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Calif. Food Cos. To Pay $900K To End EEOC Harassment Suit

A California produce processing operation has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging higher-ups looked the other way while female employees faced pervasive sexual harassment. 

5th Circ. Panel Blushes At Starbucks Worker's Snapchat Notes

A Fifth Circuit panel pressed the National Labor Relations Board to explain why Starbucks lacks the ability to fire a union organizer who used excessively colorful language in private messages to co-workers, saying Monday the language used would "make any of us blush."

6th Circ. Says High Court Ruling Buoys Bias Suit Against GM

The Sixth Circuit reinstated a male General Motors worker's sex bias suit claiming he got harsher discipline than a female colleague, ruling Monday that his case needs a second look after the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standards for discrimination cases brought by workers in majority groups.

Expert Analysis

Limiting Worker Surveillance Risks Amid AI Regulatory Shifts

Liz Aloi and Carrie Cohen

With workplace surveillance tools becoming increasingly common and a recent executive order aiming to preempt stat... (more story)

Justices' BDO Denial May Allow For Increased Auditor Liability

Dean Conway

The Supreme Court's recent denial of certiorari in BDO v. New England Carpenters could lead to more actions filed ... (more story)

Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: January Lessons

Mitchell Engel

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five rulings from October ... (more story)

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Axed Mediation Board Member Claims Firing Was Illegal

A former member of the National Mediation Board has sued President Donald Trump and several government officials over her dismissal in October, alleging in a complaint filed in D.C. federal court that she was ... (more story)

5th Circ. Enforces NLRB Order Against NYC Janitorial Co.

A Fifth Circuit panel has enforced a National Labor Relations Board order requiring a New York City janitorial contractor to rehire a longtime cleaner, saying the board reasonably linked the cleaner's 2020 fir... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Says Mass. Hospital Illegally Banned Union Reps

A Massachusetts hospital violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing a policy regarding when a nurse's union could access the facility and banning union representatives from the hospital, a National La... (more story)

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

What happened to a GOP donor's $250,000 Swiss watch? Can cigarette warnings show jarring medical images? Will a circuit split of "far-reaching importance" for arbitration get even wider? That's a taste of the ... (more story)

Custodians Tell NJ Justices COVID Law Doesn't Preempt CBA

School custodians urged the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate an award of extra money for their in-person work during the pandemic, arguing an arbitrator had a reasonably plausible interpretation... (more story)

DC Airports Not Using Project Labor Agreements, Unions Say

Construction industry unions have accused the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority of refusing to comply with a resolution requiring project labor agreements on construction projects worth $35 million or... (more story)

Teamsters Look To Ax Kraft Heinz's Challenge To Grievance

Kraft Heinz shouldn't be allowed to scuttle a benefits fight by arguing that it should have been routed through the company healthcare plan's dispute resolution process, a Teamsters local told a Delaware feder... (more story)

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ESPN Wants Worker's COVID Vaccine Bias Lawsuit Dismissed

ESPN has asked a judge to dismiss a former remote video operator's religious bias lawsuit stemming from a COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate, saying the onetime worker exaggerated its corporate parent's links to... (more story)

Clorox Settles Male Worker's Gender Bias Suit On Eve Of Trial

Clorox has settled a gender discrimination suit from a former employee who claimed he was fired because the company wanted more women managers, right before the case was set to go to trial and just under a yea... (more story)

Rows of dozens of clear medicine bottles with white and blue labels that read COVID-19 VACCINE are lined up behind a silver statue of Lady Justice who is blindfolded, holding up the scales of justice in one hand and a sword pointing downward in the other
8th Circ. Rejects Minn. Health Worker's COVID-19 Suit

The Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that the Minnesota Department of Human Services didn't illegally fail to exempt a Catholic employee from mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated individuals, saying t... (more story)

Calif. Justices Revive 'Unreadable' Arbitration Agreement Suit

In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court clarified on Monday that courts must "closely scrutinize the terms of difficult-to-read contracts for unfairness or one-sidedness," but the "illegibility" — font... (more story)

Curaleaf Can't Ditch All Ill. Whistleblower Act Claims

An Illinois magistrate judge on Monday mostly denied a bid from Curaleaf Inc. to throw out a former regional director's Illinois Whistleblower Act claims, saying the complaint is sufficient to allege that he w... (more story)

EEOC Calls School Board's Bias Probe Challenge Premature

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a New Mexico federal judge to toss a school board's challenge to an agency investigation into alleged hiring discrimination against Native Americans, argu... (more story)

Philly Art Museum Wins Bid To Arbitrate CEO's Firing Suit

Former Philadelphia Museum of Art CEO Alexandra "Sasha" Suda's lawsuit against the museum alleging that a "corrupt faction" in its leadership forced her out of her position must be handled in arbitration, a ci... (more story)

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Medical Transport Co. Misclassified Drivers, Suit Says

A company that transports radioactive medical materials misclassified drivers as independent contractors, leading to minimum wage and overtime violations, according to a proposed class and collective action fi... (more story)

NY County Liable For FLSA Violations, Judge Rules

Saratoga County was aware that its rounding policies led to unpaid wages, a New York federal judge has ruled, granting summary judgment on the issue of liability to a group of more than 100 current and former ... (more story)

Bikini Barista Boss Says Wash. AG Defamed Him In Wage Suit

The owner of Seattle-area Paradise Espresso stands slammed the Washington State Office of the Attorney General on Monday for filing a wage theft and employment discrimination lawsuit "containing known falsehoo... (more story)

Jim Henson Co. Accused Of Costing Exec A 'Pinocchio' Oscar

A Jim Henson Co. former employee filed a $7.5 million suit in California state court alleging the entertainment giant wrongfully diminished his executive producer credit and deprived him of an Oscar at the Aca... (more story)

Colo. Music Venue Failed To Pay Full Wages, Ex-Worker Says

A live music venue in Denver failed to pay workers for all hours worked, misclassified them as independent contractors and retaliated against a worker for complaining about unpaid wages, according to a potenti... (more story)

Ill. Judge OKs $3.3M Deal In Mariano's Managers' OT Suit

An Illinois federal judge has approved a $3.3 million settlement resolving a lawsuit by current and former supermarket meat, bakery and deli managers who alleged Kroger subsidiary Mariano's falsely claimed the... (more story)

NYC Delivery Laws Will Stay In Place During Instacart Appeal

Instacart won't be able to block New York City's laws for app-based delivery workers instituting a new minimum wage, tipping options and disclosure requirements while it challenges a federal court's order, a N... (more story)