Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- RETALIATION—5th Cir.: Fifth Circuit certifies limitations question in former Louisiana ATC official’s retaliation suit
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—Vt. Sup.Ct.: DOC’s filling of vacant position prior to application deadline violated CBA
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—W.D.N.Y.: Agency nurse may proceed with pregnancy discrimination claim against state correctional facility
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—W.D. Wis.: Asian engineer’s unprofessional conduct, not race discrimination, caused VA to fire him
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—W.D. Mich.: Employee who refused to use coworker’s preferred pronouns proceeds with accommodation claim
- DOL NEWS—Employers fined more than $24k for child labor violations
- DOL NEWS—Food sanitation service to pay $1.5 million in penalties for employing over 100 children in hazardous jobs
- DOL NEWS—Resolutions of reported FLSA, WIOA violations net $835K for 343 workers
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The SEC reminds companies not to forget the ‘S’ in ESG
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—‘Noisy exit’ of FTC Commissioner Wilson signals increasingly contentious efforts to regulate non-compete clauses at federal level for foreseeable future
- LOCAL LEGISLATION—CALIFORNIA—State assemblymember introduces bill to make fast food franchisors jointly liable for franchisee’s legal violations
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—N.D. Ill.: Law professor required to take sensitivity training after controversial exam question advances compelled speech claim
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—D.N.M.: Home health agency wins small battle but loses war in decertification bid
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note from the National Labor Relations Board
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