Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—Biden Administration says there’s no need for emergency relief over vaccinate or test ETS
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Wolters Kluwer Future Ready Lawyer Survey drives discussion on tech innovation best practices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Religious and Pregnancy Vaccine Accommodations
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Hello… Goodbye… Hello Again: New IRS FAQs Discuss Rehires and Bona Fide Retirements in Light of COVID-Related Labor Shortages
- ARBITRATION—10th Cir.: Staffing company employees must arbitrate overtime claims against nonsignatory company under equitable estoppel theory
- ARBITRATION—D.N.M.: Employees placed on leave per vaccine mandate exemption must arbitrate claims under employment agreements
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—E.D. Pa.: Employee’s suit against Cracker Barrel alleging discriminatory demotion does not advance
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Tex.: EEOC gets trial on claim that Walmart unlawfully refused to hire an amputee as a stocker
- PROCEDURE—6th Cir.: New arguments raised by employer on remand properly foreclosed by district court
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—E.D. Wash.: Spokane firefighters not entitled to preliminary injunctive relief against city’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—N.D. Tex.: ‘Bound by precedent’ court denies preliminary injunction to United Airlines employees in COVID-19 vaccine dispute
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Bipartisan effort would expand access to retirement saving plans
- OSHA NEWS—Hotel operator will provide back pay, compensatory damages after firing employee who needed medical care
- STATE LEGISLATION—ALABAMA—New law provides exemption request form for COVID-19 vaccinations
- STATE REGULATIONS—VERMONT—Minimum wage increases to $12.55 per hour January 1
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