Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—3d Cir.: Finding employer had defaulted on settlement by sending notice to employees via email instead of text was punitive
- BENEFITS NEWS—Mental health, digital solutions top list of employee wellness trends for 2022, report finds
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—W.D. La.: Provider of utility services plausibly alleged trade secrets claims against former manager and competitor
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—6th Cir.: Employee who admitted to misconduct failed to show his irritable bowel syndrome motivated his discharge
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Ind.: Employee’s refusal to even consider employer’s offered accommodation doomed ADA claim
- DISCRIMINATION—NATIONAL ORIGIN—E.D. Pa.: Housekeeper’s claim, based on discharge for failure to pass English proficiency test, will not advance
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—E.D. Wis.: Truck driver’s claim employer failed to accommodate his religious practices failed
- DOL NEWS—WHD returns more than $400K to workers affected by FLSA violations
- EEOC NEWS—EEO-1 data collection tentatively set to open April 12, 2022
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—E.D. Pa.: Project manager fired for performance issues after intermittent leave for cancer treatments advances FMLA, ADA claims
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Democrat-led NLRB Eyes New Independent Contractor and Joint Employer Tests
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Five 2021 Business Immigration Trends That Could Affect Your Workforce In 2022
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Officer’s failure to pass running test merited non-disciplinary termination
- PROCEDURE—D. Kan.: Retaliatory discharge suit dismissed for lack of federal claim
- REPORTS—Seyfarth annual report maps out EEOC-initiated litigation to help employers navigate regulatory environment
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—E.D. Mich.: State police employee who reported suspicious charge and alleged cover-up does not advance First Amendment claim
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