The Senate labor committee's withholding of a vote on a National Labor Relations Board nominee has clouded the agency's timeline for gaining the quorum it needs to fully function, let alone the three-seat majority Republicans may need to rethink the precedents employers are itching for the board to shed.
Equal pay data reporting laws are part of the broader embrace of pay transparency, and though their utility lies in forcing employers to audit their pay practices, the data is imperfect, attorneys said.
A Second Circuit panel appeared ready Thursday to endorse the view that a worker's entire suit could remain in court — including allegations beyond those of sexual harassment — if a claim within the litigation triggered the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Act.