Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—9th Cir.: Uber drivers in Massachusetts must arbitrate claims they were misclassified as independent contractors
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—California's mandate: Give me vaccinations, or give me tests!
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Scabby is protected
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Sha'Carri Richardson and workplace drug testing
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—5th Cir.: Grant of summary judgment reversed in dispute over whether individual subcontractor was owed overtime
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Cal.: VA employee given poor evaluation after EEO complaint advances retaliation claim
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. Pa.: Ordained seminary executive didn’t have ministerial role; discrimination and retaliation claims survive
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—N.D. Cal.: Refinery operator settles wage statement and PAGA claims with refinery workers
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—M.D. Fla.—Financial analyst for Disney stated whistleblower claims under Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, and state law
- BENEFITS NEWS—Congress must act to improve mental and behavioral health care benefits for workers: ERIC
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Bill would extend sexual harassment and other antidiscrimination protections to federal judiciary employees
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Proposed CMS rule would re-establish voluntary deductions from home health workers’ paychecks
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—P&G willing to pay $3.48M to settle DACA discrimination class action
- OFCCP NEWS—Contractor will pay $168K to resolve allegations of systemic hiring discrimination affecting 483 female applicants
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