Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—7th Cir.: US Steel applicant’s seizure disorder posed direct threat so rescinding job didn’t violate the ADA
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Life after Omicron: critical COVID-19 policy areas to watch in the weeks ahead
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Mask mandate lifted across the Golden State: what businesses need to know
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—5th Cir.: Court affirms denial of qualified immunity to county officials and state judge in policeman’s retaliatory termination suit
- DISCRIMINATION—S.D.N.Y.: Applicant plausibly alleged hiring process was sham designed to circumvent NYC’s Fair Chance Act
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—N.Y. Sup. Ct.: No vesting of retiree health insurance benefits absent express agreement
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—N.J. Super. App. Div.: State COVID vaccine mandate for corrections officers upheld
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—N.Y. Sup. Ct.: NY labor law didn’t provide personal right to sue over allegedly extorted wages
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—9th Cir.: Objection to PAGA settlement dismissed but class action settlement vacated because wrong legal standard applied
- AGENCY NEWS—After 253 workers in Washington warehouse contract COVID, three companies face $285K-plus in fines
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—EBSA seeking information on protecting retirement plans and pensions from climate change
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—Bipartisan group of Senators seek nearly 45K more H-2B visas, expedited processing
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