July 26, 2022
The Ninth Circuit upheld a victory for railroads that had challenged the application of a California paid sick leave law that labor unions and the state had defended, holding Tuesday that rail workers were exempt due to federal laws governing their benefits.
March 17, 2022
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday zeroed in on whether parts of a California paid sick leave law should apply to railroad companies, indicating they might reverse two rulings by a lower court that together concluded the industry's workers were entirely exempt due to federal benefits laws.
November 09, 2021
A group of railroad companies, including Amtrak and Union Pacific, asked the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower court's holding that California's paid sick leave law doesn't apply to them because it conflicts with a federal law governing railroads.
September 09, 2021
California's labor commissioner and rail workers' unions have told the Ninth Circuit that the state's paid sick leave law does not run afoul of federal law nor does it interfere with interstate commerce, and that railroads should be subject to the law just like any other employer operating in the Golden State.