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May 06, 2024
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a state statute that directs investigators to request, but not require, confidentiality in discrimination or harassment investigations involving state workers, ruling the provision still reached too far and chilled protected speech.
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May 06, 2024
Justices on Massachusetts' highest court appeared unlikely Monday to strike down ballot proposals to reinvent app-based drivers' relationships with Uber, Lyft and the like, commenting that the scattershot ideas for voters in March all carry the underlying theme of creating a carveout from the state's worker-friendly employee classification law.
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May 06, 2024
A federal judge declined Monday to shut down claims from a Black worker who said she was unlawfully fired from a Mercedes-Benz apprenticeship program for complaining that her white, male counterparts received better treatment, saying the staffing company may have been her joint employer.
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May 06, 2024
A former employee at a corporate-owned Krispy Kreme restaurant in Miami has sued the company in Florida state court on allegations of sex and gender discrimination, saying that a manager fired her after learning about her transgender status.
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May 06, 2024
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday formally censured a former state judge who sought out relationships with court staff and tried to get another judge to expedite his father's probate case, finding the judge "repeatedly abused his power for self-gain," and ordered him to pay $51,000 in sanctions.
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May 06, 2024
A Texas federal judge ordered Blaze Media to cough up documents relating to a former commentator accused of sexual harassment, finding that the conservative media company didn't do enough to show that the discovery requests were overly broad and concerned confidential information.
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May 06, 2024
A federal judge has tossed a professor's suit alleging the University of Washington violated his First Amendment rights after he opposed including an acknowledgment of Native Americans in his syllabus for a computer science course, saying his stance created a burden for the school.
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May 06, 2024
Attorneys for a former DeKalb County Board of Ethics deputy ethics officer told a Georgia federal judge Monday that a magistrate judge ignored "key facts" when recommending the dismissal of her suit alleging she was fired for complaining about racial discrimination.
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May 06, 2024
A suit accusing steel producer Gerdau of not allowing male mill workers to take parental leave will be put to rest after a Texas federal judge signed off on a nationwide deal between the workers and the company.
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May 06, 2024
A former Morgan & Morgan PA paralegal who says she was unlawfully fired after requesting time off under protections afforded by the Family and Medical Leave Act has sued the firm in Florida federal court, alleging interference and retaliation.
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May 06, 2024
Fisher Phillips LLP is building out its New Jersey presence with the addition of a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP labor and employment partner coming aboard as of counsel.
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May 03, 2024
An Indiana federal court's recent decision shooting down a teacher's religious objections to a school district's policy requiring its educators to call transgender students by their gender-affirming names is a favorable one for employers that might find themselves similarly balancing competing interests, legal experts said.
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May 03, 2024
An upcoming hearing in California federal court in a job candidate's discrimination case over software provider Workday's artificial intelligence-powered hiring tools will hinge on the question of who shoulders the liability when a high-tech workplace tool churns out biased results.
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May 03, 2024
In the coming week, a federal magistrate judge will consider whether to grant class certification to New York income tax preparers who claim they were denied overtime pay due to their employer's practice of paying them on commissions. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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May 03, 2024
The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a former Transportation Security Administration manager's lawsuit alleging she was fired for settling a discrimination charge she filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying a reasonable jury could conclude she was treated harsher than a comparable colleague.
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May 03, 2024
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims pared back a proposed class action seeking military back pay for service members allegedly discharged for not complying with a 2021 COVID-19 vaccination mandate, saying it had no jurisdiction over a nonmoney-mandating statute.
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May 03, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit a former flight attendant lodged against Spirit Airlines accusing it of firing her after she complained that its medical leave policies ran afoul of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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May 03, 2024
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice effectively fired an employee who wore a headscarf to work in accordance with her religious beliefs after questioning the sincerity of her faith, the federal government alleged in a lawsuit filed against the agency Friday in Texas federal court.
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May 03, 2024
A Michigan federal judge called out the Detroit Tigers for failing to indicate whether it had reached out to opposing counsel before filing its recent motion to exclude testimony in a former clubhouse manager's age bias case, denying the team's exclusion bid as trial approaches.
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May 03, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for oral arguments before the California Supreme Court on the issue of the right of workers bringing a case under the state's Private Attorneys General Act to intervene in a separate matter. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in the Golden State.
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May 03, 2024
A California state judge has been removed from the bench after an investigation found that he conducted a campaign of retaliation against court employees he suspected of being "moles" in a probe against him and lied about his actions to investigators afterward.
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May 03, 2024
A North Carolina federal court rejected a former assistant federal defender's bid to have the federal government release certain #MeToo evidence following a trial over her claims of a botched sexual harassment probe, saying she was "woefully late" in deciding to challenge its confidentiality status.
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May 03, 2024
A group of Aetna policyholders said Friday that the insurance giant has agreed to pay $2 million and revise certain health insurance guidelines to settle a proposed class action alleging its definition of infertility made it difficult and expensive for LGBTQ couples to obtain coverage for fertility treatments.
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May 03, 2024
A Utah corrections officer urged the Tenth Circuit to reconsider tanking his bias and retaliation claims alleging he was fired after asking to use a different gun to accommodate his hand disability, arguing that his case should be reviewed under a new standard set by the Supreme Court.
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May 03, 2024
A company that contracts with mine sites illegally refused to hire a worker to drive a dump truck because he's a right-arm amputee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in Georgia federal court.