A D.C. federal judge has rejected a Black property manager's claims that her former employer paid her less than male and white colleagues and retaliated against her after she raised pay concerns, finding the company's pay decisions were driven by experience and property size rather than race or sex.
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Property Manager Loses Suit Alleging Pay Bias, Retaliation

By MJ Koo

A D.C. federal judge has rejected a Black property manager's claims that her former employer paid her less than male and white colleagues and retaliated against her after she raised pay concerns, finding the company's pay decisions were driven by experience and property size rather than race or sex.

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Meta Employees Say AI-Tainted Layoffs Should Be Blocked

By Vin Gurrieri

Over two dozen Meta employees accused the tech giant of unlawfully picking them to be laid off using artificial intelligence tools that penalized people who took protected leave or received workplace accommodations, and they urged a California federal court to suspend their terminations until their legal claims are resolved.

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NC City Moves To Break Up Police Officers' OT Collective

By MJ Koo

A North Carolina city asked a federal court to dismantle a collective action brought by police officers alleging they were not properly compensated for preshift and postshift work, arguing the officers' claims are too individualized to proceed as a group.

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EEOC Sets Meeting On Worker Demographic Reporting Repeal

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday that it will convene in a week to consider its plan to scuttle its decades-old requirements mandating that certain employers report their workplace demographics.

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LITIGATION

Auto Parts Co., Workers Seek Wins In Shaved-Time Suits

By Benjamin Morse

An auto parts maker and factory workers filed competing bids for early wins in parallel federal wage suits, with the workers alleging willful pay-shaving practices and the manufacturer arguing that the disputed minutes were too trivial to compensate, according to filings in North Carolina federal court.

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PetSmart Hit With Wage Suit By Colo. Pet Care Workers

By MJ Koo

Four former pet care employees have sued PetSmart in Colorado state court alleging the company denied them meal breaks and rest periods, failed to pay them for off-the-clock work and improperly calculated their overtime pay.

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PEOPLE

Paul Hastings Hires McKinsey Vet To Drive AI Push

By Steven Lerner

An artificial intelligence executive with more than two decades of experience at McKinsey was named the new chief innovation officer at Paul Hastings LLP on Monday.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Axinn

Epstein Becker

Gray Reed

Jackson Lewis PC

Klimaski & Associates

Law Offices of Gilda A. Hernandez

Lumen Law Center

Ogletree Deakins

Paul Hastings

Roberts Accident Law Denver Injury & Accident Attorney

Shanberg Stafford

Wilshire Law Firm

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Arbitration Association

GKN PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

PetSmart Inc.

The Michaels Organization

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California