Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—2d Cir.: FLSA plaintiffs must plausibly allege willfulness to obtain benefit of three-year limitations period
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—7th Cir.: Professor’s cat’s paw liability claim fails for lack of causation
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Ohio: Critical care nurse fired after extended absence due to asthma not qualified for position
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—E.D. Mo.: Trump-voting Nike worker offended by rap music fails to get trial on HWE claims
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES— N.D. Ohio: Employer entitled to preliminary injunction against former loan officer who left to work for competitor
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—W. Va. Sup. Ct.: Employer did not know of employee’s potential WPCA lawsuit before his termination so no retaliatory discharge claim
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—Alaska Sup. Ct.: Preponderance of evidence standard adopted for determining applicability of overtime exemptions
- DOJ NEWS—Bookkeeper for quasi-governmental agency charged with embezzling $2.6M
- DOL NEWS—OSHA fines global spice importer for multiple workplace safety failures
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—USCIS to return to pre-Trump administration visa extension policy
- INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS—Tech company bans political discussion at work
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Biden creates the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Biden to require $15 minimum wage for federal contractors
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