Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—3d Cir.: Arbitration award that bars subcontracting by ExxonMobil stands on appeal
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—New Jersey Cannabis Commission gives employers who drug test a reprieve on physical examination requirement
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Sixth and Eighth Circuits reshape FLSA collective action litigation
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—5th Cir.: Delaying injured employee’s training was not an unreasonable accommodation
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Mich.: Employee called ‘FMLA King’ can’t advance hostile environment claim
- DISCRIMINATION—NATIONAL ORIGIN—D.D.C.: Derogatory remarks about embassy employee’s Romanian ethnicity bolsters bias claim
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—Mass. Sup. Ct.: Nurse who lost job offer after hospital learned of court order against abuser stated claim under domestic violence leave act
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—E.D. Pa.: Student athletes’ FLSA suit asserting employee status against colleges and universities advances
- LABOR—BARGAINING—NLRB: Employer implementation of new health plan without bargaining with union unlawful
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—W.D. Okla.: Employer denied equitable restitution of monies paid to union welfare fund
- TRADE SECRETS—6th Cir.: Trade secrets case over drawings for rocket fuel mixer reinstated
- TRADE SECRETS—N.D. Cal.: Status quo prevails for now in battle over competing flying car prototypes
- DOJ NEWS—Ascension Health Alliance will pay $84K penalty to resolve employment authorization discrimination allegations
- DOL NEWS—Couple pleads guilty to forced labor of Guatemalan relative and her two minor daughters
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Rejected applicant with medical marijuana card sues medical records contractor for violating Arkansas constitutional amendment
- OSHA NEWS—Transitional housing facility cited for failing to mitigate spread, record COVID-19 infections
- REPORTS—DHS’ OIG report finds deficiencies in E-Verify process
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