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DOL Unveils Joint Employer Rule Proposal

The U.S. Department of Labor announced its proposed rule Wednesday for clarifying when multiple employers are jointly liable for wage and hour violations.

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Ex-Tesla Worker Tells 9th Circ. That Arbitration Was Flawed

A Black former Tesla employee told a Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday that the company's win in arbitration over his race discrimination claims shouldn't stand because the process was administered improperly, while the electric vehicle company countered that the arbitrator was well within her authority.

DOL Expected To Stay Wage Policy Course Under Deputy

The U.S. Department of Labor is likely to continue undoing Biden-era wage and hour policies and seeking to implement new ones despite the departure of President Donald Trump's labor secretary, agency veterans and other observers say.

Expert Analysis

How Guidance Narrows Federal Telework Accommodations

Lori Kisch

A recent FAQ from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management off... (more story)

7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

Zoe Argento, Denise Tran-Nguyen and Bradford Kelley

Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements und... (more story)

Employer Tips As Calif. Law Rewrites Retention Pay Rules

Michael Ryan and Rashad Abdallah

California's recent enactment of A.B. 692 disrupts how employers structure sign-on bonuses, retention payments and... (more story)

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Restaurant Illegally Barred Worker Pay Talk, NLRB Judge Says

A restaurant and banquet facility violated federal labor law by firing a worker for talking about pay with co-workers, interrogating its employees and maintaining a rule that prevented workers from discussing ... (more story)

NLRB Judge Urged To Reject Amazon Joint Employer Deal

A National Labor Relations Board judge shouldn't approve a settlement that would let Amazon continue snubbing its delivery drivers' union, the Teamsters argued, urging the judge to reject a deal negotiated by ... (more story)

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NLRB Member Skeptical Of ULPs Proscribing Union Ousters

One of the National Labor Relations Board's new Republican members questioned the board's practice of scrapping union decertification petitions at employers accused of unfair labor practices, saying in a decis... (more story)

Union Plan Seeks Early Win In 'Jersey Boys' ERISA Fight

A stagehands union benefits plan has urged a Nevada federal court to hand it a pretrial win in a pension contribution dispute with the company behind the now-closed Las Vegas production of the musical "Jersey ... (more story)

NLRB Judge Faults Copper Co. For Canning Strikers

An Arizona copper maker violated federal labor law by laying off or failing to rehire hundreds of workers following a nine-month strike at five facilities that started in October 2019, a National Labor Relatio... (more story)

Medical Cos. Must Bargain With Union, NLRB Judge Says

Two California medical companies violated federal labor law by firing physicians without giving a labor union an opportunity to bargain beforehand and by withdrawing recognition from the union, a National Labo... (more story)

NY Hospital Co. Fights Workers' ERISA Suit Over Plan Switch

A group of employees of a Buffalo, New York-area hospital network can't prove their employer violated federal benefits law when it switched them from a pension plan to a cash-balance plan in the late 1990s, th... (more story)

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Mass. Justices Reject Additional Rules For Punitive Damages

Massachusetts' highest court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Philip Morris USA Inc. to impose rules aimed at curbing big-dollar punitive damages awards, declining to wipe out or further reduce a verdict against... (more story)

MrBeast Executive Fired For Taking Maternity Leave, Suit Says

YouTuber MrBeast's companies demoted an executive for complaining that women were being sidelined and harassed by male colleagues and then fired her for taking leave after giving birth, the former employee sai... (more story)

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according t... (more story)

Beauty Co. Can't Narrow Worker's Sex Harassment Suit

A New Jersey federal judge declined to trim retaliation claims from a warehouse worker's suit claiming a beauty product distributor penalized her for reporting that a male colleague sexually harassed her, poin... (more story)

Pesticide Study Admin Says Ex-Worker's Suit Is A 'Do-Over'

Counsel for a former administrative adviser in a national pesticide safety study organization named in an ex-worker's wrongful firing lawsuit urged a North Carolina federal court Tuesday to dismiss the matter,... (more story)

Roofing Co. Says EEOC Race, Sex Bias Suit Short On Details

A roofing company said an Illinois federal judge should toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it ignored a subsidiary executive's racist and sexual comments, arguing the federal ... (more story)

Novo Nordisk Unit Can't Slip Former Exec's Sex, Age Bias Suit

A Novo Nordisk unit must face a former finance director's lawsuit claiming she was fired because she was an older woman who complained about a male co-worker's behavior, with a North Carolina federal judge rul... (more story)

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LinkSquares Settles Sales Reps' OT Suit On 1st Day Of Trial

Legal tech company LinkSquares Inc. and inside sales representatives who claimed they were misclassified as overtime-exempt reached a settlement to avoid a jury trial that was set to begin in Boston federal court Tuesday.

Yelp Stiffed Calif. Workers On Boot-Up Time, Suit Says

Yelp failed to pay hourly workers for the minutes they spent waiting for their work computers to boot up before they could clock in for each shift, a former worker alleged in a proposed class action in California state court.

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11th Circ. Says Builders Can't Block Biden-Era Labor Mandate

An association of builders failed to show it would succeed on its claims challenging a Biden-era executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million, the Eleventh Circuit... (more story)

Uber, DoorDash Can't Pause NYC Tip Prompt Laws On Appeal

Uber and DoorDash cannot temporarily block New York City laws regulating how they display gratuity options as an appeal moves forward, the Second Circuit ruled, finding the companies failed to show that an inj... (more story)

Levi Strauss Beats Nevada Overtime Claim In Wage Suit

A California federal judge trimmed a former warehouse worker's proposed class and collective action against Levi Strauss & Co., dismissing a Nevada overtime claim as preempted while allowing waiting-time and t... (more story)

Colo. Nurses Seek OK For $14M Wage Class Settlement

A group of nurses urged a Colorado federal judge to grant preliminary approval to a $14 million class action settlement resolving claims that their employer failed to properly calculate overtime and provide required breaks.

Kylie Jenner Sued By Ex-Housekeeper Over Bias, Unpaid OT

A former housekeeper for Kylie Jenner has sued the celebrity influencer in California state court, alleging the housekeeper was forced to do additional work without pay, mocked by colleagues for her accent, tr... (more story)