Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—S.D.N.Y.: Applicant rejected for grocery delivery job due to prior murder conviction advances claims against Amazon, Whole Foods
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Dispute over gig drivers’ independent contractor status being fought on all fronts in Massachusetts
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—NLRB's invitation to file briefs and activist general counsel signal the good old days may be now for organized labor
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Kan.: UPS driver’s job injuries—heat exhaustion with kidney injury and broken kneecap—could qualify as disability
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—C.D. Ill.: Tyson employee fired while on FMLA leave due to mask mandate plausibly alleges interference claim
- LABOR—BARGAINING—D.C. Cir.: FLRA policy statement making zipper clauses mandatory bargaining subjects reversed
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Employer unlawfully laid off union supporters days after failed election; reinstatement offers invalid
- RETALIATION—E.D. Ky.: Delta employee disciplined within two months of deposition testimony in a former coworker’s discrimination suit advances with retaliation claim
- WORTH NOTING—Recent developments involving age discrimination
- DOJ NEWS—Utility will pay National Guardsman $80K in back pay, damages over alleged USERRA violations
- DOL NEWS—Medical staffing agency ordered to pay $7.2 million in back pay
- EEOC NEWS—$272K secured in three workers’ ADA and race discrimination claims
- OSHA NEWS—AG coalition urges OSHA to take ‘swift action’ to implement heat protection standards
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