Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—11th Cir.: Employees of federal grant recipients fall within NDAA whistleblower protections
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The city of Chicago amends sexual harassment laws, including new training, policy, and notice requirements
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Updates to Illinois's bereavement leave and employee sick leave laws
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Pa.: Nursing home faces trial on regarded-as claim of nurse who asked to use cane for MS
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—Colo. Sup. Ct.: Constitutional challenge to Colorado’s paid leave program fails
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—W.D. Tenn.: Claims related to employer’s COVID vaccine mandate largely failed
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—D. Or.: Insurance brokerage denied preliminary injunction against former employees
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—Iowa Sup. Ct.: Car tuner’s liability for defamation against former employer upheld, $11 million in damages excessive
- SAFETY—11th Cir.: Release of ammonia at Tampa Electric plant wasn’t ‘uncontrolled’ so HAZWOPER standard didn’t apply to its response
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Cal. App.: Truckers may pursue meal and rest break claims pre-dating preemption of California rules
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Wash. App.: Seattle payroll expense tax passes constitutional muster
- TORT CLAIMS—E.D. Pa.: Postdoctoral university employee accused of making a female peer feel uncomfortable failed to advance defamation claim
- DOL NEWS—‘Good Job Principles’ advance goal of creating good-quality jobs
- DOL NEWS—Employers pay $428K in back wages, damages for FLSA, FMLA violations
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—DOL expects to issue a final COVID-19 ETS in September 2022
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Tesla shareholder files derivative suit against Elon Musk, board of directors,citing toxic culture
- NLRB NEWS—Buffalo Regional Director seeks nationwide cease-and-desist order against Starbucks
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