Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—7th Cir.: Pilot union defeats challenge by pilot instructors to allocation of retroactive pay
- ARBITRATION—11th Cir.: Collegial relationship between arbitrator and counsel didn’t establish evident partiality
- ATTORNEYS’ FEES—E.D. Ark.: Law firm’s fees reduced to $1 in Fair Labor Standards Act case
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Ill.: Registered nurse’s uterine fibroids could constitute a disability
- DISCRIMINATION—PAY—Conn. App.: State law pay discrimination claim barred by res judicata; prior equal pay claim in federal court based on same operative facts
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—D. Colo.: Frontier Airlines unable to shake suit over pregnancy and lactation policies
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—Cal. Sup. Ct.: Premium pay for missed meal/rest periods must include nondiscretionary payments
- WORTH NOTING—Federal appeals court cases of note
- DOJ NEWS—Company will provide back pay to worker suspended for complaining about work authorization process
- DOJ NEWS—DaVita Inc., former CEO indicted in conspiracy not to poach competitors’ senior-level employees
- DOL NEWS—Company owner sentenced to 10 months in jail after worker’s death from trench collapse
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—House Education and Labor Committee advances antidiscrimination protections for older job applicants
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Proposal would erase cannabis from federal controlled substances list, let states regulate popular drug
- NLRB NEWS—How to track election petitions and results, ULP charges filed
- OSHA NEWS—$215K fine imposed after dust explosion; $110K for trench collapse fatality; and $216K for machine-guarding violations
- STATE REGULATIONS—OREGON—New rule protects employers from UI benefit charges in cases of identity theft, criminal impersonation
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