Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—DISABILITY—7th Cir.: No revival of officer’s claims based on differences in pension benefits provided to disabled and nondisabled retirees
- ARBITRATION—2d Cir.: Service by email of employee’s petition to vacate adverse arbitration award was improper and untimely
- ARBITRATION—3d Cir.: Financial advisor’s attempt to vacate arbitration award issued in favor of Wells Fargo fails
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Mich.: Sign technician who sought accommodations after surgeries for on-the-job shoulder injury advances claims
- DISCRIMINATION—N.D. Cal.: 56-year-old county employee failed to advance age and race discrimination claims stemming from promotion of less-senior applicant
- DISCRIMINATION—N.D. Cal.: HR’s alleged failure to address employee’s complaint about prior supervisor’s bigoted comments, rampant mistreatment, proves fatal
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—California continues the march towards blockchain with sweeping Executive Order
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Thinking of paying your employee with virtual currency? Not so fast
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Wage Theft Act would add wage-and-hour protections, crack down on abusive employers
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—DOL’s May 17 listening session on OT regs open to Southeast employers, industry stakeholders
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Jury awards $2.036B to Appian, finding competitor hired spy to share trade secrets
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—D. Ariz.: Governor must provide emails relating to decision to exclude gender reassignment surgery in state-controlled health plan
- PRACTICE TIP—EEOC and DOJ guidance outline potential disability discrimination via AI, other software decision-making tools
- STATE LEGISLATION—GEORGIA—New law amends definition of ‘employment,’ clarifies exemptions, sets misclassification penalties
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Top labor and employment developments for April 2022
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—E.D. Va.: Motion granted to certify interlocutory appeal on question of proper standard to apply to FLSA collective certifications
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—W.D. Tex.: Employees transporting prisoners subject to MCA exemption from FLSA overtime
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