Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—7th Cir.: Chrysler employee suspended for FMLA abuse could not overcome summary judgment
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Colo.: LPN’s disability bias and retaliation claims advance
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—D. Me.: Teacher advances Title VII associational discrimination claim based on advocacy for LGBTQ+ students
- DOJ NEWS—Alabama employer pleads guilty in criminal prosecution by DOJ for willful OSHA violation
- DOJ NEWS—WHD recovers $6.7M in back wages, damages from employers for FLSA violations
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—W.D.N.Y.: Employee denied trial on FMLA claims, was not eligible when requested leave
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Passing the buck: Feds propose increasing workplace immigration fees
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—What is OSHA's role in light of the NLRB's position that student-athletes are university employees?
- GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS—6th Cir.: Preliminary injunction of federal contractor mask and vaccine mandate affirmed with narrower application
- LABOR—LAYOFFS—D. Minn.: Employees unable to pierce corporate veil to pursue WARN Act claim against company’s individual owners
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES—D. Md.: High school teacher’s race and First Amendment claims dismissed
- RETALIATION—N.D. Iowa: Female truck drivers who were sexual harassment complainants failed to revive class retaliation claim over pay policy
- TORT CLAIMS—E.D.: Mich. Jury to decide whether former employee stole information from electric car component manufacturer
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—E.D. Cal.: Preliminary settlement reached for wage claims in dispute brought by seasonal agricultural workers
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—W.D. Wash.: Court explains why 2009 FCA amendment did not permit retaliation claims against non-employing individuals
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with wage-hour issues
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