Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—1st Cir.: Successor union didn’t breach duty of fair representation to pilot by withdrawing grievance
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—W.D. Mich.: 63-year-old supervisor fired for ‘invoice splitting’ advances bias claim
- DISCRIMINATION—NATIONAL ORIGIN—E.D. Wash.: Offering position to applicant without required qualifications suggests pretext
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—E.D. Pa.: Residential counselor fired after refusing to leave COVID-19 quarantine early advances FMLA, FFCRA claims
- Employee Status—M.D. Fla.: Control over exotic dancer meant she was an employee of adult entertainment club
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—Election administrator who criticized colleagues has no constitutional claims
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—N.D. Ind.: School employee’s Facebook warning about a sickening odor eligible for First Amendment protection
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—8th Cir.: Arbitration board did not exceed its authority when reinstating railroad employee
- PENSION, BENEFIT PLANS—D. Md.: Federal retiree lacks standing to challenge law mandating government employees’ contraception coverage
- TRADE SECRETS—D. Minn.: Preliminary injunction denied in healthcare actuary employment dispute
- DOL NEWS—EBSA confirms investment advice exemption
- EEOC NEWS—Settlements recover $305K for alleged victims of disability and sex discrimination, sexual harassment
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act back on the legislative table
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—H-1B master’s cap reached for FY 2021
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—New York State sues Amazon for inadequate COVID-19 worker protections
- NLRB NEWS—Memos discuss Google collaboration disclosure, confidential investigation docs, unlawful social media rules, ‘Day Without Immigrants’ firings
- REPORTS—82 percent of organizations never considered health crisis a ‘top 10 risk’ before COVID-19
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