Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—7th Cir.: Doctor fails to get preliminary injunction for reinstatement after refusing COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds
- CLASS ACTIONS—S.D.N.Y.: Former NYU grad student fails to get class certification for claims involving fees collected during pandemic shutdowns
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Va.: Failure-to-accommodate, retaliation claims of home health nurse who refused field assignments fails to advance
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Miss.: No showing Aaron’s engaged in campaign to eliminate general manager based on vision impairment
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—4th Cir.: Department store employee’s sexual harassment claim fails to advance
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—E.D. Wis.: Female YMCA employee fired for ‘negative attitude’ gets trial on reprisal, gender bias claims
- DOJ NEWS—IT staffing company will pay $17K civil penalty for allegedly discriminating against U.S. workers
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $653K in back wages and damages for FLSA, MSPA violations
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Bloomington, Minnesota, passes paid sick and safe leave ordinance
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—OSHA reminds Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas employers to protect workers from heat-related illness
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—D. Minn.: Bank employee allegedly fired over advocacy against student mask mandate advances First Amendment claims
- LABOR—BARGAINING—8th Cir.: Union denied preliminary injunction to require restoration of status quo for rail employees
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—9th Cir.: ‘Good faith’ defense shielded employer from employee claims for pre-Janus agency fees
- NLRB NEWS—New General Counsel memo updates make-whole remedies available in settlement agreements
- OFCCP NEWS—Medical tech manufacturer will pay $499K to resolve alleged hiring bias against women
- SURVEYS—Majority of workers felt employers’ COVID-19, racial equity policies were ingenuine
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with disability discrimination
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