Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—E.D. Tenn.: Despite Bostock, on remand, employee’s sexual orientation-based claims still won’t reach trial
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Conn.: Employee fired after insulting company owner in email chain gets trial on ADA, FMLA claim
- DISCRIMINATION—S.D. Ill.: African-American female shift manager for US Steel raised triable issues on racial and gender bias
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $590K for 88 workers in restaurant, agricultural, and healthcare industries
- EEOC NEWS—Settlements garner $275K for workers impacted by alleged Title VII, ADA violations
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Sweeping expansion of protections relating to workplace discrimination on the horizon in New York State
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns exception for domestic violence crimes under ‘substantially related’ defense to discrimination claims
- LABOR NEWS—Seattle Starbucks joins stores opting for Workers United
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Employer’s interpretation of overtime provision in CBA was more reasonable than union’s
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Ophthalmology practice sued after firing whistleblower who reported lack of COVID protective measures
- RETALIATION—E.D.N.C.: School district administrator advances retaliation claim with direct evidence, but age bias claim is out
- RETALIATION—S.D.N.Y.: Surgeon’s alleged whistleblowing was insubstantial and did not cause adverse action
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Ogletree Deakins’ Practical NLRB Advisor explores the Board’s unprecedented flurry of briefing solicitations
- WAGE-HOUR—MINIMUM WAGE—5th Cir.: Employee’s claim that employer improperly claimed tip credit upheld on appeal
- WAGE-HOUR—WORKING TIME—Employee failed to back claims that her supervisor lowballed her timecard punches, deducted lunch breaks she didn’t take
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