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Employment Attys Share Tales Of Holiday Parties Gone Awry

As companies gear up to celebrate the holidays and boost morale with festive events, it pays to remember getting too relaxed can can leave employers with a legal hangover. Here, management-side attorneys share examples of problematic holiday party behavior — some based in reality, some hypothetical — as well as tips to help stave off similar gaffes.

NLRB Asks Calif. Judge To Follow Colleague On Fill-In Law

A California federal judge should follow his New York colleague's lead and hold that states likely cannot let their labor boards fill the National Labor Relations Board's shoes if the NLRB is faltering, the NLRB argued, saying "profound labor relations instability" could result if courts begin endorsing such laws.

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2nd Circ. Probes ConEd's Sudden Firing Of Atty Alleging Bias

The Second Circuit raised questions during a hearing Friday about Con Edison's decision to terminate a longtime company lawyer shortly after she complained her boss was targeting her because she's an older woman, hinting some support for the attorney's fight to have her discrimination suit reinstated.

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Delta Retirees' Pension Dispute Paused For Mediation Efforts

A Nevada federal judge Thursday froze a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines Inc. of shorting married pensioners on retirement benefits by miscalculating lump-sum payouts, giving the airline and the ... (more story)

Healthcare Co.'s Noncompete Too Broad, NLRB Judge Says

A Michigan healthcare staffing company violated federal labor law by requiring its phlebotomists to sign employment agreements containing overly broad and restrictive provisions, a National Labor Relations Boa... (more story)

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Fired MSPB Member Urges Full DC Circ. To Rehear Case

A D.C. Circuit panel based its decision to uphold Merit Systems Protection Board member Cathy Harris' firing on a mischaracterization of the agency, Harris argued Friday to the full D.C. Circuit, asking the en... (more story)

2nd Circ. Remands $100K Award To Fired Atty In Bias Case

A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without c... (more story)

4 Big ERISA Litigation Developments From 2025's 2nd Half

The Eleventh Circuit signaled it may be willing to change its precedent to make it easier for federal benefits lawsuits to get to the courthouse door, while the Second Circuit shut down a challenge to a union ... (more story)

NLRB Judge Tosses Case Against 'Memphis 7' Starbucks

An administrative law judge has determined that Starbucks didn't violate the National Labor Relations Act when it surveilled employees' union activities, more strictly enforced its punctuality policy and disci... (more story)

NJ Judge Won't Lift Bid Deadline On Tunnel Rail Project

A New Jersey federal judge said Thursday she won't lift a deadline to bid on a railway-construction project associated with building a new tunnel to New York City, saying a New Jersey construction company isn'... (more story)

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Boeing Unit Owes $2.5M In Employment Bias Trial

A Kansas federal jury has said Spirit AeroSystems Inc. must pay a former employee, a white mechanic, $2.5 million for firing him after a period of sustained conflict with a Hispanic employee that eventually le... (more story)

Trump's 2016 Campaign Must Face Bias Suit, Judge Says

A New York federal judge said Friday President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign committee can't escape state and New York City claims from an ex-consultant who worked on the campaign mostly in the city that she wa... (more story)

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4th Circ. Won't Revive Black Worker's Promotion Bias Suit

The Fourth Circuit backed a community college's win Friday in a Black former employee's suit claiming her race and gender caused her to lose out on a promotion, ruling she failed to rebut the college's explana... (more story)

Exec Says Netflix Used Vax Status As Cover For Biased Firing

Netflix fired a production executive for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine out of retaliation for her complaints that the company mocked the religious beliefs of the unvaccinated and pushed a sexually charged... (more story)

Ex-NJ Municipal Court Admin Says COVID Got Her Fired

The former municipal court administrator for West Windsor Township, New Jersey, has alleged that the town failed to accommodate her disability when it fired her instead of giving her a short medical leave of a... (more story)

WNBA Player Ends Suit Alleging Pregnancy Prompted Trade

A WNBA player and the Las Vegas Aces struck a deal to resolve Hamby's suit alleging the team traded her because she became pregnant, according to a filing in federal court Thursday.

EEOC Challenges Care Co.'s Bid For Win In Harassment Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is pushing back on a nursing home and rehabilitation center operator's bid for a pretrial win in a suit alleging it failed to act when a nurse was sexually hara... (more story)

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Mich. High Court Backs Rejection Of Farmwork Comp Suit

A closely divided Michigan Supreme Court on Friday let stand a lower appellate court holding that a nonprofit's legal challenge to a state policy denying workers' compensation pay to unauthorized immigrants wa... (more story)

Tool Co. Misclassifies Calif. Workers As Contractors, Suit Says

An Ohio-based tool company stiffs its California dealers on pay by misclassifying them as independent contractors and is threatening to force workers to arbitrate their claims in Ohio, according to a proposed ... (more story)

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Ex-Driver Says Ga. Delivery Co. Stiffs Workers

A former driver for an Atlanta-area FedEx delivery contractor has hit the company with a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court, accusing the firm of paying its drivers what amounted to a flat wag... (more story)

DoorDash, Uber Sue NYC To Block Checkout Tip Prompt Law

DoorDash and Uber Eats filed suit together Thursday in Manhattan federal court, seeking to block two New York City laws that the food delivery companies say force them to solicit tips before or as customers ch... (more story)

Judge Certifies Conn. Sushi Chef's Raw Deal Paycheck Suit

A Connecticut Asian fusion restaurant must face a class action employment case led by a sushi chef who claimed he and others worked close to 80 hours some weeks at a flat rate, without overtime pay.

Ga. Judge Joins Geico Call Center Actions Ahead Of Deal

A Georgia federal judge agreed Thursday to consolidate a pair of class actions accusing Geico of shorting its call center workers on pay for pre- and post-shift work, clearing the way for settlements that were... (more story)

Mo. Court Rejects Conditional Cert. In Hospital Break Suit

Nurses and technicians cannot move forward as a collective in an unpaid meal break lawsuit against a hospital network, a Missouri federal judge ruled, finding that they failed to put forward enough evidence th... (more story)