Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—8th Cir.: Employee failed to give Whirlpool time to investigate sexual harassment complaint
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—S.D.N.Y.: Pawn shop owner was ‘employer’ under FLSA and NYLL
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—1st Cir.: On appeal of longtime manager’s ADEA claims, employer wins reversal of jury verdict
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. Mich.: Female OLT ‘hunter’ with Behcet’s disease advances disability, sex bias claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—E.D. Mich.: Jehovah’s Witness can’t advance non-accommodation claim
- DOJ NEWS—FCA pleads guilty, admits role in UAW illegal payment scheme, agrees to $30M fine
- RETALIATION—S. D. Ill.: No retaliatory discharge of at-will supervisor whose workers violated a no-tolerance safety policy
- USERRA, VETERANS—S.D. Cal.: Employee can’t pursue USERRA claim based on employer’s failure to accommodate perceived disability
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: Company did not waive right to individual arbitration by litigating case brought by former employee
- BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary
- DOL NEWS—Home care agency to pay $1.6M in back wages, damages after misclassifying aides as independent contractors
- HOUSE NEWS—Growing calls for COVID-19 measures that better protect against aerosol particles
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—Durbin and Grassley team up to urge expeditious implementation of new H-1B selection rule
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—Former staffing company exec sentenced to probation, $15K fine, in undocumented worker conspiracy
- OSHA NEWS—DOL’s OIG report points to safety agency’s reduced effectiveness during COVID-19 pandemic
- STATE LEGISLATION—CONNECTICUT—Bill would prohibit discrimination based on protective hairstyles
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