Expert Analysis

DOL Deal Offers FMLA Lesson On Handling Intermittent Leave

The U.S. Department of Labor's recent deal with the University of Tennessee paying an employee over $30,000 for al... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Handling Religious Objections To AI Use

Pope Leo XIV's recent warning about artificial intelligence may increase requests for religious exemptions from wo... (more story)

Constructing AI Compliance Plans As State Laws Diverge

With Colorado, Connecticut and the federal government recently announcing wildly different approaches to artificia... (more story)

Labor More

FLRA Union Case Management Rule Struck Down As 'Arbitrary'

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday vacated a Federal Labor Relations Authority rule changing its process for handling union representation cases, agreeing with a coalition of unions that the decision to t... (more story)

UChicago Instructor Loses Suit Over Review, Grievance Fight

A former instructor's dispute over an allegedly improper performance review cannot move forward against the University of Chicago and a Service Employees International Union local because he hasn't raised viab... (more story)

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1st Circ. Won't Order Judge To Rule On 'Loyalty' Question

The First Circuit declined a request by three federal worker unions to formally order a Massachusetts district judge to pick up the pace in ruling on their challenge to a Trump administration policy asking job... (more story)

Gov't Arg. For DOGE Access Stay Is 'Red Herring,' Judge Says

The Trump administration can't convince a Maryland federal judge to rescind her order opening discovery into allegations the Department of Government Efficiency flouted her orders to stop accessing sensitive S... (more story)

Calif. Federal Judge Speeds Up Review Of FEMA Staffing Cuts

A California federal judge won't block staffing cuts at FEMA now, but she will quickly resolve allegations that the cuts violate the Administrative Procedure Act, she said, denying a union-led coalition's requ... (more story)

The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential autho... (more story)

Teamsters Dodges Suit Over Airgas Strike Coordination

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters can exit a gas supplier's lawsuit alleging that the international union worked with a local to encourage its workers to violate an active no-strike clause in the loca... (more story)

Discrimination More

Gaiman Assault Suit Belongs In New Zealand, 7th Circ. Says

A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a former nanny's suit accusing "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while in New Zealand, finding the dispute should be heard in t... (more story)

Professor Hits EMU With Gender Pay Disparity Suit

An Eastern Michigan University interior design professor has sued the university and its board of regents in Michigan federal court, alleging the school systematically paid female faculty less than similarly s... (more story)

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Justices Skip New York Health Workers' Fight Over Vax Rule

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to take up religious healthcare workers' challenge to a pandemic-era New York state policy requiring healthcare providers to make their employees get vaccinated against CO... (more story)

Baltimore, Academic Groups Drop Suit Over Trump DEI Orders

The city of Baltimore and two academic groups have dropped their constitutional challenge to two Trump administration executive orders that sought to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion-related government g... (more story)

Ye Nears Deal To End Ex-Assistant's Sexual Harassment Suit

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has reached a settlement-in-principle with a former assistant who accused him of sexually harassing her by sending her inappropriate and profane texts and by forcing her... (more story)

Ex-NFL Linebacker's THC Suit Sent Back To Colo. Court

A Colorado federal judge remanded a former linebacker's discrimination suit alleging that the NFL and the Denver Broncos punished him for requesting a therapeutic-use exemption for synthetic THC, finding that ... (more story)

Justices Turn Away NY Healthcare Workers' Vax Bias Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a lawsuit accusing a New York healthcare system of unlawfully firing dozens of employees who requested religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination polic... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Wayne-Sanderson Says Wage Claims Blocked By $70M Deal

Wayne-Sanderson urged a Maryland federal court to enforce nearly $70 million in settlements the poultry processor reached with workers and to block dozens of individuals who are suing or threatening to sue in ... (more story)

Ex-Sales Director Says Fortive Unit Used RIF To Mask Firing

A former employee of a Fortive medical equipment subsidiary urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the unit and its parent's bid for an early win in her retaliation suit, saying evidence shows a restructurin... (more story)

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NJ Panel Backs Wage Representative Suit Without Class Cert.

A New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday that workers can pursue representative wage actions under state law without meeting the requirements for a formal class action, while partly scaling back the time period... (more story)

Software Co. Inks $1.5M Deal To End OT Suit

A cloud software company has agreed to pay $1.475 million to resolve a proposed collective action alleging it misclassified sales employees as overtime-exempt and failed to pay them overtime wages, according t... (more story)

Electrical Co. Beats OT, Break Claims In Calif. Pay Suit

A California federal judge on Friday trimmed a proposed class action against an electrical construction company, dismissing a former worker's overtime, meal and rest break claims, but allowing his minimum wage... (more story)

Legal Groups Back DOL's H-2A Fine Power At High Court

A coalition of worker advocacy and legal aid organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Department of Labor's authority to collect monetary penalties from agricultural employers through... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Little Caesars Workers Seek Class Status

In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a class certification hearing in a wage and hour suit against Little Caesars. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.