Expert Analysis

Post-Ismael Bias Cases Reinforce Familiar Employer Lessons

Despite the Eleventh Circuit's 2025 decision in Ismael v. Roundtree sparking concern that summary judgment could b... (more story)

Workplace Menopause Laws Demand New HR Playbooks

A recent wave of state and local legislation that makes menopause an expressly protected condition in the workplac... (more story)

Employer Lessons From Apple Ruling Resolving OT Question

In Costa v. Apple, a California federal court recently handed employers a win on a previously unresolved wage and ... (more story)

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Bronx Union Says Striking Atty Faced 'Impossible' Choice

An attorney with the Bronx Defenders felt she had no other choice but to cross the picket line on Tuesday after an immigration judge ordered her to appear in court and the organization's managers did not commi... (more story)

Amazon Delivery System Suppresses Wages, NJ Says

New Jersey's attorney general hit Amazon with a federal antitrust suit Tuesday, alleging the company engineered its Delivery Service Partner program to create a "captive seller," then used its dominance to imp... (more story)

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Teamsters Want Notice Reading In Staten Island Amazon Case

The Fifth Circuit should compel Amazon to gather its Staten Island warehouse's staff and notify them verbally that it has a legal responsibility to bargain with the Teamsters, the union argued, saying the mess... (more story)

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem Union Ends Strike

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union announced it was returning to work with a tentative deal after more than a week on the picket line.

NJ Bus Co. Urges NLRB To Toss Bad-Faith Bargaining Ruling

A New Jersey school bus operator has urged the National Labor Relations Board to reject an agency judge's decision finding that it unlawfully refused to bargain with a Teamsters local and polled employees on w... (more story)

Dem Senators Float Expanded Paid Leave For Fed. Employees

Federal workers would receive up to 12 weeks of paid leave to address their own serious health conditions or care for family members under legislation introduced by a group of Democratic senators.

Disputes Continue, 1 Week Into NY Public Defender Strikes

Two unions representing hundreds of New York public defenders remain on strike Monday, with managers from the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem requesting third-party mediation during their most recent n... (more story)

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5th Circ. Revives Ex-Austin Police Officer's Sex Bias Lawsuit

The Fifth Circuit reopened a former Austin, Texas, police officer's lawsuit claiming she was placed on a performance plan and forced to resign because she complained about male colleagues' sexist comments and ... (more story)

BREAKING: ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards

In a split vote, American Bar Association House of Delegates members on Tuesday elected to uphold a rule requiring law schools to demonstrate DEI standards, but then followed up with a vote allowing another pa... (more story)

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Ex-Hospice Worker's $5M Damages Award Cut To $225K

A Utah federal judge on Monday slashed a $5 million verdict handed to a former human resources worker who said she was fired by a hospice provider for lodging a bias charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor... (more story)

Pokémon Sued Over Director's Alleged Secret Bathroom Cams

A Pokémon employee has launched a proposed class action against the trading card giant in Washington state court, claiming a former engineering director installed secret cameras in bathrooms of its Evergreen S... (more story)

Ga. Teacher Says She Was Let Go Over Harassment Reports

A former teacher has filed suit against a Georgia-based private special education school, its chief executive officer, its assistant director and two supervisors, alleging she was explicitly told her contract ... (more story)

IRS Senior Manager Alleges Racial Bias, Retaliation At Agency

U.S. Treasury Department officials subjected a Chinese American IRS senior manager to a campaign of discrimination and harassment, including removal from her leadership position and replacement by a white male... (more story)

Workers Say OPM Unlawfully Nixed Gender-Affirming Benefits

A group of federal employees on Monday accused the Trump administration of unlawfully eliminating coverage of gender-affirming care from their health insurance benefits, forcing thousands of transgender worker... (more story)

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Farm Worker Fights Class Cert. Denial Recommendation

A former agricultural worker objected to a magistrate judge's recommendation to deny class certification in her wage and hour suit against a California farm labor contractor in federal court, arguing the findi... (more story)

Urgent Care Co.'s $1.64M OT Deal Gets Initial Nod

An urgent care provider will pay $1.64 million to end claims that it denied workers overtime through meal-break, time-rounding and bonus-pay practices, according to a settlement given preliminary approval by a... (more story)

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Libertarian Group Backs Farm In DOL In-House Court Fight

A libertarian public interest law firm urged the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to rule against the Labor Department's authority to adjudicate civil penalties against agricultural employers in house, arguing that C... (more story)

Care Home Shorted Workers On Breaks And Pay, Suit Says

An assisted living operator refused to pay for breaks under 20 minutes, left extra-shift bonuses out of overtime rates and paid manual workers biweekly instead of weekly, according to a proposed class and coll... (more story)

Potato Co. Worker Seeks Collective Cert. In Break, OT Suit

A former worker for a commercial potato and vegetable processing company asked a Washington federal court Monday to certify a collective in his suit alleging the company automatically deducted meal periods fro... (more story)

Rising Star: Shegerian's Mahru Madjidi

Mahru Madjidi, a managing shareholder at Shegerian & Associates, helped a client secure a historic $103 million trial victory in an age discrimination suit brought against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., earning... (more story)

Ga. Judge Stays Ex-Emory Worker's Pregnancy Bias Suit

A Georgia federal judge agreed to stay a former Emory University program coordinator's suit alleging that a director position she was promised was eliminated and she was fired after she requested maternity lea... (more story)