Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—8th Cir.: Female truck drivers revive one class retaliation claim, but liability issues plague individual claims
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Illinois Executive Order Institutes Mandatory Vaccination and Testing Program for Health Care Workers and Employers
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—New York Employers Must Prepare Airborne Infectious Disease Policy
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Texas Expands Coverage and Penalties for Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Individual Liability Now Available
- ARBITRATION—D.N.M.: Employer could not compel employees to arbitrate overtime claims under agreements with third-party company
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—W.D. Mich.: Black college instructor’s claims of race discrimination and retaliation head to trial
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Nurse violated hospital policy by requesting medication for patient without doctor’s orders
- PROCEDURE—D. Me.: Plaintiffs challenging Maine’s rule mandating vaccines for healthcare workers can proceed pseudonymously
- RETALIATION—E.D. Mich.: Morgue specialist fired after safety complaints, including COVID-19 exposure, advances First Amendment claim
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—W.D. La.: Fact-intensive nature of opt-in plaintiffs’ overtime claims warrants decertification of collective
- AGENCY NEWS—New grant program will help farm, meatpacking, and front-line grocery workers defray pandemic costs
- ELD NEWS—EEOC challenges biases against applicants, secures $40K in Mississippi pregnancy discrimination case
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Budget reconciliation bill offers paid family and medical leave, automatic retirement deductions
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—USCIS extends evidence of status from 18 to 24 months for Form I-751 and I-829 filers
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