Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—M.D. Tenn.: Father fired shortly after reporting son’s sexual harassment by foreman advances claim
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—N.D. Ind.: Employer’s decision to fire nurse for alleged patient privacy violation may have been motivated by her age
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D.N.M.: Disputed job functions, reason for termination, send furniture company employee’s claims to trial
- DISCRIMINATION—S.D. Ohio: Older hearing-impaired employee, fired after alleged accommodation denial and mocking, advances bias claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—N.D. Miss.: Sonic employee’s Title VII hostile environment and retaliation claims advance
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—D. Kan.: Police lieutenant passed over for promotion cannot advance discrimination, retaliation claims
- DOL NEWS—Employers pay $1.3M in back wages, damages for FLSA violations; TRO sought
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—E.D. Wis.: Foundry worker fired after being told to continue COVID quarantine advances FMLA claims
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—M.D. Ala: Employee’s alleged firing over extended absence due to COVID-19 exposure not covered by FMLA, but FFCRA claim advances
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—New Florida law addresses employee training in the workplace
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Top NLRB lawyer aims to impose union recognition through ‘card check’ process
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Senate bill takes aim at workplace violence in health care, social services facilities
- LABOR NEWS—GOP lawmakers call out NLRB General Counsel over petition to reinstate discharged Amazon employee
- LABOR PULSE—Will organized labor write the next chapter in legal abortion’s story?
- OSHA NEWS—Enforcement phase of emphasis program on noise-induced hearing loss will begin May 17
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—E.D. Wash.: Challenge to Biden’s federal employee and federal contractor EOs mandating COVID vaccination dismissed
- STATE LAW—DELAWARE—Paid family leave program becomes law
- USERRA, VETERANS—S.D. Ill..: Servicemember’s USERRA claim did not preclude his claim under a similar state law
- WORTH NOTING—Federal appeals court cases of note
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