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Handbook Hot Topics: State Laws Shape Drug-Testing Policies

With the growing popularity of state laws regulating drug testing, employers must consider the benefits and costs ... (more story)

Union Interference Lessons From 5th Circ. Apple Ruling

The Fifth Circuit's recent holding that Apple did not violate the National Labor Relations Act during a store's un... (more story)

Employer Tips As Memo Broadens Religious Accommodations

A recent Trump administration memorandum seeking to expand religion-related remote work accommodations for federal... (more story)

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Cos. Prefer Painters To Laborers For Seattle Bridge Job

The National Labor Relations Board should award scaffolding work on a Seattle bridge repaving project to the Painters union, not the Laborers union, two contractors told the board, while the Laborers union ask... (more story)

NLRB Pushes 6th Circ. To Find Construction Co. In Contempt

The National Labor Relations Board defended its request to hold a construction company in contempt for not fully complying with a Sixth Circuit enforcement ruling, saying the appeals court's decision clearly o... (more story)

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Two Unions Fight Trump Order Ending Labor Rights

Unions representing thousands of employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Weather Service challenged in a lawsuit Tuesday in D.C. federal court an executive order by President Donald ... (more story)

Bay Area Rock Climbing Gym Workers Granted Union Vote

A National Labor Relations Board official has given workers at four Bay Area rock climbing gyms the green light to vote on representation by Workers United, rejecting Touchstone Climbing Inc.'s argument that a... (more story)

NLRB Attys Seek Rehire Order For REI Union Drive Leader

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have asked a federal judge to order REI to rehire a worker who began an organizing drive at an Oregon store, saying firing the prominent union supporter "stifled" wor... (more story)

Former National Security Officials Say Union EO Went Too Far

Although President Donald Trump said he was protecting national security when he opened the door for dozens of agencies to shred their union contracts, he was actually retaliating against the unions for speaki... (more story)

Ex-Philly Labor Leader Cites Ailing Wife In Prison Release Bid

John Dougherty, the former business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 in Philadelphia, has asked a federal judge to free him early from his six-year prison term for briber... (more story)

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More K&L Gates Attys Jump To Arnold & Porter In LA, Seattle

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP continues to grow its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday two more longtime K&L Gates LLP attorneys have joined as partners — a labor and employment expert in Seattle and a b... (more story)

Cannabis Co. Seeks To Toss Ex-COO's Fla. Whistleblower Suit

A Canadian cannabis company urged a Florida federal court to toss a whistleblower lawsuit brought by its former chief operating officer alleging he was wrongly terminated for attempting to bring facilities int... (more story)

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Fired Male Exec's Sex Bias Suit Comes Up Short At 6th Circ.

The Sixth Circuit refused Tuesday to revive a suit from a former health system executive who said his push to become CEO got him fired because the company wanted a woman in the role, finding that his subversio... (more story)

Ex-Executive Slaps Novo Nordisk Unit With Sex, Age Bias Suit

A former finance director for a Novo Nordisk unit hit the company with a sex and age bias lawsuit last week, saying in a North Carolina federal court complaint that her career was cut short after she complaine... (more story)

11th Circ. Backs Ga. County's Win In Ex-Cop's Race Bias Suit

The Eleventh Circuit upheld Tuesday a Georgia county's victory over a Black former police officer's discrimination suit, saying he didn't show that race played a part in his termination.

3M Beats Fired COVID-19 Vax Refuser's Religious Bias Suit

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed a suit Tuesday from a Christian worker who claimed 3M fired her out of religious bias when she refused its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling her termination was fair game bec... (more story)

Northrop Defeats Black Engineer's Pay, Promotion Bias Suit

A Maryland federal judge tossed a Black electrical engineer's suit claiming defense contractor Northrop Grumman handed him lackluster promotions and pay raises out of racial bias, saying he hasn't put forward ... (more story)

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Uber Says It's Time For Arbitration In Drivers' Deductions Suit

The discovery the Second Circuit required in a case accusing Uber of making improper deductions from drivers' wages shows that the drivers primarily engaged in intrastate commerce, the ride-hailing company sai... (more story)

Court Denies UFC's Attempt To Block Fighters' Class Cert.

A Nevada federal judge has rejected Ultimate Fighting Championship's motion seeking to deny class certification for fighters suing it over alleged suppressed wages, saying the request is premature.

2nd Circ. Backs X In Arb. Fees In Severance Case

Courts can't sort out who pays arbitration fees, and employers' refusal to pay such fees isn't a failure to arbitrate, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday, siding with X in a case accusing the social media platfo... (more story)

NC Court Upholds Ruling Against Pay For Pre-Job Training

A class of mental health workers seeking overtime compensation can't recover pay for training completed prior to the first day of work, as a North Carolina federal judge upheld a previous order finding that th... (more story)

Ga. Atty Aims To Pause Arbitration In Wage Fight With Ex-Firm

An Atlanta attorney suing her former law firm, John Foy & Associates, is seeking to put arbitration on hold while her claims for harassment and retaliation play out in Georgia federal court, saying that allowi... (more story)

Worker Fights Charter Communications' Bid To Ax Her OT Suit

A Charter Communications sales supervisor sufficiently supported her claims that the cable giant cheated her and others out of overtime, she told a New York federal court, also arguing that the company is misc... (more story)

Logistics Cos. Can't Escape Worker Visa Misuse Class Action

Two logistics companies have failed to escape a proposed class action accusing them of misusing a professional worker visa program to lure workers from Mexico, with a Georgia federal judge trimming out some di... (more story)