Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—5th Cir.: T-Mobile employee failed to prove he was fired for being transgender
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Jackson Lewis attorneys examine the socially conscious employer’s DEI data dilemma
- DISCHARGE—D.N.J.: Employee who tested positive for marijuana prior to reinstatement was lawfully discharged
- DISCHARGE—W.D. Tex.: Insurance agent fired following positive COVID-19 test advances wrongful termination claim
- DISCRIMINATION—N.D. Ill.: Female guard advances bias suit challenging lawfulness of mandated fitness test
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—W.D. Okla.: Supervisors’ boorish behavior did not create hostile work environment for attorney
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—E.D. Tenn.: Production line worker RIF’d weeks after requesting FMLA leave can’t advance interference, retaliation claims
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—1st Cir.: Police officer fired because DA was unwilling to prosecute his cases can’t revive suit
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments
- AGENCY NEWS—FMCSA grants truckers hours-of-service relief due to pipeline shutdown
- BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy posts and other commentary
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $544K in back wages, damages for 228 workers over FLSA, guestworker violations
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Senate Judiciary Committee advances three bills to assist law enforcement officers
- NLRB NEWS—Memos address social media posts, internal union discipline, sharing confidential info, and interrogation and discharge threats
- SENATE NEWS—HELP Committee advances nominations of Jocelyn Samuels, Seema Nanda to full Senate
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