Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—E.D. Pa.: Black officer who failed hair follicle drug test can’t advance disparate impact claim
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Leveling the playing field: Lessons employers can learn from U.S. women’s soccer $24 million settlement of equal pay dispute
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The Biden Administration looks to push regulatory change in 2022
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: Arbitration provision in handbook didn’t create binding agreement to arbitrate employee claims
- DISCRIMINATION—D.D.C.: Denial of access to sensitive DHS database was not materially adverse or retaliatory
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Kan.: ADA claim falls apart before trial because AT&T never denied employee’s requested accommodation
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—S.D.N.Y.: UPS driver’s Title VII HWE harassment suit advances to trial
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—N.D. Cal.: Arbitrator didn’t err in disregarding employer’s unilateral implementation of PIP without bargaining with union
- PRIVACY—Ill. App.: Hospital workers can pursue BIPA claims over use of fingerprint-triggered medication lockers
- TORT CLAIMS—E.D. Cal.: Nurse successfully battles dismissal efforts by Kern County Hospital Authority over defamation claims
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $600K for more than 400 workers; cites four Jacksonville restaurants
- NLRB NEWS—Advice memo concludes casino’s trade secrets lawsuit filed after union boycott was baseless and retaliatory
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—ESRD provision of the Medicare Secondary Payer statute baffles justices
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