Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—8th Cir.: Participants in a drug and alcohol recovery program assigned to work for private employer, not employees under Arkansas law
- DISCHARGE—S.D.N.Y.: Absentee track foreman’s hybrid claims against railroad, union, derail
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. Pa.: 57-year-old sales manager fired days after leave request can’t advance age, disability bias claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—E.D. Tenn.: No trial on accommodation, retaliation claims of security officer ordered to remove religious patch
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—N.D. Miss.: Longtime employee who hid he was gay and was laid-off months after marrying partner gets trial on bias claim
- DOJ NEWS—Harvester pays $14K in back pay, $4,250 civil penalty to resolve alleged H-2A violations
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—COVID-19 Policy Updates And Implications For The Workplace
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—New Jersey Employers Must Update Certain Workplace Postings This Year
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Final rule codifies DACA policy with limited changes
- OSHA NEWS—Agency cites employers, proposes nearly $600K in penalties following safety violations
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—Wyo. Sup. Ct.: Firefighter fired after hearing was not denied due process where city rescinded earlier termination letter
- RETALIATION—D. Kan.: Sales rep fails to show termination for wrongdoing was a pretext for discrimination
- TORT CLAIMS—W.D. Wis.: Former insurance company marketing director advances single defamation claim against marketing company
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments
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