Expert Analysis

Timing Of An NLRB Power Shift Hinges On Biden Nominees

President-elect Donald Trump seems certain to shake up the National Labor Relations Board's prounion Democrat majo... (more story)

5 Tips For Complying With NLRB Captive Audience Ban

The National Labor Relations Board’s recently ruled that so-called captive audience meetings violate federal labor... (more story)

Expect More State-Level Scrutiny Of Noncompetes Ahead

Despite the nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban, and the incoming Republic... (more story)

Labor More

NLRB Attys Call Legal Support Co. Injunction Bid 'Unjustified'

A legal support consulting firm should not be granted a "totally unjustified" injunction to block National Labor Relations Board proceedings against it based on a constitutional challenge to the agency's struc... (more story)

Attys Get $9K After Seeking $578K For Defending Safeway

A California federal judge awarded about $8,800 in fees to two firms that requested $578,000 after defending Safeway from a contractor's 2021 lawsuit, saying Wednesday that the figure shouldn't come as a surpr... (more story)

The operator of a New Jersey Fairfield Inn & Suites, found in violation of federal labor law Tuesday, is also the focus of an NLRB case seeking to force bargaining with the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council. (Photo by Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Hotel Co. Liable For Labor Law Breaches, NLRB Judge Says

A New Jersey hotel operator violated federal labor law by terminating pro-union workers and not remitting dues to the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the c... (more story)

Starbucks, NLRB End Dispute Over Unionizing Threats

Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board alerted the Eleventh Circuit that they resolved a dispute over the board's allegations that a Wisconsin cafe manager unlawfully threatened a worker while discus... (more story)

Care Home Co. Shirked Settlement Obligations, NLRB Says

A Tennessee residential care facility operator must prove to the National Labor Relations Board that it has rescinded the wage discussion ban that landed it in legal hot water, the board said, ruling that the ... (more story)

Teamsters Local Dodges Truck Driver's Blacklisting Suit

A Teamsters local defeated a truck driver's claim that he was blacklisted from working on Pittsburgh film sets after complaining about nepotism in hiring, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling Tuesday that ... (more story)

NLRB Sends Back Charter School's Jurisdictional Challenge

A National Labor Relations Board regional director must weigh whether a New Orleans charter school falls under the agency's jurisdiction based on a Louisiana statute, the board determined after the school clai... (more story)

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Former Amazon Worker Says Flagging Bias Cost Him His Job

An Amazon.com unit fired a Black, gay executive assistant for complaining that he was unfairly passed over for promotions and belittled by a hostile supervisor, according to a lawsuit filed in Atlanta federal court.

NJ Court Must Revisit Assessor's Workplace Retaliation Claim

A New Jersey trial court must revisit a municipal tax assessor's workplace retaliation claim as the case used by the court in its decision doesn't exempt assessors from the state's employee protection law, an ... (more story)

A former warehouse worker and Ford Motor Co. say they have resolved the worker's suit alleging the automaker failed to stop male colleagues' unwanted touching, sexual advances and other inappropriate behavior. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Ford Strikes Deal In Warehouse Worker's Sex Harassment Suit

Ford inked a deal to end a former warehouse worker's suit claiming management stood by when she repeatedly complained that male colleagues touched her inappropriately on the job, according to a Tennessee feder... (more story)

EEOC, Financial Co. Strike Deal In Pandemic Telework Suit

A Georgia payments company agreed to pay $65,000 and adopt new workplace policies to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it refused to let a diabetic employee work remotely ... (more story)

NJ Gov. Hopeful Fired Aide To Boost Dem Cred, Suit Says

A suit filed Wednesday in New Jersey federal court claims Jersey City Mayor Stephen Fulop fired an aide for supporting his Republican sister in an out-of-state race, in a bid by Fulop to bolster his progressiv... (more story)

Delta Fired Worker For Reporting Race Bias, Suit Says

Delta Air Lines Inc. was sued Tuesday in Georgia federal court by a former Black employee who said he was given a verbal warning and then fired for reporting racial discrimination he and other Black workers fa... (more story)

Amazon Settles Military Leave Bias Suit Ahead Of Trial

Amazon has settled an employee's suit claiming the online retail giant blocked him from promotions because he took leave to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, prompting a Washington federal judge on Wedne... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Attys Slam Deceptive NIL Settlement Services In NCAA Case

Class counsel in the massive NCAA name, image and likeness lawsuit have asked a California federal court to intervene with third-party servicing companies that are using misleading information while offering c... (more story)

Worker Says He Was Fired For Flagging Class Action Form

A Denver restaurant group failed to fully compensate employees and fired a worker who refused to sign a form that would bar him from joining a wage and hour class action previously filed against the company, a... (more story)

Wynn is urging a Nevada federal court to slash a cocktail server’s $321,000 jury award by about $11,000 because the jury disregarded "crystal clear" evidence on how to calculate back pay and damages. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Wynn Seeks Slashed Verdict, Sanctions In Server's FMLA Suit

Wynn Las Vegas urged a Nevada federal court to cut a server's $321,000 jury award and sanction her counsel in a suit alleging the casino interfered with her Family and Medical Leave Act rights, saying the awar... (more story)

Marriott Worker's $900K Wage Deal Scores Initial OK

A Marriott subsidiary will shell out $900,000 to end a California worker's proposed class action accusing it of violating state labor law by underpaying him and failing to pay for missed meal and rest breaks, ... (more story)

Mass. Town To Pay $102K To Settle Firefighters' OT Claim

Nearly 120 firefighters in Brookline, Massachusetts, have agreed to a $101,604 settlement to resolve claims that the town shorted them on overtime calculations, according to a Wednesday filing.

CVS Illegally Laid Off Clinic Workers, Nurse Practitioner Says

CVS failed to provide nurse practitioners with full, uninterrupted meal and rest periods and then abruptly laid off more than 250 workers without providing them with adequate notice, one of the workers said in... (more story)

EmblemHealth Settles OT Misclassification Suit For $3.8M

EmblemHealth agreed to pay about $3.8 million to end a collective action in New York federal court that accused it of misclassifying insurance grievance specialists as overtime-exempt.