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October 25, 2024
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has hired Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.'s chief employment counsel to help strengthen the firm's national labor and employment practice and its entertainment bench.
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October 25, 2024
The Ninth Circuit revived a former supply chain manager's lawsuit alleging she was demoted because she's Asian American, saying a lower court should take another look at the case based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision clarifying the standard for workplace discrimination claims.
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October 25, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for potential final approval of a $5.5 million settlement in a COVID-19 screening class action against Amazon. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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October 25, 2024
A government contractor has been ordered to pay its former attorney more than $110,000 in back pay, interest and compensatory damages after a Maryland federal judge found the contractor's CEO retaliated against the lawyer after she turned down his sexual advances.
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October 24, 2024
A Black production executive and her Latina colleague with decades of experience working on "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" have accused Sony Pictures Entertainment of race, gender and age discrimination as well as retaliation, according to complaints filed with both the National Labor Relations Board and California's Civil Rights Department.
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October 24, 2024
The full Eighth Circuit struggled Thursday with whether a former Hardee's franchisee illegally fired a diabetic for missing work for a medical emergency, as judges appeared torn on whether a jury should consider the company's defense that it had "honest belief" that she violated its attendance policy.
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October 24, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday it is taking action to protect consumers from "unchecked surveillance" in the labor force, issuing guidance that warns companies to get consent from workers when using algorithmic hiring scores or other outside profiling data for employment purposes.
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October 24, 2024
The Sixth Circuit refused Thursday to revive a General Electric employee's claims that he was passed over for promotions because he's in his 60s and his union failed to adequately represent him, finding younger candidates got higher scores on qualification tests that he couldn't pass.
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October 24, 2024
A rehabilitation and assisted living facility has reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end a disability discrimination lawsuit by a nurse with a sleep disorder who the agency said was unlawfully fired, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
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October 24, 2024
Two Connecticut-based logistics companies unlawfully charge employees who use tobacco an extra fee for obtaining health insurance without offering full reimbursement if they complete a smoking cessation program, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court.
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October 24, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will pay $30,000 in back pay and penalties to settle claims that one of its Texas corporate offices fired a worker for flagging citizenship discrimination.
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October 24, 2024
Michigan State University officials want a federal judge to toss the wrongful termination suit of its former football coach Mel Tucker, whom the school fired amid sexual misconduct allegations, arguing Wednesday it followed policy and has immunity based on state and federal law.
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October 24, 2024
IBM disputed a white former consultant's claim that the company fired him to fulfill diversity targets in a court filing Wednesday, saying the worker's allegations that the company has racial and gender-based hiring quotas are unsupported.
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October 24, 2024
A former employee of a healthcare research company has said she was forced to resign from her job after a co-worker developed an "unhealthy obsession" with her father, making sexual comments about him and engaging in a torrid affair while he participated in one of the company's clinical trials.
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October 24, 2024
The Connecticut Supreme Court's second term of the 2024-2025 season will commence Monday with a dispute over whether an attorney bungled a will that sought to divide a $845,368 TD Ameritrade account among five beneficiaries, only one of whom received any cash.
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October 24, 2024
A sports gear company fired a worker after she complained about an organizational restructuring that favored younger workers with less experience than older workers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Colorado federal court.
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October 24, 2024
A trial court wrongly tossed an Ohio police officer's suit claiming he was sidelined for complaining about age bias, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said, telling the Sixth Circuit that forcing him to undergo a fitness assessment could qualify as unlawful retaliation.
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October 24, 2024
An automotive services company has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Michigan federal court claiming it failed to step in when a female worker complained that a male supervisor repeatedly propositioned her for sex.
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October 24, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Georgia federal court to uphold its new protections for foreign H-2A farmworkers, arguing that conservative-led states' bid to block its rule should fail because safeguarding foreign workers is key to ensuring better pay and conditions for American-born farmworkers.
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October 23, 2024
Mexican nationals accusing Kia and Hyundai units of failing to pay overtime have urged a Georgia federal court to grant them conditional certification for their fair labor collective action claims, saying there are others who likely also didn't get proper wages.
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October 23, 2024
A California federal jury on Wednesday awarded combined damages of more than $7.8 million to six former Bay Area Rapid Transit District employees after finding the rail agency committed religious discrimination by refusing to exempt them from a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
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October 23, 2024
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday granted a judgment in favor of a law firm accused of firing its former human resources manager because she was pregnant, agreeing that the evidence presented at trial wasn't sufficient to prove a discrimination claim.
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October 23, 2024
A new law enshrining the principle of intersectionality in California's anti-discrimination statutes may lead to ripple effects in equal pay litigation and discourse, attorneys say, as courts will be more inclined to recognize that unequal pay can be driven by a combination of factors.
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October 23, 2024
Two New York City Council members introduced a bill Wednesday that would let workers use sick leave to care for pets and service animals, a novel move that one lawmaker said is meant to promote the health benefits of animal ownership.
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October 23, 2024
Texas and a conservative D.C. think tank told a federal court Wednesday it should block the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from issuing workplace harassment guidance based on the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision, arguing the agency repeatedly misconstrued the ruling and exceeded its authority.