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May 21, 2024
The Third Circuit reopened a class action Tuesday accusing American Airlines of unlawfully denying pilots pay for short military assignments while compensating employees for jury duty and bereavement leave, ruling a trial is needed to determine whether time off for military service is fungible with paid absences.
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May 20, 2024
A Los Angeles judge on Monday granted AMC's request to arbitrate claims brought by a television producer who says he was sexually assaulted by "Hannibal" creator Bryan Fuller while working on a docuseries for the cable channel and also stayed claims against Fuller and all defendants.
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May 20, 2024
Colorado's governor has approved the nation's first framework to clamp down on algorithmic discrimination in certain artificial intelligence technologies, although he expressed several "reservations" about the measure that he urged the Legislature to address before the law takes effect in 2026.
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May 20, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged an Arkansas federal judge to reject a bid by 17 Republican state attorneys general to block recently finalized regulations that guide the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, arguing that concerns about its abortion accommodations are merely hypothetical.
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May 20, 2024
A pair of former Jersey City, New Jersey, cops who sued city officials alleging they were wrongfully terminated for their off-duty use of regulated cannabis have asserted that the city improperly moved the matter to federal court and that the case belongs under state jurisdiction.
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May 20, 2024
Tesla must face a class action by scores of Black workers accusing it of a widespread culture of racial discrimination at its factory in Fremont, California, a state trial court judge has ruled.
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May 20, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked the Sixth Circuit to upend State Farm's win in a former worker's suit, saying there's evidence she was fired in retaliation for helping a disabled colleague lodge a complaint against her supervisor because he abruptly yanked her accommodation.
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May 20, 2024
A New York federal judge said Boar's Head can't get reconsideration of an order greenlighting a collective in a late pay suit because the workers in the case supported their claims, but granted the deli meat and cheese company's request to rework the collective definition.
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May 20, 2024
A Michigan federal judge on Monday issued a brief order dismissing an age bias lawsuit brought by a former Detroit Tigers employee against the MLB team, saying the parties informed the court they have resolved all claims just a month before trial was set to begin.
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May 20, 2024
The Second Circuit reopened a Black former office clerk's lawsuit alleging her supervisor at a western New York transit authority harassed her by disparaging George Floyd just weeks after his death, finding a trial court should've given her more information about conducting discovery before tossing the case.
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May 20, 2024
The Third Circuit declined to reinstate a lawsuit an ex-worker brought against a Pennsylvania museum accusing it of firing him after he asked for accommodations to treat a back injury he suffered at work, saying his allegations aren't strong enough to sustain a retaliation case.
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May 20, 2024
A bill invalidating mandatory arbitration agreements for workplace age discrimination claims recently won bipartisan support for a full Senate vote, a development experts say gives lawmakers a chance to curb a type of bias that's remained stubbornly persistent as some people perceive it as acceptable.
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May 20, 2024
A recreational vehicle manufacturer will pay more than $95,000 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that it fired a painter the day he underwent surgery, the company said Monday, after the agency secured judgment in the Indiana federal court case that was headed to a damages trial.
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May 20, 2024
A Detroit-area court and two of its judges say a public defender's retaliation suit should be dismissed because they have immunity from claims that her cases were moved because she complained about court staff behavior, saying that even if the allegations were true, the judges have a right to manage their courtrooms.
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May 20, 2024
A federal court's ruling that a job applicant lacked standing to claim an employer violated Washington state's new requirement for employers to include pay ranges in job ads may signal that workers will fare better advancing such claims in state court, attorneys told Law360.
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May 20, 2024
A nurse working for a Northshore Health unit in Illinois cannot pursue employment deprivation claims over the hospital's initial rejection of her COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption request since she was granted the exemption on appeal, a federal judge said Friday.
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May 20, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Fifth Circuit it should revive a colorblind conductor's disability bias suit claiming BNSF Railway Co. used a flawed vision test to fire him, arguing that the trial court misinterpreted railway safety regulations when it tossed the case.
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May 20, 2024
A recycling company will pay $90,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of firing a veteran employee because he participated in an agency probe regarding gender bias, a filing in Alabama federal court said.
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May 20, 2024
A Pennsylvania appeals panel won't reinstate a wrongful termination suit by a former rehabilitation center worker who says she was wrongly fired for using medical cannabis, rejecting her argument that her claims should be subject to a six-year statute of limitations instead of two years.
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May 20, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to consider a metal engraver's claims that a silversmith fired him because he was over 40 with carpal tunnel syndrome, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit ruling that only part of his case needed to be heard by a jury.
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May 20, 2024
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg committed Monday to resigning from his post amid continuing fallout from his agency's toxic workplace scandal, bending to mounting pressure for his exit.
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May 17, 2024
A former Jenner & Block LLP employee filed a discrimination suit against the law firm Friday, claiming she was fired after the firm refused to provide a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite her belief that taking the vaccine would make her complicit in abortion.
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May 17, 2024
A corporate hotel booking service gave lackluster performance reviews to a female national sales manager because she had taken maternity leave and fired her after she raised concerns about being passed over for promotions in favor of a less experienced male co-worker, according to a lawsuit in Colorado federal court.
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May 17, 2024
The Delaware State Police on Friday defeated a former officer's lawsuit alleging she was constantly bullied by superiors and eventually fired because of her gender, with a federal judge finding she failed to show how 15 years of sporadic events demonstrated a pattern of bias.
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May 17, 2024
A Hartford art museum and its former curatorial administrator who accused it of firing her for sending an email questioning its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives came together to jointly dismiss the worker's free speech retaliation suit from Connecticut federal court.