Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—2d Cir.: Dismissal of Amazon fulfillment center employees’ challenge to COVID-19 workplace practices affirmed in part
- DISCRIMINATION—D. Mass.: Tufts University’s tenure committee denied promotion to female associate professor due to lack of qualifications, not prior sexual harassment complaint
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Ala.: Trial appropriate on EEOC’s wrongful termination claim for warehouse administrator with embolism
- DISCRIMINATION—M.D. Fla.: Whether pawnbroker’s request to work limited hours was reasonable is question for jury
- DISCRIMINATION—N.D. Ill.: Section 1981 race claim dismissed where worker also pleaded national origin and ethnicity claims
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—N.D. Ohio: Employee who repeatedly took FMLA leave, was fired during pandemic, fails to advance retaliation claim
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Back to Basics: Are Your Background Check’s Consumer Report Disclosures FCRA Compliant?
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—DHS Announces That Employers Should Continue to Use the Current I-9 Form After the Oct 31, 2022, Expiration
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—S.D. W.Va.: Employees failed to show union and employer created interim agreement for enforcement of just cause provision
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Employees accused by Starbucks manager of criminal activity during protest sue for defamation
- STATE REGULATIONS—CALIFORNIA: COVID-19 safety regulations modified after public comment
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