Expert Analysis

Insights On NLRB General Counsel's New 'Stay-Or-Pay' Memo

Attorneys at Davis Wright discuss the National Labor Relations Board general counsel's new memorandum on employer ... (more story)

What To Expect As Worker Bias Suit Heads To High Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, which concerns how courts treat d... (more story)

Mitigating Construction Employers' Risks Of Discrimination

Recent heightened government scrutiny of construction industry employment practices illustrates the need for nondi... (more story)

Labor More

Retired Conn. Firefighters Sue Over Healthcare Switch Up

A group of 119 retired union firefighters for the city of Stamford, Connecticut, sued the city in state court Monday, seeking an injunction preventing the city from changing their healthcare benefits.

Fan-Maker Joins Other Cos. With NLRB Constitutional Claims

A fan manufacturer is the latest employer to seek an injunction against a National Labor Relations Board case and raise allegations about the constitutionality of the agency's structure, with the company claim... (more story)

An NLRB judge said a Cemex bargaining order against Starbucks is justified given the coffee giant’s unfair labor practices at a Great Neck cafe. (Photo by Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via AP)
NLRB Judge Calls For Cemex Order Against Starbucks In NY

Starbucks should be ordered to bargain with Workers United at a Long Island, New York, cafe under the National Labor Relations Board's Cemex standard, an administrative law judge ruled Monday, finding the coff... (more story)

Boeing Machinists To Vote On New Tentative Wage Deal

Approximately 33,000 Boeing employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will vote Wednesday on a tentative new labor contract that includes a 35% wage increase ov... (more story)

Sean Penn's NGO Challenges NLRB's Revival Of Threat Claim

A National Labor Relations Board judge used the correct legal standard to clear Sean Penn's nongovernmental organization of allegations that Penn threatened to retaliate against employees who critiqued the dis... (more story)

NLRB Official Signs Off On Union Vote At Vehicle Service Co.

Technicians and other workers at an emergency vehicle maintenance company may vote on whether they want an International Association of Machinists local in Illinois to represent them, a National Labor Relation... (more story)

Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

Discrimination More

EEOC Tells 6th Circ. Medical Allergies Can Be Disabilities

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Sixth Circuit on Monday that a trial court wrongly tossed an insurance company worker's disability bias suit claiming she was fired for defying its COV... (more story)

SpaceX Firing Suit Belongs In State Court, Ex-Workers Say

Terminated SpaceX employees on Monday urged a California federal judge to remand their hostile work environment and retaliation case to state court due to lack of diversity jurisdiction, arguing that when they... (more story)

The EEOC alleged that when a Greensboro Hooters location brought back 13 women in mid-May 2020 after laying off its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all but one were white. (Photo by Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Hooters, EEOC Strike Deal To End Post-COVID Rehiring Suit

Hooters will pay $250,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it failed to bring back most of its Black employees when it reopened a North Carolina restaurant during the ... (more story)

Ogletree Shareholder Who Went In-House 'Returning Home'

Communications company WPP Group USA's vice president and counsel for the Americas rejoined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC on Monday as a labor and employment shareholder, the firm said.

Ex-Court Atty's Gender Bias Claims Cut From Workplace Suit

Pennsylvania federal judge has reduced a lawsuit filed by a former Northampton County Court of Common Pleas lawyer who alleges she was forced to resign because of her treatment in the workplace, ruling that wh... (more story)

9th Circ. Revives Atty's ADA Suit Against Calif. Bar

The State Bar of California may not have sovereign immunity that would allow it to duck an attorney's federal lawsuit claiming it failed to provide him with adequate disability accommodations during a bar exam... (more story)

Texas Univ. Hospital Agrees To Resolve DOL Race Bias Probe

A Dallas medical center affiliated with the University of Texas will pay $900,000 after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found evidence that it discriminated against thousands of Black job applicants, ... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Construction Workers Get $800K Prevailing Wage Deal OK'd

A Maryland federal judge signed off Monday on an $800,000 settlement that resolves a collective action accusing three construction firms of paying prevailing wages to fake employees while compensating their re... (more story)

Restaurant Groups Agree Tip Rule Decision Needs Update

Two restaurant groups told the Fifth Circuit on Monday that they don't oppose the U.S. Department of Labor's request to slightly revisit the panel's decision axing the department's 2021 rule on tipped wages, s... (more story)

Netflix reality TV show contestants say were forced to sign illegal contracts and work hours that violated California law. (Andrej Sokolow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)
Netflix Inks $1.4M Wage Deal With Reality TV Contestants

A California judge gave preliminary approval Monday to a $1.4 million settlement between Netflix and contestants from the reality television shows "Love Is Blind" and "The Ultimatum" to end a putative wage cla... (more story)

Arthur Blank's Paramours Forced Unpaid OT, Ex-Workers Say

The family office of Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, who owns the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, has been sued by two former employees who allege they were forced to work long hours due to the rete... (more story)

Energy Workers Want OT Suit Kept Alive After 5th Circ. Ruling

A group of workers claiming that an energy company cheated them out of overtime told a Texas federal court that their suit should remain in play, arguing that a Fifth Circuit panel didn't address whether they ... (more story)

Frontier, Staffing Firm Accused Of Stiffing Technicians On OT

Frontier Communications and a staffing contractor failed to pay telecom technicians overtime wages despite requiring them to work more than 60 hours per week and fired a worker for complaining about the compan... (more story)

Paul Hastings Adds Baker McKenzie Employment Team In NY

Paul Hastings LLP said Monday that it has landed a top-tier, four-partner employment litigation team in New York from Baker McKenzie LLP to strengthen its East Coast practice.