Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—2d Cir.: Black flight attendant failed to show drug test, suspension, and discharge retaliation for complaint about passenger’s racial slur
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Top labor and employment developments for May 2022
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—L.A. jury delivers mother of all verdicts — $464 million to two employees!
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Second Circuit blasts mass-produced, 'mad-libs-style' ADA Title III complaints and affirms dismissal of four Braille gift card lawsuits
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—6th Cir.: 66-year-old Volvo team leader was fired for cursing at subordinate, not because of age
- DISCRIMINATION—D.N.J.: Muslim staffing company employee advances hostile environment claims against client company but not employer
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Cal.: Deputy DA with diverticulitis, who claimed his supervisor called him a ‘bullshi**er and a liar,’ advances myriad of claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—N.D.N.Y.: Federal employee’s coworker harassment claims advance despite untimely EEO filing
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—D.N.J.: Medical professionals fail to get preliminary injunction against governor’s COVID-19 executive orders
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Ill. App.: Staffing agencies not exempt from Illinois Antitrust Act
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Mo. App.: State’s high court asked to consider whether workers’ comp law’s retaliation provision covers former employees
- TORT CLAIMS—11th Cir.: FINRA immune from suit alleging exam churning
- TORT CLAIMS—4th Cir.: Publication of separation affidavits results in finding of defamation against human resources director
- TRADE SECRETS—N.D. Tex.: Trial required to determine trenching machine manufacturer’s trade secrets claims
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—Cal. App.: Former QA director partially revives lawsuit alleging he was misclassified as exempt under California law
- DOL NEWS—Businessman nets two years in prison for not forwarding taxes, embezzling health care premiums
- EEOC NEWS—Disability, race, national origin discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation allegations settled for $545K
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Bipartisan legislation would strengthen families’ finances, bolster emergency savings, and improve retirement security
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