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Minimizing AI Bias Risks Amid New Calif. Workplace Rules

In light of California implementing new regulations to protect job applicants and employees from discrimination li... (more story)

Wash. Ruling Raises Pay Transparency Litigation Risk

Washington Supreme Court’s recent decision in Branson v. Washington Fine Wine and Spirits, affirming applicants st... (more story)

Navigating Employee Social Media Use Amid Political Violence

With concerns about employee social media use reaching a fever pitch in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, ... (more story)

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SkyWest Group Fights To Keep AFA-CWA Counterclaims

A nonunion employee organization at SkyWest urged a Utah federal court to preserve its counterclaims accusing the Association of Flight Attendants, a union organizer and former flight attendants of conspiring ... (more story)

High Court Won't Take Up Md. Retirees' Drug Benefits Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a Fourth Circuit decision concluding that Maryland wasn't contractually bound to provide benefits to employees upon retirement, turning away a case that chall... (more story)

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Amazon Union Seeks To Defend New York's NLRB Fill-In Law

The Amazon Labor Union has asked a New York federal judge to let it defend a New York law empowering state enforcers to fill in for the beleaguered National Labor Relations Board, saying Amazon's bid to nullif... (more story)

Ed Dept. Used Worker Emails For Shutdown Politics, Suit Says

The U.S. Department of Education violated its workers' freedom of speech by altering their out-of-office email messages to blame the government shutdown on Democrats, the workers' union claimed in a complaint ... (more story)

Baseball's Antitrust Exemption Escapes High Court Review

The U.S. Supreme Court refused a request on Monday to review baseball's century-old exemption from antitrust law in a case from players accusing Major League Baseball and its teams of colluding to pay minor le... (more story)

Justices Turn Away BDO's Auditor Fraud Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear a case that BDO USA LLP claimed could set a "dangerous precedent" for public-company auditors, leaving intact a Second Circuit decision allowing the secu... (more story)

Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ... (more story)

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Meta Accused Of Retaliation In Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

A former manager for Meta claims in a lawsuit filed in California federal court Friday that the company discriminated against her for pregnancy-related leave, giving her unfair reviews and overloading her with... (more story)

Ex-Aldi Employee Accuses Grocery Chain Of Retaliation

Supermarket chain Aldi targeted and wrongfully fired a former risk analyst because of her disability that at times caused her to have anxiety attacks, according to a lawsuit in Illinois federal court.

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Justices Decline Case Over Scope Of Forced Arbitration Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into a former employee's legal battle with CVS despite the worker's claim that the justices need to clarify key terms in a 3-year-old federal law banning mandator... (more story)

Atty Awarded $203K In ADA Suit Over Alcoholism Relapse

A federal judge in Washington state has confirmed a $203,523 JAMS arbitration award issued to a Seattle-area lawyer, permanently ending the attorney's disability bias suit against a personal injury firm he all... (more story)

Justices Won't Review EFAA's Effect On Wage Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an invitation to consider whether the 3-year-old Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act can also push workers' wage and hour claims into federal court.

Justices Skip Unpaid Texas Tech Mentor's Retaliation Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review a former Texas Tech University graduate research assistant's suit alleging she lost an unpaid mentor position for complaining about a professor's sexual hara... (more story)

Justices Won't Review 5th Circ. Ending ACA Trans Policy Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the Fifth Circuit's decision to shut down a challenge to a Biden-era interpretation of the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination-in-healthcare policy as al... (more story)

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Pa. Hospitals Ink $28.5M Deal In No-Poach Deal Antitrust Fight

Two hospitals will pay a combined total of $28.5 million to approximately 12,000 healthcare workers who alleged the defendants illegally agreed not to poach each other's doctors and nurses, which suppressed wa... (more story)

NJ Justices Seem Skeptical Wage Law Excludes Immigrants

The New Jersey Supreme Court appeared skeptical Monday that a worker can't bring state wage and hour claims because he is an unauthorized immigrant, as an appellate court had found, and grilled a realty manage... (more story)

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Amazon Disputes Firing Worker On Maternity Leave

Amazon has urged an Illinois federal judge to grant it summary judgment in an ex-worker's lawsuit alleging pregnancy-based discrimination, saying she was fired only after failing to return at the end of an ext... (more story)

Amazon Fails To Pay Area Managers Overtime, Court Told

Amazon misclassified area managers as overtime-exempt even though they mostly worked on handling packages, leading to unpaid overtime, a former employee said in a proposed class action now removed to Washington federal court.

8th Circ. Revives Part Of Legal Tech Worker's OT Dispute

The Eighth Circuit said in a published opinion Monday that the Minnesota federal district court must reexamine whether it has jurisdiction over an employee at legal document review company Consilio's pursuit o... (more story)

3 Pointers For Thoughtful Equal Pay Audits

Disney must do regular equal pay audits as part of a recent $43 million settlement, which serves as a good reminder to employers about using such audits to weed out pay gaps, attorneys told Law360.

Calif. Gov. Newsom Inks Bill To Let Lyft, Uber Drivers Unionize

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into law legislation giving gig drivers the right to unionize and negotiate certain job terms and conditions, after state leaders reached a deal with Uber and Lyft... (more story)