Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D.N.Y.: Clothing store can’t escape HWE verdict in employee’s suit, but gets new trial on common law claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Utah: Respiratory therapist’s decision to retire after being denied extended unpaid leave was not a constructive discharge
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Pa.: Inability to stock freezers due to lifting restrictions doomed grocery store employee’s non-accommodation claims
- DISCRIMINATION—W.D.N.Y.: Manager who delayed reporting employee with knife has triable race, disability claims
- DOL NEWS—Multi-agency toolkit provides guidance for employers facing employee interest in unionizing
- EEOC NEWS—$90K settles sexual harassment suit; four new lawsuits filed
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Federal court denies nurses’ demand that OSHA reinstate the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Five tips for using independent contractors in California
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—‘Nationwide Right to Unionize Act’ reintroduced to end ‘right-to-work’ laws
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—N.D. Fla.: College professor advances lawsuit challenging Florida’s Individual Freedom Act
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—N.D. Tex.: Constitutional, Religious Freedom Restoration Act challenges to ACA achieve mixed success
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Security guard unlawfully discharged for raising concerns about employer’s weapons-qualification practices
- OSHA NEWS—Nearly $580K in penalties proposed for two employers risking worker safety
- RETALIATION—3rd Cir.: Vice president failed to show retaliation for speaking up for pregnant employee
- RETALIATION—9th Cir.: Carroll College golf coach revives Title IX suit based on nonrenewal of contract
- TORT CLAIMS—D.N.M.: Physician’s counterclaims against healthcare company fail
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with state-law labor issues
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