Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—7th Cir.: Judgment against city employee’s reverse discrimination and retaliation claims reversed
- AGENCY NEWS—New York dry cleaner to pay $90K to resolve reported wage-hour, sick leave violations
- ARBITRATION—N.D.N.Y.: Employer’s delay meant waiver of right to arbitrate claims of absent class members
- ATTORNEYS’ FEES—7th Cir.: District court properly lowered fee award in working time case
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—M.D. Ala.: No trial on FFCRA, PDA claims of pregnant tissue recovery tech fired days after leave request
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—E.D. La.: Officer allegedly cyberbullied by coworkers after criticizing George Floyd protests on social media advances single claim
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—M.D. Fla.: Sheriff’s failure to provide proper notice to ‘key’ employee supports FMLA interference claim
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Jury Quickly Finds Railway Company Liable in First Ever BIPA Trial
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—What Employers Need to Know About California’s Updated COVID-19 ‘Close Contact’ Definition
- HOUSE NEWS—Oversight and Reform Republicans question U.S. Coast Guard’s handling of religious-based COVID-19 vaccination requests
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Bus driver properly discharged for using cell phone while operating bus
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- OSHA NEWS—$2.2M assessed against employers for safety violations, including $1.6M against Dollar General
- PROCEDURE—6th Cir.: Employee’s disclosure of FMLA suit in bankruptcy proceeding after employer’s questioning was ‘too little too late’
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—D. Ariz.: Water inspector who reported unlawful toxic waste storage has retaliation claim
- REPORTS—Women’s wages inching closer to men’s but still in 80-83 percent range since 2004
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