds 9 Constangy Attys Across 3 States

Maynard Nexsen PC said Thursday the firm has added nine labor and employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, expanding its presence in New York, New Jersey and Missouri.

NJ Hospital Can't Add Radiation Therapists, NLRB Agent Says

Two radiation therapists at a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, can't join the International Union of Operating Engineers local that represents the hospital's nurses and technicians, a National Labor Relations Board official...(read more)

Feds Say Union, Groups Can't Stop Wash. Ballot Demands

President Donald Trump's administration urged a Washington federal court not to block federal officials from asking the state to set aside ballots cast by suspected noncitizens, arguing that a union and two voter advocacy ...(read more)

NLRB Names New Regional Director Of Boston Office

A longtime National Labor Relations Board employee has been appointed regional director of the agency's regional office in Boston, the board announced.

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Trial Court Reversal Of Default Bias Win Upheld At 5th Circ.

The Fifth Circuit declined Thursday to undo the dismissal of a community college police officer's bias suit claiming she lost out on additional work for filing sex harassment complaints, backing a trial court's decision to...(read more)

Racing Against Whistleblowers Could Cost Companies

The U.S. Department of Justice's new cash rewards program for tips on criminal fraud threatens to ramp up the pressure on companies to hurry internal investigations and quickly report suspected misconduct to the government...(read more)

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Controversial DOJ Civil Rights Division Leader Steps Down

Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. Department of Justice official who instituted dramatic changes as leader of the Civil Rights Division, has stepped down from her role.

Federal Workers Seek To Halt Gender-Affirming Benefits Ban

Two federal employees urged a D.C. federal court to block President Donald Trump's administration from eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care from their 2027 health benefits, arguing thousands of people will be har...(read more)

Ga. Atty Fights Sanctions Bid For Sharing Severance Talks

An attorney for a woman suing the investment firm that laid her off told a Georgia federal judge Wednesday that a defense lawyer's bid to sanction him for causing "reputational harm and professional embarrassment" by publi...(read more)

2nd Circ. Says Ex-EMT's Retaliation Suit Lacks Evidence

The Second Circuit declined Wednesday to revive a former EMT's suit claiming she was transferred to a billing department role for complaining that her male colleagues harassed her, ruling she failed to overcome the ambulan...(read more)

IKEA 'Boys' Club' Derailed Manager's Career, Bias Suit Alleges

An ambitious IKEA middle manager lost her shot at a promotion and eventually lost her job entirely because of the toxic "boys' club" culture of the company's leadership team, she alleged in a new discrimination suit in Was...(read more)

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DOJ Can't Appear Over Meat Plant Wage-Fixing Deal Concerns

The U.S. Department of Justice will not be allowed to participate in an upcoming approval hearing for $200 million in wage-fixing settlements that beef and pork plant workers reached with major meat processors, a Colorado ...(read more)

Pot Grower Accused Of Retaliation, Worker Misclassification

Two cannabis workers claim they were fired after repeatedly warning their employer about mold, electrical and fire hazards at a Los Angeles cultivation site, according to a lawsuit filed in a California state court.  

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Va. Hospital Workers In Time-Shaving Suit Can Move As Class

A Virginia federal judge on Thursday allowed hospital workers to pursue their state claims as a class in a suit accusing their employer of rounding away minutes worked before and after their shifts, rejecting the hospital ...(read more)

NC Facility Can't Relitigate Pay Question At Damages Trial

A residential mental health facility can dispute how much it owes its workers, but it can't argue that it owes them nothing, a North Carolina federal judge said Thursday, setting the ground rules for a Dec. 7 trial after a...(read more)

Mission Foods Affiliate Seeks Arbitration Of Wage Suit

A Texas-based affiliate of Mission Foods urged a California federal judge to send a former employee's proposed wage class action to individual arbitration, arguing that he repeatedly signed arbitration agreements with the ...(read more)

Wash. Justices Won't Hear Concrete Co.'s $649K Wage Appeal

Washington's highest court declined to review a concrete company's challenge to a state agency's finding that it underpaid workers who used radar and X-ray imaging to scan concrete on a Seattle-area light rail bridge proje...(read more)

Ogletree Adds Ex-Amazon Employment Atty To Seattle Office

A leading in-house employment attorney for Amazon has departed to join Ogletree Deakins' Seattle office, bringing expertise helping Fortune 50 companies navigate workforce challenges to the firm.