Gig companies have succeeded in arguing that food delivery platform requirements violate free speech rights, but they continue to face independent contractor classification lawsuits and mass arbitration from workers and state attorneys general. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Michael Holecek spoke with Law360 about the gig economy’s wage and hour issues.
Microsoft did not violate federal labor law by firing two workers who organized a protest of the war in Gaza at the company's Washington headquarters because the event didn't have a clear enough tie to their work, a National Labor Relations Board attorney said in a newly released advice memo.
The Second Circuit will mull whether allegations must involve "lewd or romantic" conduct to be shielded by a 2022 law barring mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims, and the full Ninth Circuit will consider whether a Christian ministry can refuse to hire job applicants over their sexual orientation. Here's a look at six upcoming arguments that discrimination attorneys ought to keep an eye on.