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September 08, 2026
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday backed a federal labor enforcers' finding that an Illinois fire-suppression company breached an earlier settlement with its employees when it stopped recognizing their union and bargaining for a first contract.
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September 08, 2026
A United Food & Commercial Workers local urged a Utah federal court on Tuesday to toss a medical marijuana dispensary's suit challenging the constitutionality of National Labor Relations Board proceedings lodged against it, claiming the dispensary failed to show it was harmed by the removal protections for agency judges and members.
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September 08, 2026
The Second Circuit's recent decision to reject the National Labor Relations Board's latest test of dress codes that restrict union displays shows that its foundational policies are vulnerable as judges grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's command to scrutinize agencies' legal views.
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September 08, 2026
A National Labor Relations Board official should consider the messages that two workers exchanged with a Pipefitters local when deciding whether the workers were eligible to vote in a union representation election, a split NLRB ruled, allowing the employer's subpoena of the messages to move forward.
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September 08, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm said Tuesday that a group of retailers and repair centers associated with Napa Auto Parts is clear to establish a group health plan for its member employers, concluding the arrangement would be covered by federal benefits law.
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September 08, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm issued guidance Tuesday on how to comply with federal laws that require employer health plans to produce an analysis of their mental health and substance use disorder coverage, which remains subject to litigation in D.C. federal court.
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September 08, 2026
The Fifth Circuit has declined to enforce the bulk of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding Starbucks unlawfully threatened workers with reduced store hours and a hiring freeze in response to a unionization campaign but said one manager unlawfully threatened workers' health and leave benefits.
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September 08, 2026
The Fifth Circuit backed most of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that Starbucks engaged in a host of federal labor law violations to suppress a union campaign in upstate New York, ruling that the board's findings are supported by "substantial evidence" presented in the case.
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September 08, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched what his administration said is the nation's first office centered on helping workers organize, connecting them with unions and keeping them informed on their rights.
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September 08, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration received pushback on a proposal to preempt state and local meal and rest break requirements for flight attendants, including an International Brotherhood of Teamsters argument that preemption is up to the courts, though Republican attorneys general backed the proposal.
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September 04, 2026
A Colorado federal magistrate judge ordered Friday that an attorney for nearly 40 nurses in a wage lawsuit against Colorado-based U.S. Nursing Corp. explain why he has not appeared in the case for months and why the court should not therefore toss the suit.
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September 04, 2026
The Seventh Circuit kept an Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager rule in place as not preempted by federal benefits law, the Fourth Circuit revived an Altria ex-worker's dispute over benefit plan documents, and the Eleventh Circuit reversed a pretrial win for Royal Caribbean in cruise workers' suit challenging 401(k) funds. Here, Law360 looks at those and two other major appellate decisions from August involving ERISA that benefits attorneys may want to know.
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September 04, 2026
A United Auto Workers local did not violate federal labor law by refusing to sign an agreement on production standards at a Florida Mack Trucks plant, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, saying the union never agreed to language the company added to the deal.
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September 04, 2026
The general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board revived a charge claiming the Teamsters illegally blocked an Amazon facility during a picket after the company appealed a regional official's decision dismissing the allegation.
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September 04, 2026
General Motors' battery cell manufacturer must face a worker's claim that his firing violated his union's collective bargaining agreement, a Tennessee federal judge has ruled, saying the worker has a solid case that his employer bypassed the union contract's disciplinary and termination procedures when discharging him last year.
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September 04, 2026
The National Labor Relations Board can enforce its order finding a nuclear waste cleanup company unlawfully fired an employee who reported allegations to his union that the company violated its collective bargaining agreement, the Sixth Circuit found, ruling that the board's findings are backed by substantial evidence.
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September 04, 2026
The newly Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board should reverse a Biden-era ruling that made it easier for unions to win bargaining orders in unfair labor practice cases involving organizing drives, an agency attorney told the NLRB, asking it to use an Amazon-Teamsters dispute to overturn its 2023 Cemex ruling.
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September 04, 2026
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer failed to prohibit harassment in the workplace, had an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a member of her protective detail and combined personal and official travel, the U.S. Labor Department's internal watchdog said in a report following the secretary's resignation.
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September 03, 2026
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is slated to ease decades of government oversight meant to ferret out ties to organized crime after a New York federal judge on Thursday approved a deal between the union and the Trump administration.
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September 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has cut short ex-Philadelphia labor leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty's prison sentence for bribery and embezzlement, an attorney for the former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager confirmed Thursday.
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September 03, 2026
Former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer sued the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday in Washington, D.C., federal court, alleging the department unlawfully fired her for not recommending Mel Gibson get his gun rights back — a request she said was based on the actor's relationship with President Donald Trump.
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September 03, 2026
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday vacated a $220,000 penalty imposed on BNSF Railway by the U.S. Department of Labor's whistleblower tribunal, ruling that the company is entitled to a jury trial in its retaliation dispute with a former employee.
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September 03, 2026
Pennsylvania is planning to step up enforcement of wage laws for home care employees, the state's labor secretary has announced, saying these workers are particularly vulnerable to wage theft.
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September 03, 2026
A New York federal judge narrowed but declined to fully toss a suit from four Black servers who claimed that they were racially discriminated against and sexually harassed by male managers at a Mexican restaurant, ruling they presented enough evidence to show that prejudice may have plagued the workplace.
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September 03, 2026
A homeless shelter operator asked a New York federal court to toss a bid from National Labor Relations Board prosecutors to hold the company in contempt for claims that it denied an order to bargain with an SEIU affiliate, saying the court no longer has jurisdiction.