Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—3d Cir.: Writ of mandamus appropriate where lower court scheduled trial on FLSA collective before deciding Rule 23 class certification
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—6 steps for employers to set up an effective background screening program
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—SEC surpasses $1 billion in awards to whistleblowers
- ARBITRATION—D.N.J.: Minor employees must arbitrate their sex discrimination claims against Chili’s Grill
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—D.R.I.: Healthcare workers fail to obtain TRO against state COVID-19 vaccine regulation
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—M.D. Pa.: Pipeline worker failed to prove sex bias by local union at bench trial
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—D.P.R.: Employee’s EPSLA, EFMLEA claims collapse due to failure to request leave, ability to telework
- RETALIATION—D. Haw.: Snowboarding TSA employee fired for inability to maintain regular work schedule, not prior EEO activity
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Cal. App.: Lyft drivers lacked standing to intervene in action for approval of PAGA settlement
- DOL NEWS—$445,520 in back wages, damages recovered for 102 workers due to reported FLSA violations
- EEOC NEWS—Fiscal-year-end suits allege age and disability bias, racial and sexual harassment, retaliation
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Chipotle willing to pay $8M to end 8-year OT litigation; $6.1M would go to attorneys
- OFCCP NEWS—$1.8M recovered for 4,718 alleged victims of pay and hiring discrimination
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