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June 16, 2025
Elon Musk should be held personally liable for workers' unpaid severance benefits claims, the former X Corp. employees told a Delaware federal court, saying he retained so much control over the social media company that the company alone cannot be at fault.
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June 16, 2025
Delta Air Lines and a staffing firm failed to pay a worker overtime wages despite expecting her to fulfill the duties of two full-time positions and work more than 40 hours per week, she said in a complaint in Georgia federal court.
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June 13, 2025
A former CSX Transportation Inc. employee's suit claiming he was fired for taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act were on pause while a similar class action was being litigated, he told a Florida federal judge Friday, urging the court to reject the transport company's dismissal bid.
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June 13, 2025
The California Supreme Court could soon weigh in on the enforceability of prospective waivers from state meal-break requirements, addressing an issue that divides the state’s employment bar. Here, Law360 explores the issue.
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June 13, 2025
This week, the Second Circuit will consider a former FedEx employee's attempt to revive his lawsuit claiming he was fired in retaliation for complaining about rampant harassment that management at the company did nothing to address. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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June 13, 2025
Trade groups urged the Eighth Circuit to overturn an order declining to block a Minnesota law from taking effect that slaps steep fines on companies that misclassify construction workers as independent contractors, saying they have standing to sue because their members will be harmed by the statute.
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June 13, 2025
The Trump administration clarified that federal agencies should still use project labor agreements on large federal construction projects, weeks after a court vacated two agencies' directives that purported to eliminate this requirement.
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June 13, 2025
A trucking company agreed to pay $480,000 to resolve drivers' collective action alleging they were paid on a "per-ton" basis that ignored any hours they put in over 40 per week, a filing in Kentucky federal court said.
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June 13, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a potential ruling in an attempt by six unions to temporarily block President Donald Trump's executive order that would prohibit collective bargaining agreements at certain federal agencies. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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June 13, 2025
A former Chili's employee's wage and hour lawsuit against the chain's parent company should stay in play, the worker told a California federal court, saying his failure to list the case in his individual bankruptcy proceedings does not mean his case has to be thrown out.
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June 13, 2025
New Jersey law firm Ragan & Ragan PC is facing a discrimination suit filed by its former collections manager in state court, alleging that the firm and its name partner engaged in a "calculated and malicious campaign of retaliation" against her for taking maternity leave.
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June 13, 2025
After joining Mayer Brown last month, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez talked with Law360 Pulse about his latest career move, his efforts to help expand and enforce hate crime laws, and his work for President Joe Biden to promote the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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June 12, 2025
An attorney for some former United Parcel Service workers urged a Ninth Circuit panel Thursday to undo a decision barring them from proceeding with some state employment claims because the workers memorialized them on union grievance forms, telling the panel the claims aren't preempted by federal law.
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June 12, 2025
Efforts to increase minimum wage by industry or by doing away with subminimum tipped wages are coming up against an economy in flux and the proliferation of automation and artificial intelligence — placing low-wage workers in a precarious position despite these gains, attorneys say.
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June 12, 2025
A shoe retailer requires store managers to put in work outside of the store handling staffing and operations matters on top of the 40 hours of work they put in each week at the store, a proposed collective action filed in North Carolina federal court said.
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June 12, 2025
A National Labor Relations Board judge cleared Exxon Mobil of claims that it mishandled a hefty backlog of grievances, but found the company ducked its obligation to bargain before ending manager fill-in pay for some workers and changing its performance assessments.
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June 12, 2025
The largest aviation ground handling service in North America has been sued in Georgia federal court by a woman who alleges she was pressured to speak with a male manager about her reproductive issues after requesting medical leave, then fired once that leave was approved.
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June 12, 2025
Two workers can intervene in a case that reached a $10 million proposed settlement to end wage claims against CVS, a divided Ninth Circuit panel said, ruling that the duo asked to weigh in on time and have a significant interest in some claims the deal solves.
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June 12, 2025
The Eighth Circuit should affirm an order declining to temporarily block a Minnesota law from taking effect that slaps steep fines on companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors, a labor organization said, because workers' wages will continue to be eroded without the statute.
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June 12, 2025
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Navistar Inc. will pay $450,000 to resolve a former employee's collective action accusing it of failing to incorporate bonus payments in overtime pay calculations, thus causing workers' wages to fall, a filing in Illinois federal court said.
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June 12, 2025
Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC has launched a new practice group that will focus on using data-driven tools to advise employers on various workforce compliance and risk assessment matters.
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June 12, 2025
An aide's proposed class action alleging she should have been compensated for the time she spent traveling between clients' homes should be thrown out, a home health company told an Ohio federal court, saying she failed to show that the commute was related to her primary duties.
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June 11, 2025
Two porters put forward enough information to show they and other cleaners and janitors working for a building services company were subject to the same policies that resulted in them being shorted on wages to proceed as a collective, a New York federal judge said Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025
Vedder Price PC has bulked up its New York office with the addition of an intellectual property attorney from Vinson & Elkins LLP and an executive compensation and employee benefits pro from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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June 11, 2025
A Houston plumbing contractor will have to shell out $102,000 in back wages and damages to 31 service technicians and apprentice helpers it considered overtime-exempt, the U.S. Department of Labor said.