Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—6th Cir.: District court erred in qualified immunity analysis, but city officials not yet entitled to it
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—Iowa App.: Medical center may recover for losses of affiliate after surgeon breached noncompete
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—D. Md.: Dispute over security guard’s untrimmed beard moves toward trial
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—W.D. Wis.: Aspiring female firefighter fails to prevail in disparate impact challenge to physical abilities test
- DOL NEWS—Employers pay $329K owed to 131 workers under the FLSA
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—W.D. Mo.: Rail workers did not show irreparable harm from FMLA policy
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Adding to the U.S.'s COVID-19 vaccine arsenal, FDA issues EUA for Novavax—Will it impact religious accommodations?
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—’Non-compete’ lawsuits heat up in tight job market
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—3rd Cir.: Police officers denied revival of First Amendment claim alleging they were denied promotions due to ‘apolitical’ status
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—3rd Cir.: Good faith defense shielded union from class action lawsuit seeking recovery of pre-Janus fair-share fees
- NLRB NEWS—Career NLRB attorneys appointed to regional posts
- PRIVACY—D. Mass.: UPS defeats claims by employee who discovered camera in closet where she pumped breastmilk
- RETALIATION—W.D. Tex.: Warehouse worker, fired after returning from COVID-19 leave, fails to advance retaliation claim
- STATE LEGISLATION—MICHIGAN—Court voids minimum wage amendments, increasing minimum wage and amending paid sick leave requirements
- TORT CLAIMS—M.D. Pa.: Business media company’s suit proceeds against former employee
- WORTH NOTING—Federal appeals court cases of note
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