Expert Analysis

Trending Legal Implications Of Employee Influencer Programs

Employee-generated content is rapidly becoming a popular marketing strategy, as illustrated by Starbucks' new TikT... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Shifting Workplace Violence Responses

Amid recent threats of violence against artificial intelligence company executives and Jewish-owned businesses, em... (more story)

Limiting Employer Risk If Calif. Case Upends Time Rounding

The California Supreme Court's holdings in recent years suggest that it may tighten the rules for — or even elimin... (more story)

Labor More

'History And Tradition' Allow For Religious Emails, USDA Says

The U.S. Department of Agriculture urged a California federal court to toss a suit by federal workers and their labor union accusing the agency's secretary of sending "proselytizing" religious emails to employ... (more story)

UFCW Says It Doesn't Belong In Port Worker's Firing Suit

A former Port of Baltimore employee unnecessarily included his union in his recent court challenge to his December firing, the United Food & Commercial Workers local that represented him told a Maryland federa... (more story)

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Mich. Judge Tosses Union Suit Over Energy Co. Seniority

A Michigan federal judge on Monday upheld an arbitration award finding that an energy company did not violate its collective bargaining agreement with a power plant workers' union when it made changes to its s... (more story)

Texas Court Says Southwest Can't Probe Abortion Posts

A Texas federal judge stopped Southwest Airlines Co. from snooping through an employee's social media posts about religion or abortion after the employee won a religious bias suit, issuing a court order blocki... (more story)

Arbitrator Backs WaPo Columnist Fired After Kirk Posts

The Washington Post was ordered to rehire an opinion columnist it fired for social media posts she made in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, the columnist's union said Monday, after an arbitrator fault... (more story)

Arbitration Award Doesn't Cover New Sick Policy, Court Says

A Minnesota commercial bakery didn't violate an arbitration award when it imposed a new sick-time policy that its workers' union claimed was essentially a rewording of the policy invalidated by the arbitrator,... (more story)

OhioHealth Faces Suit Over Insurance Contract Terms

An Ohio health system has been hit with a proposed class action over its contractual restraints that a union health plan alleges prevent cheaper insurance providers from gaining a foothold in the market.

Discrimination More

Former Disney Child Star Alleges Rape By Adult On Film Set

A former Disney child actress has sued the entertainment giant in California state court, alleging that nobody protected her while an adult employee twice her age plied her with alcohol and raped her during th... (more story)

EEOC, Packaging Co. Wrap Up Subpoena Compliance Case

A Tennessee federal judge closed a suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urging a packaging manufacturer to respond to an agency subpoena stemming from a sexual harassment charge.

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DHS Must Face Bias Suit Over Candidate's Ayahuasca Use

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security can't escape a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully nixed an applicant's job offer because her religious practice includes consuming the psychoactive tea ayahuasca, rejecting... (more story)

9th Circ. Rules Workers' Vaccine Bias Suit Must Go To Trial

The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that a jury must decide workers' religious-discrimination claims against the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, finding the lower court erred in concluding the agency acco... (more story)

What To Know About Worker-Friendly 9th Circ. EFAA Ruling

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision that a 2022 law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment allegations shielded a former executive’s lawsuit may help workers keep a broader range of claims in court... (more story)

GoDaddy Fired Designer After Sex Bias Complaint, Suit Says

A former user experience designer for GoDaddy claims the web services company falsely promised her a "principal" title when hiring her, then punished and ultimately ousted her for complaining when two men with... (more story)

Trump Seeks Justices' Review Of DEI Grant Termination Case

The Trump administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision requiring the federal government to reinstate research grants that were terminated due to presidential orders agains... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Health System Must Face Nurse's Meal Break Wage Suit

A Michigan federal court has refused to dismiss a proposed collective action brought by a nurse who alleged that Trinity Health Corp. failed to pay patient care workers for meal breaks regularly interrupted by... (more story)

DaVita Defeats Nurse Overtime Collective Bid

A Colorado federal judge refused to conditionally certify a 41-state collective of DaVita nurses and technicians who say the company denied them overtime by failing to pay for short rest breaks, finding too li... (more story)

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Firm Blames AAA Check Flub For Workers' Axed Arbitration

A New Jersey personal injury firm says it should not be held responsible and sanctioned for the termination of arbitration proceedings for former employees, telling a state court that the American Arbitration ... (more story)

Auto Co. Workers Net Deal In Wage Fight After Expert Axed

An automotive parts seller has staved off joint trials in North Carolina federal court after reaching deals with 11 workers in parallel wage cases, according to notices filed over the weekend indicating the em... (more story)

Humana Strikes Deal To Wrap Up Nurse's FLSA Suit

Humana Inc. and a nurse who sued the health insurer in Georgia federal court for allegedly skimping on overtime pay have reached a deal to bring her proposed collective action to a close.

NYC Fights Officers' Bid To Shield Dog Care Records

New York City has pushed back against a protective order sought by police dog handlers who allege the city owes them overtime for caring for their dogs at home, arguing in New York federal court that the worke... (more story)

Staffing Co. Says Wage Suit Propped Up By Contradictions

Manual laborers pursuing wage claims against a staffing company have contradicted their own deposition testimony and failed to raise genuine disputes about whether they were paid for all hours worked, the comp... (more story)