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NLRB Won't Rethink Decision Issued At End Of McFerran Term

The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday denied requests that it rethink a decision from last year that was served on the parties after the expiration of former board Chairman Lauren McFerran's term, saying a vote about the order happened on or before McFerran's Dec. 16 departure date.

Amazon Strikes Deal To Resolve Black Executive's Bias Suit

Amazon resolved a Black business development manager's lawsuit alleging she was promoted and paid less than white counterparts while being forced to endure colleagues' racial insensitivity and sexual misconduct, according to D.C. federal court filings.

Incoming Labor Sec. Must Walk 'Fine Line' On Wage Policies

President Donald Trump’s soon-to-be labor secretary will likely need to balance her extensive labor record, which earned her support from some Democrats and unions, with a more traditional Republican approach toward wage and hour issues, employment law observers say. Here, Law360 explores Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s record.

Expert Analysis

6 Laws Transforming Calif.'s Health Regulatory Framework

Robert Miller and Cole Hoyt

Attorneys at Hooper Lundy discuss a number of new California laws that raise pressing issues for independent physi... (more story)

NCAA Name, Image, Likeness Settlement Is A $2.8B Mistake

William Lavery and Dodi Allocca

While the plaintiffs in House v. NCAA might call the proposed settlement on name, image and likeness payments for ... (more story)

Determining What 'I Don't Feel Safe' Means In The Workplace

Karen Elliott

When an employee tells an employer "I don't feel safe," the phrase can have different meanings, so employment lawy... (more story)

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'Congress Never Came Up' In CFPB Firing Talks, Worker Says

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee recounted before a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday a frantic effort to fire 1,200 agency staffers before a court order halted it, saying the prospect of first secu... (more story)

Ex-Officers Dodge Flight Attendant Union's Fiduciary Claims

Former officers of the union representing American Airlines flight attendants escaped the union's allegations that they breached their fiduciary duties after an arbitrator found they misappropriated union fund... (more story)

A D.C. Circuit panel said Monday that President Donald Trump is likely to prove his argument that former special counsel Hampton Dellinger's job protections are unconstitutional. Dellinger said last week he planned to drop his suit after the panel stayed a lower court's judgment reinstating him to the position. (Pool via AP)
Trump's Special Counsel Firing Seems OK, DC Circ. Says

The president appears to have the power to remove the feds' internal unfair firing watchdog because he's the sole head of an agency with executive power, a D.C. Circuit panel said, explaining its decision last... (more story)

2nd Circ. Affirms Union Fund's Win In COVID-19 Test Fight

The Second Circuit upheld a win for a union benefit fund Tuesday in a medical practice's suit alleging it was owed reimbursements for COVID-19 testing from a union employee health benefit plan, finding a lower... (more story)

NLRB Judge Says Teamsters Unit's Referral Process Is Illegal

A Teamsters unit in Texas violated federal labor law by prioritizing union members in its hiring hall referral process over nonunion members, a National Labor Relations Board judge concluded, while also dingin... (more story)

Alsup Refuses To Vacate Hearing Into OPM Mass Firings

U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Monday denied the Trump administration's request to vacate an upcoming evidentiary hearing into the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's mass firings of probationary feder... (more story)

Starbucks Fired Union Backer For Striking, NLRB Judge Says

Starbucks illegally fired a Workers United supporter in North Carolina for striking and refused to hire another employee given their union activities, a National Labor Relations Board judge concluded Monday, s... (more story)

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Ill. Transpo Applicant's GIPA Claim Isn't Blocked, Judge Says

A transportation service applicant can proceed with allegations that he was illegally required to divulge his family medical history during a pre-employment physical since they don't conflict with federal driv... (more story)

Perkins Coie Slams Trump's Executive Order Retaliation

Perkins Coie LLP sued the Trump administration Tuesday over an executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures including former S... (more story)

6th Circ. Backs Motorola In Fired Tech's Disability Bias Suit

A split Sixth Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a Motorola worker's suit claiming he was fired after he requested a schedule change due to his nocturnal epilepsy, ruling his case fell flat because he never... (more story)

NJ AG Accuses Defunct Lender Of Racial Bias, Retaliation

The owner of a recently shuttered New Jersey-based cash advance business instructed sales staff not to "waste your time with the Chinese, with the Africans and Spanish," and he sent racist messages to employee... (more story)

9th Circ. Panel Won't Renew Wash. Nurse's Employment Suit

A Ninth Circuit Panel has declined to revive a nurse's employment suit against the University of Washington Medical Center, finding a poor performance review wasn't enough to form the basis of a discrimination... (more story)

Car Dealership Settles Salesman's Race, Disability Bias Suit

A BMW dealership has struck a deal with a Black former salesperson to close his suit claiming the business yanked his business leads out of racial and disability bias after he requested to wear footwear that a... (more story)

Netflix Gets 'Surviving R. Kelly' Libel Suit Tossed, For Now

Netflix Inc. and Lifetime Entertainment Services won dismissal Tuesday of a defamation lawsuit alleging the latest iteration of their hit documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly" defamed a former assistant to t... (more story)

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Insurer Says It's Off The Hook For Pay Transparency Suit

Houston Casualty Co. said Tuesday that its liability insurance policy does not cover an underlying lawsuit accusing a Washington company that owns McDonald's franchises of violating the state's pay transparenc... (more story)

DOJ, Wayne-Sanderson Spar Over Data Sharing Deal

The U.S. Department of Justice told a Maryland federal court that Wayne-Sanderson Farms is continuing to share wage information despite a settlement over the practice, while the poultry producer argued that it... (more story)

A California state judge who brought a lawsuit on behalf of more than 5,000 current and retired bench officers says she’s been underpaid for the last several years because of the state’s failure to properly include special salary adjustments when calculating the average percentage salary increase for all state employees. (iStock.com/PromesaArtStudio)
California Entities Escape State Judge's Underpayment Suit

A California state judge threw out some claims in a proposed class action from a judge who alleges she was underpaid the last several years, saying the state's retirement agency and its controller showed they ... (more story)

Auto Parts Co. Says EEOC Failed To Discuss Sex Bias Claims

An auto parts manufacturer urged a Tennessee federal court Tuesday to toss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit alleging the company favored men in hiring decisions and failed to promote qua... (more story)

5th Circ. Upholds Exxon's Win In Pension Payout Dispute

A former Exxon employee's claim that the company failed to pay his entire pension fund is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Fifth Circuit ruled, keeping in place the company's win i... (more story)

Seyfarth Employment Litigator Joins McGuireWoods In LA

McGuireWoods LLP is strengthening its California labor and employment team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP employment litigator as partner in its downtown Los Angeles office.

Bipartisan Bill Penalizing Child Labor Violations Reintroduced

A bill that would heavily penalize companies that have been found in violation of child labor laws and would bar them from securing government contracts has been reintroduced by two senators.