Expert Analysis

Navigating Rising AI Use In Pro Se Employment Suits

As federal pro se employment filings climb, largely due to increased use of artificial intelligence, defense attor... (more story)

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)

Labor More

Utah Trombonist Says Union Aided In His Firing

A musicians union local sent statements to the Utah Symphony and Opera demanding that a tenured trombone musician be discharged and failed to properly represent him when he challenged his subsequent suspension... (more story)

7th Circ. Holds High Court Ruling Supports Ark. PBM Rule

The Seventh Circuit refused Wednesday to revive a union fund's challenge to an Arkansas rule making health plans disclose pharmacy compensation and pay fees, backing a lower court's holding that the rule was i... (more story)

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NYC In Spotlight Of Teamsters Latest Amazon Push

New York has become the focal point of the Teamsters' efforts to organize drivers who deliver Amazon packages under third-party contracts, an emphasis on state-level advocacy that experts said could be a path ... (more story)

Feds Aim To Give Employers Clarity On Wellness Programs

The U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies on Wednesday issued guidance on employer wellness programs that permit fees on workers' health premiums for things like tobacco use, which the agencies s... (more story)

Alaska Airlines Beats Bias Suit Tied To TikTok Video On Plane

A California federal judge tossed a biracial former flight attendant's suit claiming Alaska Airlines fired her out of racial prejudice for posting a TikTok video of her dancing in uniform to an explicit song, ... (more story)

Union Couldn't Deny Nonmember Job Referral, Judge Says

A sheet metal workers' union committed an unfair labor practice when it refused to refer a nonunion worker for a job at an Ohio Ford plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the union's refe... (more story)

Nurse's Staffing Complaints Weren't Protected, Hospital Says

A South Carolina hospital urged a National Labor Relations Board judge to toss a complaint alleging that it unlawfully fired a clinical nurse coordinator for complaining about short staffing, arguing that her ... (more story)

Discrimination More

Engineer Hits RTX With Age, Disability Bias Suit Over Ouster

A former senior engineer for defense contractor RTX Corp. in Massachusetts says he was sidelined and then set up for termination after he disclosed he suffered from attention deficit disorder and later request... (more story)

Marketing Co. Rejected Pregnant Job Applicant, EEOC Says

The American arm of Tokyo-based marketing giant Dentsu declined to hire a female job applicant because she was pregnant, according to a new suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against t... (more story)

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Co-Workers Speaking Spanish Can't Sustain Bias Claim

A housing manufacturer defeated a white former manager's lawsuit alleging he was fired for complaining that he was treated differently compared to his Hispanic co-workers, with a Texas federal judge ruling col... (more story)

Blake Lively's 'Blunderbuss' $8M Atty Fee Bid Nets $407K

A New York federal judge Wednesday awarded Blake Lively $407,452 in attorney fees and court costs in her defamation dispute with her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni, significantly less than the $8 mil... (more story)

Miami Politicians Must Face Ex-Top Cop's 1st Amendment Suit

Three former Miami city commissioners aren't shielded by the doctrine of qualified immunity from a fired police chief's First Amendment lawsuit, but the former city manager is, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Wedne... (more story)

Sunroom Co. To Pay $150K To Settle EEOC Harassment Suit

An Oklahoma sunroom builder will pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging its owner sexually harassed female employees and forced out a woman who complained, acco... (more story)

Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors

An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid ... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Security Co. Liable For Failing To Pay Worker OT, Court Finds

A New York federal court has found a security installation company liable for failing to pay a former technician overtime under federal and state wage law, ruling that the company's own admissions established ... (more story)

NY Lawyer's Wage, Bias Suit Tossed Over Venue

A New York federal judge has tossed an attorney's wage and hour and race discrimination suit against Oklahoma-based Arnold & Smith Law, finding that the Eastern District of New York was the wrong venue because... (more story)

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Court Rules DOL's H-2A Farmworker Wage Rule Unlawful

A California federal court found unlawful a U.S. Department of Labor rule overhauling minimum wage rate calculations for H-2A temporary agricultural workers, ruling four rule components were arbitrary and capr... (more story)

O'Reilly Worker Says Auto Retailer Shorted Breaks, Sick Pay

A retail worker for an O'Reilly Auto Parts subsidiary has accused the company of failing to pay Washington state employees for missed meal breaks and post-shift work, part of an alleged systematic practice of ... (more story)

'A Bad Argument': Southwest's Filing In FMLA Suit Irks Judge

A California federal judge on Wednesday criticized counsel representing Southwest Airlines in a certified employment class action for filing an untimely and overbroad motion, saying Southwest's attorney was ma... (more story)

Translation Co. Wants Quick Appeal Of PAGA Timing Ruling

A translation services company asked a California federal judge to let it immediately appeal a ruling that kept alive a former worker's Private Attorneys General Act claim based on an alleged wage-statement vi... (more story)

Candy Factory Worker Says Preshift Time Wasn't Paid

A Chicago candy manufacturer required hundreds of hourly workers to spend 15 to 20 minutes changing into uniforms, boots and hair nets before clocking in, resulting in unpaid overtime hours, a warehouse forkli... (more story)