Expert Analysis

Independent Contractor Rule Up In The Air Under New DOL

In several recent court challenges, the U.S. Department of Labor has indicated its intent to revoke the 2024 indep... (more story)

Employer Tips For Navigating Cultural Flashpoints Litigation

A New York federal court's recent refusal to fully dismiss claims that Cooper Union failed to address antisemitism... (more story)

How To Address FCA Risk After 4th Circ. Ruling On DEI Orders

Following the Fourth Circuit's ruling in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, ... (more story)

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USPTO Flouted Labor Law At Examiner Meeting, Union Says

The labor union representing the federal government's patent examiners has filed a formal complaint alleging a representative for the union was blocked from being able to talk at a meeting between the workers ... (more story)

Joann Floats $1.3M Ohio Closure Deal With Union Workers

Bankrupt crafting supply seller Joann Inc. proposed a deal on Monday with unionized workers at an Ohio distribution facility that will pay $1.3 million in severance and unused time-off payments for staying at ... (more story)

Station Casinos of Las Vegas stands accused of violating the National Labor Relations Act by firing union supporters, threatening workers' raises if they unionized and supporting efforts to decertify bargaining units at Station casinos that successfully unionized. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Union Fights Vegas Casino Co.'s Bid To Block NLRB Cases

A union is fighting Station Casinos LLC's argument that the National Labor Relations Board lacks the authority to prosecute the company for violating labor law, telling a Nevada federal judge that Station's co... (more story)

Kroger-Owned Chain Fights To Keep UFCW Suit Alive

The Kroger-owned grocery chain King Soopers urged a Colorado federal judge Tuesday to preserve its lawsuit against a United Food and Commercial Workers local, saying the company can prove that the union is pla... (more story)

Exxon, USW Settle Texas Court Case About Grievance Spat

Exxon Mobil and a United Steelworkers local ended the oil giant's Texas federal court dispute aiming to halt the union from relitigating an issue about the automatic granting of grievances, with a judge approv... (more story)

Union Pension Fund Wins $132M Bailout Suit At 2nd Circ.

A union pension fund won its multimillion-dollar dispute with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. on appeal Tuesday, with the Second Circuit reversing a New York federal judge's 2023 decision that the PBGC was ... (more story)

Federal Defenders Of NY Staff Announce Union Drive

Staff members at the Federal Defenders of New York have announced their plans to join their attorney colleagues as members of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys.

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6th Circ. Reopens Ex-Mich. County Worker's Firing Challenge

The Sixth Circuit partially revived a former Michigan county department head's lawsuit claiming he was fired because he was in his 50s, finding Tuesday that while his age bias claim can't proceed, a reasonable... (more story)

Workday Bias Suit May Gain Collective Status

A federal judge appeared inclined Tuesday to greenlight a collective action from job applicants over 40 who say they were unlawfully steered away from jobs by a Workday hiring tool, saying she saw a "common an... (more story)

10th Circ. Backs Burger King Franchisee In Sex Bias Suit

The Tenth Circuit refused Tuesday to revive a suit from a worker who said a Burger King franchisee did nothing to stop "appalling" sexual harassment by her manager, ruling she missed her chance to raise sex di... (more story)

Ex-Plant Workers Take Aim At Company's Atty Bribe Claims

Two former employees of a plastics manufacturing plant are urging a Georgia federal court to disregard the company's attempt to push liability for an alleged bribery offer sent to their attorney onto a disgrun... (more story)

Littler Brings Back Arbitration Pro In Calif.

Labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson PC is expanding its California arbitration team, announcing Tuesday that it is welcoming back an employment attorney who left briefly to join Whitney Thompson & Jeffcoach LLP.

5th Circ. Says Hispanic DOT Worker Filed Bias Case Too Late

A U.S. Department of Transportation employee was about a decade late in formally accusing his employer of discriminating against him and other Hispanic workers through failing to promote them to a higher pay l... (more story)

Levi's Biased Against Pregnant Exec, Jury Told At Trial's Start

Counsel for a former Levi Strauss executive suing for sex discrimination told a California federal jury Monday that her manager told the then-pregnant woman she lacked "work capacity" for a promotion, while Le... (more story)

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Mich. Nurses Quit Claims Of Pay Withheld For Breaks Untaken

Two registered nurses agreed to drop their claims of unpaid wages against the two locations of a Michigan healthcare system they had accused in federal court of requiring them to work through meal breaks witho... (more story)

Waldorf Astoria Spa Workers Want Wage Suit Kept Alive

Spa workers told a Hawaii federal court they satisfactorily backed up their allegations that a Waldorf Astoria profited from not compensating them properly and that it retaliated against them after their suit ... (more story)

A personal care assistant alleges that thousands of caregivers in New York have been left without pay since April 1. (iStock.com/byryo)
NY Contractor Hasn't Paid Caregivers In A Month, Suit Says

A New York state contractor that helps administer a Medicaid program has forced thousands of caregivers to face a "dizzying array of technical problems" and caused many to not receive any pay over the past mon... (more story)

Teamsters Say UPS Fleeced Workers Through Pay Deductions

The United Parcel Service deducted hundreds of dollars from unionized workers' April 3 paychecks without their consent, a Teamsters unit and four employees told a New York federal court. 

Saltz Mongeluzzi Hit With 2nd Suit On Heels Of Wage Suit Win

Days after a civil suit claiming Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC violated fair labor standards ended with a jury verdict in favor of the firm, a former paralegal filed a complaint in Philadelphia federal court ... (more story)

Reed Smith Lands Squire Patton Employment Ace In Atlanta

Reed Smith LLP has added a Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner to its Atlanta office, strengthening its labor and employment practice after opening the office in January, the firm announced on Monday.

Elevance Nurses Say Their Right To OT Is Beyond Dispute

Health insurer Elevance can't justify its decision to deny nurses overtime wages using one of the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a collective of workers told a North Carolina federal court, ask... (more story)