Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—9th Cir.: Employee asserting PAGA cause of action need not satisfy requirements for Rule 23 class certification
- ARBITRATION—W.D. Mo.: Court grants Family Dollar’s motion to compel arbitration in store manager’s discrimination/retaliation suit
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—Cal. Sup. Ct.: Nurse can advance wage and hour claims against hospital after settling similar claims against staffing agency
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—7th Cir.: Walmart denied request for per se rule that job coaches aren’t reasonable accommodation
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. La.: Employee fired two days after asking to leave early for oncology appointment advances ADA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—PAY—E.D. Cal.: Employee moves forward with equal pay claim against Amazon
- DOL NEWS—Employers pay $134K for FLSA violations, $48K for child labor infractions
- DOL NEWS—New Android ‘Timesheet App’ will help track work hours, break time, OT, wages due
- EEOC NEWS—McDonald’s franchise owner/operator pays $1.6M to resolve sexual harassment, retaliation allegations
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Florida: Down but not out: U.S. district court denies preliminary injunction against Florida ‘Stop-WOKE’ law
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—House introduces legislation restricting confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements
- OSHA NEWS—Employers facing proposed penalties of $601K following fatal incidents
- PROCEDURE—N.D. Ala.: Court declines to apply judicial estoppel barring employee’s claims based on failure to disclose them in bankruptcy
- RETALIATION—N.D. Ohio: Amazon worker disciplined after filing EEOC complaint offered plausible Title VII retaliation claim
- STATE LEGISLATION—ILLINOIS—Governor Pritzker signs ‘CROWN Act’ to prohibit racial discrimination based on hairstyles
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with wage-hour issues
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