Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—5th Cir.: Field engineers who operated video equipment at oil well sites were not exempt from overtime wages
- ON THE LABOR FRONT—Teamsters make Amazon ‘Prime’ target
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Growing nationwide emphasis on pay transparency: What employers need to know
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Ind.: Supervisor’s remarks about coworker’s leave bolsters bipolar employee’s ADA suit
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—M.D. Fla.: Wal-Mart must answer claims of discrimination and retaliation by sales associate in same-sex relationship
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—D. Kan.: Trial on the horizon for Northrop Grumman in sexual harassment lawsuit by female ‘war games’ manager
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Nurse anesthetist held medically sensitive position such that drug use established just cause for termination
- PROCEDURE—Cal. Sup. Ct.: FEHA harassment claim based on failure to promote accrues when employee knows or should have known of adverse decision
- RETALIATION—N.D. Cal.: Auditor failed to show SEC whistleblower complaint prompted retaliation, wrongful termination
- AGENCY NEWS—Three El Super grocery stores cited $447,836 for failing to provide COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave
- DOJ NEWS—COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization no barrier to vaccination requirements
- DOL NEWS—After worker’s partial hand amputation, manufacturer facing $122K penalty for removing machine guards
- EEOC NEWS—Settled disability, sex discrimination and retaliation suits bring $300K in relief to alleged victims
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—OSHA seeking comments on whether to update the mechanical power presses standard
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Justices want Chicago Board of Education, union to respond to dues deduction challenge
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