Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—Supreme Court Justices ponder when a public-school coach’s praying becomes impermissible and may be disciplined
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Arizona OSHA is on the Chopping Block: DOL Announces Proposal to Reconsider or Revoke Approval of Arizona's State OSHA Plan
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Good News for Ohio Employers as Overtime Laws Will Soon Align with Federal Statute
- ARBITRATION—E.D. Tex.: No modification of arbitration award that left terminated employee without damages
- CLASS ACTIONS—C.D. Cal.: Court dismisses suit over Activision’s toxic culture
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—6th Cir.: 54-year-old facilities director succeeds in reviving age bias claims on appeal
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—3d Cir.: No revival of Black police officer’s disparate impact claim based on use of hair-sample drug testing
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—Cal. App.: Independent contractor is unable to revive claim under California law addressing sexual harassment occurring outside of workplace
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—5th Cir.: Employer’s challenge to validity of President Biden’s removal of former NLRB General Counsel fails
- RETALIATION—E.D. Pa.: Former Bayada nurse advances claim she was wrongfully discharged for protesting a directive to conceal a staff member’s COVID-19 exposure
- RETALIATION—E.D. Pa.: Twice fired American Airlines employee can’t advance retaliation claim
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—S.D.N.Y.: Dunkin Donuts worker’s preliminary request for approval of $1.3 million class action settlement denied
- EEOC NEWS—Two employers settle allegations of disability discrimination for a combined $394K
- NLRB NEWS—Regional Director petitions court for immediate reinstatement of Starbucks’ union organizing committee employees
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