Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—3d Cir.: No showing surplus selections of 60-year-old AT&T employee with epilepsy and cancer were due to age and disability
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Employer-provided COVID-19 testing: an employee benefits Q&A
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Low wage and employee classification limits on non-compete agreements
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—New York employers soon required to enroll employees in retirement savings plan
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—E.D. Pa.: Allegedly assaulted, subjected to slurs, and fired, varsity coach advances bias and retaliation claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—E.D. Pa.: Tavern cook’s suit for sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge heads to jury
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—8th Cir.: Deputies fired for supporting newly elected sheriff’s rival fail to revive Section 1983 claims
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—S.D.N.Y.: Court refuses to enjoin enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandate for New York City school employees
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—5th Cir.: Board properly awarded backpay to fired tour guide but speculative damages reversed
- PROCEDURE—N.D. Okla.: Challenge to healthcare employer vaccine mandate remanded to state court
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—S.D. Tex.: No injunction in vaccine mandate for federal employees
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—2d Cir.: Dismissal of most FCA claims asserted by defense contractor employee affirmed but claims premised on labor billing allegations revived
- DOJ NEWS—Company sentenced to three years’ probation, $240K fine for H-2B visa fraud
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—BBA would provide enhanced protections for long-term immigrant residents
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Final regulations implement $15 per hour minimum wage for federal contractors
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—USCIS has conducted third lottery for FY 2022 H-1B cap-subject petitions
- LABOR NEWS—UAW and automakers opt for voluntary vaccination disclosure, mandatory workplace masking
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