Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—NLRB proposes to rescind 2020 joint-employer rule, refine and codify earlier standard
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—11th Cir.: Hiring restrictions in franchise agreements may have violated Sherman Act
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D.D.C.: Non-selected deaf candidate was not ‘significantly more qualified’ for diversity officer position
- DISCRIMINATION—N.D. Ill.: Probationary teacher’s national origin, age discrimination claims advance based on dissimilar treatment
- DOJ NEWS—Indiana Nursing Board will permit nurses taking OUD medication to participate in assistance program
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—N.D. Cal.: Drivers allegedly misclassified by FedEx have some triable wage, overtime claims
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—NLRB overturns a Trump-era precedent; employers cannot ban union insignia
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Navigating workplace conversations after Dobbs: What should employers do?
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Non-profit’s anti-union campaign results in multiple unfair labor practices against staff
- OSHA NEWS—Employers penalized $415K for failure to implement safety plans, procedures
- OSHA NEWS—Wells Fargo ordered to pay $22M-plus to whistleblower allegedly fired for reporting financial management concerns
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—N.D. Iowa: $1.275M settlement resolves ERISA, WARN Act claims from plant closures during pandemic
- RETALIATION—W.D. Wash.: Employee fired after encouraging colleague to report harassment advances reprisal claim
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—3rd Cir.: Risk of identity theft or fraud due to data breach constitutes injury-in-fact for standing purposes
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Top labor and employment developments for August 2022
- TORT CLAIMS—D.C. App.: Former high-level SEIU employee revives defamation claim against union
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Cal. App.: Construction employee compelled to arbitrate PAGA claims under CBA’s arbitration provision
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