Expert Analysis

Meta Layoff Suit Serves As Early Test Of AI Bias Claims

A lawsuit in California federal court alleging that Meta's use of artificial intelligence in recent layoffs negati... (more story)

Rejection Of NLRB Successor Bar Renews An Employer Tool

Although the D.C. Circuit's recent ruling in Hospital Menonita v. National Labor Relations Board does not allow pu... (more story)

Flashpoints In Focus: Minimizing Midterm Politics At Work

With the upcoming midterm elections producing a steady stream of controversy, employers would benefit from plannin... (more story)

Labor More

6th Circ. Backs NLRB Enforcement Order In Retaliation Row

The National Labor Relations Board can enforce its order finding a nuclear waste cleanup company unlawfully fired an employee who reported allegations to his union that the company violated its collective barg... (more story)

NLRB GC's Office Backs Cemex Reversal In Amazon Case

The newly Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board should reverse a Biden-era ruling that made it easier for unions to win bargaining orders in unfair labor practice cases involving organizing drives... (more story)

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Nonprofit Asks Court To Nix Contempt Bid In Bargaining Row

A homeless shelter operator asked a New York federal court to toss a bid from National Labor Relations Board prosecutors to hold the company in contempt for claims that it denied an order to bargain with an SE... (more story)

Ex-Labor Secretary Acted Inappropriately, Watchdog Says

Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer failed to prohibit harassment in the workplace, had an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a member of her protective detail and combined personal and ... (more story)

Teamsters Set To Shed Federal Monitors After Judge's OK

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is slated to ease decades of government oversight meant to ferret out ties to organized crime after a New York federal judge on Thursday approved a deal between the u... (more story)

Trump Commutes Ex-Union Leader Dougherty's Prison Term

President Donald Trump has cut short ex-Philadelphia labor leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty's prison sentence for bribery and embezzlement, an attorney for the former International Brotherhood of Electrical ... (more story)

Ex-Pardon Atty Says DOJ Fired Her Over Actor's Gun Rights

Former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday in Washington, D.C., federal court, alleging the department unlawfully fired her for not recommending Mel Gibson get his gun ri... (more story)

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Medical Issues Got Steel Co. Worker Fired, FMLA Suit Says

A Mississippi steel company fired a machine operator in retaliation for taking time off work to treat medical issues stemming from his kidney failure, according to the former employee's suit filed in federal court.

Judge Allows Partial Bias Trial Attendance For Trans Teacher

A Washington state judge rejected Seattle Public Schools' bid to sanction a transgender ex-substitute teacher for declining to attend the full trial in her case claiming a colleague orchestrated a harassment c... (more story)

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Detroit Club Must Pay $417K Fee After $6.3M Bias Verdict

A Michigan federal judge has awarded more than $417,000 in attorney fees and costs to three former Detroit Club employees who won nearly $6.3 million at trial on race discrimination and retaliation claims, whi... (more story)

Amtrak Dodges Ex-Employee's Age, Disability Bias Lawsuit

Amtrak defeated a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was fired because he was 55 years old and requested periodic days off to manage his anxiety, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling the worker couldn't... (more story)

Ga. School District Wants Early Win In Nixed Job Offer Suit

A Georgia school district asked a federal judge to grant it an early win in a high school Spanish teacher candidate's lawsuit alleging her job offer was rescinded after school officials discovered online comme... (more story)

Ga. City, Ex-Court Admin To Mediate Retaliation Dispute

A federal judge has stayed a former court administrator's suit alleging the city of East Point, Georgia, fired her for complaining about a city council member's attempt to have a relative's court fine withdraw... (more story)

Restaurant Can't Dodge Bulk Of Black Workers' Bias Suit

A New York federal judge narrowed but declined to fully toss a suit from four Black servers who claimed that they were racially discriminated against and sexually harassed by male managers at a Mexican restaur... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Elevance Health Settles Ex-Worker's Late Pay Class Claims

Elevance Health Inc. has agreed to a settlement in principle that would end a proposed class action claiming it failed to give discharged workers their final paychecks in a timely fashion under Connecticut and... (more story)

Fla. Restaurant Pays $733K In DOL Wage Probe

A Florida seafood restaurant paid nearly $733,000 after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that it stiffed 31 workers on their full pay, the agency announced.

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Ex-Oilfield Tech Fights Bid To Arbitrate Wage Claims

A former field technician urged a California federal judge to reject an oilfield services company's bid to arbitrate his wage claims, saying the company only gave him the signature page of its arbitration prog... (more story)

Bowling Venue Workers Win Collective Status In Tip Suit

Servers and bartenders who claim an operator of bowling venues improperly kept or shared their tips with nontipped workers can proceed as a collective, a Texas federal magistrate judge ruled.

Worker Says Colo. Mining Co. Shorted Pay, Including Overtime

A uranium mining company operating in Wyoming shorted hourly workers' pay by rounding down workers' recorded time and removing bonuses from overtime rate calculations, according to a proposed class and collect... (more story)

Worker Says Construction Co. Fired Him Over Age, Med Leave

A construction data and consulting firm fired an employee because he was over 40 and took time off to recover from a heart attack, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court.

AI Co. Misclassified Data Trainers As Contractors, Suit Says

An artificial intelligence data labeling company misclassified workers who performed AI training and annotation tasks as independent contractors, denying them wages, overtime pay and meal and rest breaks they ... (more story)