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New York Tire Dealer, EEOC Settle Religious Bias Probe

A New York-based tire dealer agreed to pay just under $304,000 to resolve an investigation into what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged was a decision to turn away an applicant due to his request for time off to observe the Sabbath, the agency announced Monday.

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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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Insuring Equality: 3 Tips To Preserve Coverage For DEI Claims

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6 Laws For Calif. Employers To Know In 2026

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California's legislative changes for 2026 impose sweeping new obligations on employers, including by expanding pay... (more story)

Prepping For 2026 Shifts In Calif. Workplace Safety Rules

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California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health is preparing for significant shifts and increased enforcem... (more story)

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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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Fired Black Delta Worker Ends Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

A Black former Delta Air Lines employee dropped his suit claiming the airline fired him for voicing concerns that he was paid less than his non-Black colleagues, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.

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)

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High Court Won't Hear Illinois County's ADA Back Pay Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court declined an invitation Monday from Cook County, Illinois, to review a Seventh Circuit ruling that said a former corrections officer can seek back pay after winning a disability discrimination verdict.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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Muji Worker Seeks To Keep Weekly Pay Suit Alive

An employee for Japanese retailer Muji urged a New York federal court not to throw out her proposed class and collective wage action, saying that paying manual workers biweekly instead of weekly violates state... (more story)

9th Circ. Keeps Amazon Win Over PTO Suit

Amazon's paid personal time policy clearly states that the 10 hours employees receive vest in January or on the date of hire, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled, affirming a California federal court's ruling that the... (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)

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)

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.