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HHS Finalizes Bolstered Sexual Orientation Bias Protections

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday unveiled a final rule designed to beef up protections against discrimination in healthcare, in particular protecting access to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other vulnerable populations.

A final DOL rule that takes effect June 28 will allow foreign farmworkers working in the U.S. to engage in collective action in the pursuit of better working conditions. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

DOL Solidifies H-2A Protections For Foreign Farmworkers

Foreign farmworkers working in the U.S. under the H-2A temporary visa program will now have enhanced protections to advocate for better working conditions without fear of retaliation under a final U.S. Department of Labor rule unveiled Friday.

Amazon labor rally on the eve of a Staten Island union vote STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK - APRIL 24: Supporters of Amazon workers attempting to win a second union election at the LDJ5 Amazon Sort Center join a rally in support of the union on April 24, 2022 in Staten Island, New York. Chris Smalls successfully organized the JFK8 Amazon Fulfillment Center across the street, making it the first Amazon plant to unionize. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Struggling Amazon Union Hopes To Retool As Election Looms

Two years after its surprise election win at a Staten Island warehouse, the Amazon Labor Union is broke, beset by infighting and ignored by management. Can new leadership at the one-time darling of the labor movement turn it around?

Expert Analysis

5 Employer Actions Now Risky After Justices' Title VII Ruling

Kellee Kruse and Briana Scholar

Last week in Muldrow v. St. Louis, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that harm didn't have to be significant to be cons... (more story)

Breaking Down EEOC's Final Rule To Implement The PWFA

Devjani Mishra, Mark Phillis and Jessica Craft

Attorneys at Littler highlight some of the key provisions of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's fi... (more story)

How To Prepare As Employee Data Reporting Deadlines Near

Christopher Durham and Zev Grumet-Morris

As filing deadlines approach, government contractors and private companies alike should familiarize themselves wit... (more story)

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NLRB Official Says Colorado HOA Workers Can Vote On Union

A National Labor Relations Board official cleared three employees of a Colorado homeowners' association to vote on representation by an International Association of Machinists local lodge next month, rejecting... (more story)

NLRB Official Clears Detroit Medical Residents For Union Vote

A National Labor Relations Board official has greenlighted a union representation election at a Michigan nonprofit that places medical school graduates in residencies, internships and fellowships at a Detroit ... (more story)

Starbucks and Workers United’s announcement of progress in bargaining comes about two months after the parties announced that they agreed to open up talks about a "foundational framework" in connection with labor contracts and resolving some litigation. (© Xavi Lopez / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
Starbucks, Union Tout 'Significant Progress' In Contract Talks

Starbucks and Workers United "made significant progress" in collective bargaining negotiations this past week, the parties announced Friday, with experts telling Law360 that the contract talks are a starting p... (more story)

NLRB Won't Disturb Union Election At Wash. Newspaper

A divided National Labor Relations Board panel backed a regional director's decision over a vote allowing advertising employees to decide whether to join an existing bargaining unit at a Washington state newsp... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: Wells Fargo & Co Wants Out Of Wage Suit

In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential ruling on whether to dismiss Wells Fargo & Co. from a proposed wage and hour class and collective action. Here's a look at that case and oth... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears TD Bank Discrimination Suit

This week, the Second Circuit will hear a former TD Bank manager's attempt to revive his suit claiming he was fired from his branch because he requested parental leave and because of his gender. Here, Law360 e... (more story)

Ex-Philly Union Leader's 3rd Trial Ends In Deadlock

A Pennsylvania federal jury on Thursday night was unable to reach a verdict in the government's case alleging former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty threatened a Live! Casino construction contractor w... (more story)

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Ye Fired Worker For Refusing To Shave Dreads, Suit Says

Ye, his companies and Donda Academy were hit with another discrimination suit in California state court Friday by a former employee who says the rapper treated Black employees far worse than white employees, a... (more story)

Judge Urges End To Suit-Restricting Job Contracts In Mich.

A judge for a Michigan state appeals court has called on the state's high court to put a stop to terms in employment contracts that give workers less time to file civil rights lawsuits, saying such terms allow... (more story)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured a deal stipulating that Transport America and Transportation Enterprise Services must provide at least two hours of Title VII training, with a particular emphasis on sexual orientation and gender identity bias, to all supervisors, managers and other employees, according to a consent decree. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
EEOC Gets Deal In Suit Alleging Gay Mechanics' Harassment

Two trucking companies have agreed to pay $460,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two gay mechanics were fired for complaining that co-workers were making derogatory com... (more story)

Ill. Hospital Wins Dismissal Of Genetic Privacy Case

An Illinois state court judge has thrown out a proposed class action accusing Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. of violating the state's decades-old genetic information privacy law, saying Wednesday the lead... (more story)

Security Co. Resolves EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

A Georgia-based security provider agreed to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it transferred an employee to a lower-paying position because she complained about a colleague's ... (more story)

Flight Attendants Seek Class Status In FMLA Penalty Suit

Former and current Southwest flight attendants have asked a California federal judge for class status in their suit claiming the airline punished workers who took family or medical leave by blocking them from ... (more story)

Classic Car Co. Exec Demanded Nude Photos, EEOC Says

A classic car dealership executive made inappropriate sexual comments to an office manager and repeatedly insisted she send him nude photos, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Indiana fed... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

AECOM, Construction Workers Settle Pay Suit In NY

A group of construction workers told a New York federal judge Friday that they reached a settlement to end their suit claiming AECOM and one of its units paid them late and owed them overtime, saying the deal ... (more story)

Ex-Mass. Trooper Handed 5 Years For No-Work OT, Tax Fraud

A former Massachusetts state trooper convicted of stealing overtime pay, lying on his taxes and cheating to get student aid for his son was sentenced Friday by a federal judge to five years in prison for his l... (more story)

A California state appeals court found a hospital staffing provider must go through with a settlement of physicians' claims under the state's Private Attorneys General Act. (iStock.com/hxdbzxy)
Hospital Staffing Firm Can't Back Out Of PAGA Settlement

An emergency services provider must follow a deal settling physicians' claims under California's Private Attorneys General Act, a state appeals panel ruled, rejecting the company's argument that a U.S. Supreme... (more story)

HCA Owes OT, Break Wages, Ex-NC Hospital Worker Says

A longtime respiratory therapist at a western North Carolina hospital accused the system's owners of manipulating employees' time sheets to remove hours they worked and automatically deducting lunch breaks wor... (more story)

Trucking Firm Sues To Block Independent Contractor Rule

A trucking company that hires owner-operators wants to stop the U.S. Department of Labor's new independent contractor rule from taking effect, saying it replaces a relatively simple test with an open-ended one... (more story)

Ex-BP Commodities Trader Says Co. Reneged On Bonus

A former BP commodities trader accused the company in Texas federal court of shorting him to the tune of $6 million when it abruptly fired him in January 2022 and paid him a smaller bonus than the $11 million ... (more story)

Citizens Bank Says It Properly Factored Commissions Into OT

A group of mortgage loan officers' claim that Citizens Bank did the math wrong when calculating their overtime can't stand, the bank said, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that the way it considered commis... (more story)