Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—D. Md.: Insufficient information, obscurity about differing recoveries, thwart preliminary approval of settlement in Famous Dave’s employee wage suit
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: California court allows driver’s suit against Uber to proceed, does not compel arbitration
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—D.N.M.: School district’s contract dispute with custodian raises fact issues for jury
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—E.D. Pa.: 67-year-old professor may have been fired due to age, rather than budgetary constraints
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—3d Cir.: Former locomotive engineer unable to revive disability discrimination claims on appeal
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABLITY—E.D. Va.: Intelligence analyst fired due to loss of security clearance, not his PTSD/anxiety disorder
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—5th Cir.: Black veterinary school professor can’t revive race bias, retaliation claims
- EEOC NEWS—EEO-1 Component 1 data collection is open
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—D. Minn.: Accountant RIF’d six days after returning from FMLA leave can’t advance claims
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—NLRB’s top sheriff calls for abrupt end to 75 years of lawful ‘captive audience’ meetings
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The clear and present danger of not complying with biometric privacy laws
- HOUSE NEWS—GOP lawmakers ask SBA to detail $36M in purportedly illegal PPP loans to unions
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Former Goldman Sachs banker convicted of multi-billion Malaysian bribery scheme
- STATE LEGISLATION—MARYLAND—Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program enacted despite governor’s veto
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—W.D. Pa.: Overtime claims by trucking company logistics coordinators go forward
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