A former worker asked the Eleventh Circuit to order a new trial in a suit accusing an Alabama steel mill of failing to fully compensate him for hours worked and overtime, arguing there was nothing to support the jury awarding him $0 in Fair Labor Standards Act damages.
The recent withdrawal of a National Labor Relations Board complaint accusing the Salvation Army of restricting its workers' organizing rights may be a sign of things to come under the agency's new general counsel, though the signal is fuzzy.
National Labor Relations Board general counsel Crystal Carey does not plan to issue a highly anticipated memo detailing precedents she would like to see the board revisit, saying in a memo Wednesday that a focus on precedent shifts in recent years has contributed to the agency's backlog in cases.