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March 14, 2024
Methodist Hospital of Dallas says it didn't retaliate against an employee who accused the hospital of undercounting patients who acquired conditions while hospitalized, asking a federal judge Wednesday to rule that it followed the Texas Health and Safety Code.
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March 14, 2024
The Office of the Denver District Attorney has settled a Colorado state court lawsuit with one of its former prosecutors, who alleged she was paid less than her male colleagues in similar roles, and the office disclosed Thursday it agreed to pay the attorney $7,500 to resolve the dispute.
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March 14, 2024
The Third Circuit refused Thursday to disturb Ulta's win in a former worker's lawsuit alleging she was fired because of her age, anxiety and depression, saying she failed to push back on the beauty company's argument that she was let go for pilfering products.
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March 14, 2024
An Alabama federal judge denied Thursday a Black former mail clerk's request that she be given her old job back after an $800,000 jury verdict finding a staffing agency fired her for complaining about biased hairstyle policies, saying that returning to a temporary gig wouldn't make sense.
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March 14, 2024
The Illinois attorney general expressed his support Thursday for a bill that would strengthen protections for workers in the state who report suspected wrongdoing by their employers and give his office the power to investigate employers who retaliate against whistleblowers.
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March 14, 2024
An Illinois federal judge tossed a suit brought by four female sales representatives for a medical waste company claiming they were paid less than their male counterparts, ruling that the case couldn't proceed without more proof that prejudice caused the pay differences.
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March 14, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit declined Thursday to reopen a lawsuit a police officer brought against a Florida city, saying she failed to show that she was passed over for promotions because she's a Mexican-American woman and not because she was facing an internal investigation at the time.
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March 14, 2024
The D.C. Circuit should uphold a National Labor Relations Board decision finding a real estate management firm illegally fired a union supporter, the board argued, saying evidence doesn't back the company's claim that it lawfully terminated the worker because he hadn't been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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March 14, 2024
The Second Circuit on Thursday backed the New York state court system's wins in two former employees' lawsuits alleging it unlawfully fired them for not being vaccinated against COVID-19, finding the system hadn't waived its immunity from federal disability bias claims.
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March 14, 2024
A Hawaii federal judge wouldn't entirely toss a female university softball coach's wage inequality suit against the school, ruling the two male coaches she referenced as being paid more for the same job cast doubt on the university's claim she was paid fairly.
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March 14, 2024
New York's highest court ruled Thursday that nonresidents who were denied employment in the state can bring claims under New York City and state anti-discrimination laws, settling a question that lower courts have long struggled with.
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March 14, 2024
New York just joined the ranks of states that ban employers from demanding access to employees' social media accounts, but the new law doesn't shed light on nettlesome issues such as like online harassment and protecting confidential information. Here, Law360 talks with experts about the dos and don'ts when it comes to viewing workers' social media posts.
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March 14, 2024
A Manhattan federal court ruled that an NBA referee who was fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons can get his retirement benefits, rejecting the league's contention that the prospect of his reemployment made him ineligible.
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March 14, 2024
The Second Circuit declined Thursday to reopen a former NYC Health and Hospitals employee's suit alleging he was fired because he refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with his Christian beliefs, saying his new arguments on appeal can't be considered.
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March 14, 2024
President Joe Biden’s paid leave proposal has attorneys wondering about its scope and how it would interact with the increasing number of state and local paid leave laws. Here, Law360 explores questions attorneys have about the proposal.
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March 14, 2024
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has expanded its West Coast team, bringing in a former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP labor and employment expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office while also adding three associates, the firm announced Wednesday.
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March 13, 2024
The Third Circuit refused Wednesday to reinstate a Black high school counselor's lawsuit alleging a white female counselor fabricated a harassment report against him to push him out, saying he failed to show that the school's decision to reprimand him was rooted in racial bias.
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March 13, 2024
A Washington federal judge has awarded more than $224,000 in attorney fees to a former Boeing intellectual property manager after finding that the company retaliated against him for speaking up against the poor treatment of other workers.
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March 13, 2024
A former employee of a Pittsburgh-area insurance agency dropped her claims against her ex-employer the night before the case was scheduled to go to arbitration, and the insurer asked a federal court Wednesday to affirm the arbitrators' ruling dismissing the suit.
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March 13, 2024
A medical transportation company will pay the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission nearly $100,000 to close a suit alleging four women were harassed and subsequently fired by its owner over their gender expression or sexual orientation, according to a New Mexico federal court filing Wednesday.
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March 13, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit's recent ruling that Florida lawmakers committed a "First Amendment sin" in attempting to curtail employers' ability to discuss race and sex during required workplace trainings puts companies on solid footing to restart diversity, equity and inclusion seminars for workers in the Sunshine State, management-side experts say.
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March 13, 2024
A Texas federal judge ordered Google to hand over additional documents Wednesday as the tech giant continued to spar with a former employee, settling the latest spat between the parties in what has become an increasingly contentious battle over the ex-worker's discrimination claims.
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March 13, 2024
A former NFL player was subjected to racism as the first Black superintendent of schools in Wayland, Massachusetts, and was forced out of his job when he took steps to address it, according to a suit filed Wednesday in state court.
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March 13, 2024
Aetna must face a proposed class action alleging it readily covers fertility treatments for infertile heterosexual women but forces non-heterosexual women to spend thousands out of pocket before paying for their treatments, with a Connecticut federal judge saying it doesn't matter if the insurer didn't control the health plan's terms.
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March 13, 2024
An Eighth Circuit panel on Wednesday seemed inclined to revive religious bias claims from five ex-Mayo Clinic employees who were fired after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, with one judge suggesting it seemed like the pandemic spurred artificially high pleading standards for religious workers.