Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- ARBITRATION—9th Cir.: FAA preempts California criminal law enacted to protect employees from ‘forced arbitration’
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Mich.: Chrysler electrician gets trial over abrupt withdrawal of yearslong accommodation of his climbing restriction
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Pa.: Medical marijuana pharmacist fired after revealing COVID-related anxiety advances ADA, FMLA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—E.D. Mich.: Manager fired for ‘All lives Matter’ response to BLM email can’t advance claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—M.D. Ala.: Requiring Black guard to wear dreadlocks in a bun not unlawful, but ‘firing’ may have been retaliatory
- DOJ NEWS—Agency settles with city in religious discrimination suit on behalf of Seventh-day Adventist
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—N.J. Super. App. Div.: Court remands for fuller record to determine ‘true nature’ of real estate salesperson’s status
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Minnesota joins growing list of states to ban race-based hair discrimination, as new CROWN Act becomes law
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—OSHA granted authority to approve visa applications to aid human trafficking and other crime victims
- HOUSE NEWS—Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies announces FY 2024 public witness hearing date
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Union steward’s disapproval of employee’s protected activity did not constitute unlawful threat
- RETALIATION—M.D. Ala.: Employee’s retaliation claim for reporting coworker’s sexual harassment complaint against executive survives
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—2d Cir.: Bakery delivery drivers not excluded from FAA coverage as transportation workers
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—President issues Executive Order on advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities
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