Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—6th Cir.: FCA relators’ attorneys’ fees can’t be blocked seven years after settlement
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—I Hear That Whistle Blowing: New York's expanded whistleblower law raises volume on employers
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—What will 2022 bring for the gig economy?
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Ohio: Applicant denied forklift operator job because of prescription opioid use advances regarded-as claim
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—D. Md.: Transgender teacher alleging persistent sex-based bullying advances Title VII claims to trial
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—N.D. Ohio: Employee ‘forced’ to take honeymoon during FMLA leave for anxiety can’t advance interference claim
- GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS—D. Colo.: Outfitters operating on federal lands denied injunction against Biden Administration’s end to minimum wage exemption
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—7th Cir.: Preliminary injunction that would have allowed PPP loans for adult entertainment establishments vacated
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Repeated time theft scheme merited termination
- PROCEDURE—N.D. Cal.: Federal employee’s filing for de novo review of claims was timely when based on EEOC’s enforcement decision
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—N.D. Ind.: Requiring employees to wear masks didn’t violate state-law prohibition against implantation of devices
- CONFERENCES—Feb. 2 NELI Webinar will explore developments in COVID-related employment issues
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $100K for workers; files two lawsuits seeking additional $3.4 million
- NLRB NEWS—Democrats urge return to former policy to stop gerrymandering of union elections
- SENATE NEWS—HELP Committee leaders unveil PREVENT Pandemics Act to enhance pandemic response system
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