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Tackling DOL Tips On When Midday Commutes Are Paid Time

Two recent U.S. Department of Labor opinion letters explain when travel between home and work is compensable, prov... (more story)

9th Circ. Wage Ruling Shows Arbitration Pacts Are Still Useful

After years of uncertainty for California employers, the Ninth Circuit’s recent Cocom v. ABM Aviation decision sig... (more story)

NLRB Ruling Highlights Risk From Employee Handbook Test

A National Labor Relations Board judge's recent decision to strike down a workplace rule that only theoretically i... (more story)

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Fla. Union Denied Worker Due Process, NLRB Judge Says

An International Longshoremen's Association local violated federal labor law by failing to notify a member of the internal charges filed against him and using "questionable evidence" to make its case, a Nation... (more story)

Top Takeaways From This Year's Public Defender Strikes

This summer, hundreds of New York City public defenders met their managers at the bargaining table armed with the same strategies their union peers used a year ago, though they found a changed financial and po... (more story)

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Erie Bus Dispatchers Aren't Union-Exempt Supervisors

Seven dispatchers at the Metropolitan Transit Authority for Erie, Pennsylvania, are not "supervisors" exempt from membership in the authority's labor union, since their roles in scheduling overtime or reportin... (more story)

Army Base Baker Fired Over Union Rep Request, Judge Says

A food services contractor at a U.S. Army base in Washington state violated federal labor law by firing a worker who requested a union representative after her manager angrily called her into a meeting, a Nati... (more story)

Union Protest Site Was Private Property, Amazon Says

Amazon has urged a New York federal court to toss the remaining claims in a lawsuit alleging the company illegally called the police on labor demonstrations after its workers' union affiliated with the Teamste... (more story)

25K Workers 'Out Of Luck': Feds Defend Layoffs At 9th Circ.

The federal government Friday urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a finding that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management wrongfully fired 25,000 probationary workers shortly after President Donald Trump took of... (more story)

Store Pushed Out Deli Clerk Who Discussed Pay, Judge Says

A West Virginia convenience store pushed out a deli clerk after she requested a coworker's opinion about whether a pay offer was fair, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, holding Go-Mart Inc. respons... (more story)

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2nd Circ. Upholds School District's Pride Flag Bias Suit Win

The Second Circuit refused Monday to reinstate a lawsuit alleging that a Long Island school district unlawfully banned three LGBTQ+ high school teachers from displaying pride flags, concluding that classroom d... (more story)

New EEOC Briefs Back Workers In Religion, Harassment Suits

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently called on the Second Circuit to reconsider raising the bar religious workers must meet when suing over denied job accommodations, two days before telli... (more story)

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4th Circ. Reopens Religious Bias Suit Over COVID Vaccine

The Fourth Circuit on Monday revived a lawsuit alleging a hygiene products company fired a sales administrator instead of granting her a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination policy, ruling she'd a... (more story)

Energy Utility Hit With Age Bias Suit In Ga.

A gas and electric utility has been hit with an age discrimination lawsuit in Georgia federal court by a former senior vendor manager who alleges his boss's supervisor stated there were "too many people over 6... (more story)

Korean Bank Whistleblower Suit May Be Bound For Arbitration

The Second Circuit on Monday asked if whistleblower retaliation claims by four former compliance executives at the New York arm of a Korean bank should have been sent to arbitration — and if a judge should hav... (more story)

6th Circ. Revives Bias Suit Against Produce Co. Subsidiary

The Sixth Circuit reopened a lawsuit alleging that a fruit and vegetable producer failed to intervene when a Black employee complained about supervisors' racist and sexist remarks, finding the dismissal of a s... (more story)

Ex-Eli Lilly Rep Can't File Whistleblower Claims In NJ

A New Jersey federal judge on Friday dismissed a former Eli Lilly sales manager's suit alleging she was fired after objecting to pressure to promote off-label use of the diabetes drug Mounjaro, finding that th... (more story)

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Gig Cos. Push Back On NYC In 2nd Circ. Delivery Fight

DoorDash, Uber and Instacart pushed back against New York City's defense of delivery-worker laws, telling the Second Circuit that the city cannot overcome First Amendment objections to its tipping requirements... (more story)

Domino's Seeks To Deliver Noncompete Suit To Arbitration

Domino's Pizza asked a Washington state court to compel individual arbitration of a former yard driver's proposed class claims alleging the company's conflict-of-interest policy illegally restricted workers fr... (more story)

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6th Circ. Backs $450K Punitive Award For Mich. Farmworkers

A Sixth Circuit panel has upheld a $450,000 punitive damages award for five Guatemalan farmworkers who accused a West Michigan agricultural labor contractor and its owners of trafficking-related and wage law a... (more story)

PNC Bank Escapes NY Loan Officers' Wage Statement Claim

A Pennsylvania federal court dismissed Monday a wage statement claim brought by mortgage loan officers against PNC Bank, finding the officers could not show that they were harmed by inaccurate pay stubs when t... (more story)

Translation Co. Blocked From Early Appeal Of Wage Ruling

A California federal court denied a translation services company's attempt to send a narrow wage statement timing question to the Ninth Circuit before trial, finding the appeal would not meaningfully advance the litigation.

UPS Workers Sue For Security Screening Time Pay

United Parcel Service Inc. required employees to go through security screenings before work, wouldn't let them clock in until afterward and forced them through another unpaid check before they could leave, two... (more story)

Ex-Victoria's Secret Worker's Wage Case Sent To Arbitration

A California federal judge has ruled that Victoria's Secret can arbitrate a former employee's proposed wage-and-hour class action, finding the parties' arbitration agreement, signed by the plaintiff, has a cla... (more story)