Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—U.S.: Forbidding high school football coach from praying on-field after games violated his First Amendment rights
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—E.D.N.Y.: Claims by 64-year-old employee passed over for promotion in favor of someone 10 years younger will not advance
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—9th Cir.: New hire who failed delayed pre-employment drug test due to medical marijuana use revives FEHA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—E.D. Ark.: Kroger faces trial on claim it failed to accommodate workers who objected to apron with multi-colored symbol
- DOJ NEWS—State senator who fraudulently received union salary, benefits sentenced to one-year prison term
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—E.D. Pa.: Gap between FMLA request and termination dooms retaliation claim
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—A RIF refresher: 5 important considerations when reducing your workforce
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—An employer’s guide to workplace protections for abortion-related decisions
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—NLRB releases spring rulemaking agenda forecasting changes to joint employer standard and representation election procedures
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—ANPRM tackles potential revisions to OSHA’s general industry, construction lead exposure standards
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Court approval sought for $24M settlement resolving USSF equal pay suit
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—S.D. Cal.: Walmart’s motion to decertify class denied in case involving wages paid after termination
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—11th Cir.: Employer failed to show administrative exemption applied to property damage investigators
- WAGE-HOUR—WORKING TIME—W.D. Pa.: Employee class action for failure to pay overtime for pre- and post-shift activities not preempted by LMRA Section 301
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