Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—5th Cir.: Omni food and beverage director, paid less than male predecessors, gets second chance at pay bias claims
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—EEOC finally issues proposed rules on permissible incentives in employer-sponsored wellness programs
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—E.D.N.Y.: General manager of auto detailing company individually liable for wage violations
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—E.D. Penn.: Fired sales exec advances age-based disparate treatment claim where company treated younger males more favorably
- DISCRIMINATION—C.D. Ill.: State employee fails to advance race, gender bias claims
- EVIDENCE, DISCOVERY—Mass. App.: Employee can’t overcome admissions in deposition in suit alleging she was misclassified as exempt
- RETALIATION—D.N.H.: Termination for refusal to participate in government contract fraud not actionable
- RETALIATION—Fla. Dist. App.: Employee fired after unfavorable deposition testimony about employer can’t advance retaliation claim
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—N.D. Cal.: Employees fail in bid to find that Wal-Mart breached agreement calling for seats for cashiers
- DOL NEWS—WHD opinion letters discuss managerial and ministerial exemptions
- EEOC NEWS—Commission approves conciliation and ‘official time’ final rules, ICHRA opinion letter
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Direct final rule would implement e-filing requirements, automatic service acceptance at DOL’s ARB
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Direct final rules would require e-filing at Benefits Review Board, Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—DOL direct final rule requires e-filing in ALJ procedures, except for good cause
- NLRB NEWS—How to track election petitions and results, ULP charges filed
- NLRB NEWS—Updated Bench Book adds several new sections, including remote hearings during COVID-19 pandemic
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Biden names Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for Secretary of Labor spot
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