Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—9th Cir.: California’s AB 51 that bars retaliation for refusal to waive rights not preempted by the FAA
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Apple's restriction of employee slacking likely unlawful
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—California: CA court affirms that courts have authority to ensure manageability of PAGA claims
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo encourages Regions to utilize more significant remedies when resolving unfair labor practices
- ATTORNEYS’ FEES—Cal. App.: Interlocutory appeal from order denying attorney fees to employee sued for trade secret misappropriation dismissed
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—Cal. App.: Gas station employee’s claim that Shell was his joint employer revived on appeal
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—10th Cir.: Office manager fired upon returning remotely after pregnancy leave can’t revive Title VII, FMLA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—E.D. Pa.: Evidence of sexual battery, non-promotion, and award denial take director’s claims to trial
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—S.D. Ga.: Jury to determine whether registered nurse was employee or independent contractor under FLSA
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—7th Cir.: Preliminary injunction requiring government to provide PPP loans to adult entertainment establishments stayed
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—S.D.N.Y.: Because an employer’s ADR program was incorporated into the applicable CBA, bias claim sent to arbitration
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- DOL NEWS—WHD efforts yield $900K from employer violations affecting more than 130 employees
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Arizona attorney general files suit seeking to block President Biden’s vaccination mandate, focusing on alleged ‘differential treatment’
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