A Sixth Circuit panel appeared unlikely Thursday to back an auto parts manufacturer's request to block a National Labor Relations Board prosecution because of alleged constitutional defects in the agency's structure, as the judges probed whether an agency judge's decision against the company and the board's lack of a quorum affect the dispute.
The Eighth Circuit revived two discrimination suits Thursday from workers who said Union Pacific Railroad Co. used fitness for duty tests to screen out workers with disabilities, ruling the limitations clock on their claims were frozen by a separate class action the Eighth Circuit decertified in 2020.
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.