Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—7th Cir.: CBA created a property interest in employment for school district employees
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—New Virginia labor law makes localities an offer they can’t refuse
- ATTORNEYS’ FEES—11th Cir.: District court must make factual findings regarding employer’s and attorney’s conduct in wage suit
- DISCHARGE—D.D.C.: Public policy exception did not apply to FCA wrongful termination claim
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—1st Cir.: Jury verdicts in favor of wheelchair-reliant employee upheld on appeal
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Okla.: No ADA, public policy claims for employee terminated after testing positive for THC
- DISCRIMINATION—M.D. Tenn.: Supervisor’s constant monitoring of Hispanic employee’s bathroom use establishes hostile work environment
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—M.D. Ala.: Black teacher’s non-selection for reading coach position in favor of white peer not race-based
- PROCEDURE—5th Cir.: Fired Texas A&M employee can’t avoid sovereign immunity barring ADA, FMLA, TCHRA claims
- RETALIATION—D. Kan.: Mars Wrigley employee terminated after complaining of sexual harassment advances retaliation claim
- WAGE-HOUR—Cal. Ct. App.: Home rule doctrine barred police union’s lawsuit over county’s recoupment of wage overpayments
- AGENCY NEWS—Amazon settles FTC claims it withheld tips from drivers for $61.7 million
- DOJ NEWS—Federal government voluntarily dismisses discrimination suit against Yale
- HOUSE NEWS—GOP lawmakers demand answers on NLRB general counsel’s firing
- HOUSE NEWS—Guns-in-the-workplace fears prompt heavy fines for lawmakers who skip metal detectors
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Business community pushing for strong COVID-19 protections in next relief bill
- NLRB NEWS—Operations-Management Memos on failure to cooperate, agency outreach rescinded
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