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Wash. Law Highlights Debate Over Unemployment For Strikers

A new Washington state law that will allow strikers to receive unemployment benefits during work stoppages raises ... (more story)

Protecting Workers Amid High Court-EEOC Trans Rights Rift

In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services and U.S. v. Skrmetti, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that Title VII... (more story)

What 9th Circ. Cracker Barrel Ruling Means For FLSA Cert.

The Ninth Circuit's decision in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel suggests a settling of two procedural trends in Fair ... (more story)

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IRS Workforce Has Nosedived 25% Since February

More than 25,000 Internal Revenue Service employees have left since February, a 25% overall reduction in staff driven mostly by workers who took a downsizing deal allowing them to resign while still being paid... (more story)

CWA Unit Decries Use Of Its Funds As 'Personal Piggy Bank'

A CWA local representing New York City Police Department traffic enforcement agents demanded $1 million in damages in a federal suit aiming to block its placement in a trusteeship, with the affiliate claiming ... (more story)

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Bronx Defenders Reaches Tentative Deal To End Strike

The union representing staff attorneys for the Bronx Defenders — one of several member shops of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys that went on strike last week — has reached a tentative contract... (more story)

COVID-19 Fraudster Can Keep His Pension, Conn. Judge Says

A former Connecticut firefighter who pled guilty in connection with a COVID-19 relief fund scam can keep the pension he earned through 26 years of service, a state trial court judge has ruled, pointing to the ... (more story)

Tech Co. Defends Confidentiality Clause In Separation Pact

A technology company was allowed to ban its laid-off employees from discussing the terms of their separation agreement with their co-workers, the company argued to a National Labor Relations Board judge, defen... (more story)

NLRB Official OKs Union Votes For Chicago Hotel Staff

Dining and front desk workers at a Chicago hotel can vote on whether they want a UNITE HERE local to represent them, a National Labor Relations Board regional director concluded, finding that the nonunion empl... (more story)

Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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'Family To Support' Remark Can't Save Walmart Sex Bias Suit

The Eighth Circuit backed the dismissal of a former Walmart worker's suit alleging that sex bias cost her a promotion, ruling that a boss's comment that the winning male candidate "had a family to support" did... (more story)

10th Circuit Revives Fired Defense Worker's Disability Suit

The Tenth Circuit revived a suit Monday accusing a defense contractor of discriminating against a former employee after he started receiving a disability accommodation, with the appellate court saying a trial ... (more story)

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Cuomo Wants To Weigh In On Ex-Aide's Harassment Deal

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged a New York state court to hold off on dismissing a sexual harassment lawsuit in which the Empire State recently reached a $450,000 settlement with one of his former assistants.

Baldoni's Insurer Says No Coverage For Lively Suit

An insurer for Justin Baldoni told a New York federal court Monday it owes no coverage to the "It Ends With Us" lead and director, his production company and other officers for co-star Blake Lively's lawsuit a... (more story)

DOL Rescinds ERISA Guidance On Citi Racial Equity Program

The U.S. Department of Labor rescinded a Biden-era opinion letter Monday that had backed Citi's commitment to pay fees for diverse investment managers overseeing Citi-sponsored benefit plans regulated by the E... (more story)

Trump Admin's Harvard Cuts Vex Judge: 'Staggering To Me'

A Massachusetts federal judge said Monday that the Trump administration has not presented evidence that Harvard has failed to address antisemitism on its campus and expressed bewilderment at the government's l... (more story)

6th Circ. Revives Fired Clariant Clerk's Gender Bias Suit

A former warehouse clerk is entitled to a trial on her claim that she was terminated because of her gender during a workforce reduction at a U.S. division of Swiss chemical company Clariant, the Sixth Circuit has ruled.

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Former Detroit Tigers Employee Drops Overtime Suit

A former Detroit Tigers employee agreed to end his suit in Michigan federal court claiming that the Major League Baseball team left shift premiums and bonuses out of employees' regular rates when it calculated their overtime.

Walgreens Accused Of Failing To Provide Meal, Rest Breaks

Walgreens flouted Washington state law and Seattle's wage theft ordinance by failing to provide employees with meal and rest breaks and then automatically deducting time for breaks that workers never took, a f... (more story)

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Xerox Strikes $9.1M Deal To End 13-Year-Long Wage Case

Xerox agreed to pay $9.1 million to end a 13-year-long wage lawsuit that went to the Ninth Circuit and the Washington Supreme Court, according to a federal court filing by more than 5,700 call center workers w... (more story)

Amazon, Amplio Can Arbitrate Drivers' OT Suit, Judge Says

Amazon and Amplio can arbitrate a proposed wage-and-hour class action filed by two former delivery drivers, a California federal judge said Friday, finding the state law barring employers from requiring worker... (more story)

HealthOne Faces Class Action From Nurses Over Missed Breaks

A group of nurses filed a proposed class action in Colorado state court Friday claiming that HealthOne violated state employment laws by failing to ensure employees took 30-minute meal breaks during their shifts.

Cozen O'Connor Lands Employment Atty From Jackson Lewis

A Pittsburgh attorney with more than two decades of experience counseling clients on employment matters could not pass up the opportunity to move her practice to Cozen O'Connor after more than 12 years with Ja... (more story)

ADP Consultant Says Co. Owes Her For OT, Expenses

A life cycle consultant said that ADP misclassified her as overtime-exempt for about one year, telling a New Jersey federal court that the company also failed to reimburse her for business expenses.