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 pa... (more story)

A Florida federal judge threw out a lawsuit Friday 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 Famil... (more story)

A split National Labor Relations Board has upheld an agency judge's decision to greenlight a redo of a union representation election at a New Jersey waste management company, finding the company tainted the fi... (more story)

President Joe Biden on Friday vetoed a congressional resolution to block an enjoined National Labor Relations Board rule treating more employers as joint employers, following through on an earlier threat to sh... (more story)

A National Labor Relations Board judge said a home remodeler's social media policy violated federal labor law under the board's revised standards, but nonetheless tossed a worker's challenge to the policy beca... (more story)

A New York City waiter's participation in a staff walkout partially motivated his managers' decision to fire him about three months later, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled, deeming the firing i... (more story)

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 interve... (more story)

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 Opport... (more story)

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 ... (more story)

A California state appeals court in a rehearing declined to sustain demurrers a lower court had granted to several companies that argued they could not be sued as joint employers in a worker's wage and hour la... (more story)

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... (more story)

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'... (more story)

 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 a... (more story)

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... (more story)

Two food distributors who created corporate entities while working for a food service business must arbitrate claims they were misclassified as independent contractors because a Federal Arbitration Act carveou... (more story)

An operator of group homes for people with disabilities will shell out approximately $191,000 to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit claiming it failed to pay workers minimum wage and overtime, as a Michigan f... (more story)

North Carolina Democrats have proposed broad legislation to bolster protections for employees in the Tar Heel State — from abolishing at-will employment to repealing the ban on collective bargaining for public... (more story)

Delivery drivers asked a Vermont federal judge not to grant Bimbo Bakeries' bid to appeal a decision that their collective can span three states, saying it's too early to get the Second Circuit's opinion becau... (more story)

A subsidiary of restaurant food distributor Sysco Corp. will pay over $133,000 in back pay to resolve the U.S. Department of Labor's allegations that it discriminated against women by failing to hire qualified... (more story)

Nationwide kidney care service provider DaVita Inc. has urged a Colorado federal judge to reject a bid by nurses and technicians to merge their wage class action with another suit, arguing Wednesday the plaint... (more story)

A network of California poultry processors will pay over $5 million to settle a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit in federal court after an agency investigation found the processors employed children to debone ... (more story)