Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—8th Cir.: Failure to rebut all justifications for termination doomed employee’s retaliatory discharge claim
- LABOR PULSE—Teacher unions and school districts are riding on the horns of a COVID-19 dilemma
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—Tex. App.: Employee’s announcement she was attempting to get pregnant brought her within protected class
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—7th Cir.: Discharged salesman failed to show he was harmed by any alleged FMLA interference
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—D.N.M.: Petco general manager prevented from returning to work with medical restrictions advances FMLA claim
- LABOR—BARGAINING—7th Cir.: Union challenge to employer’s unilateral change in attendance policy must be addressed in arbitration, not court
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Employer rule barring employee from discussing wages unlawful
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—S.D.N.Y.: Faithless servant counterclaims fail to shield law firm from fired attorney’s discrimination, equal pay case
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—N.D. Ill.: Courier allegedly discouraged from reporting overtime proceeds to trial on claims
- BENEFITS NEWS—Lawmakers reintroduce bill to provide COBRA subsidy
- DOJ NEWS—DOJ changes position on California’s union access rule
- DOL NEWS—WHD secures $107K in overtime back wages from employers
- LABOR NEWS—AFL-CIO and Airbnb take opposing views of SEC’s gig economy proposals
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—McDonald’s limited franchisee to Black neighborhoods, forced him to sell to white franchisees, lawsuit alleges
- STATE LEGISLATION—More states move forward on COVID-19 shield laws
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