Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—8th Cir.: Minnesota public employees unable to obtain return of ‘compulsory portion,’ or fair-share union fees after Janus
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—S.D.N.Y.: Fitness club boxing instructor, fired after 20 years, fails to advance claim
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—4th Cir: Routinely above-average performance reviews help revive call center rep’s disability discrimination claim
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Pa.: Walmart employee with fibromyalgia and depression, fired for stealing $2.50, advances ADA, FMLA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—S.D. Ohio: Evidence of dissimilar treatment bolsters black deputy’s claim of race bias
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Michigan Decision Leaves Employers Uncertain About Current State Of Minimum Wage, Tips, And Paid Sick Leave Laws
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Texas: Key Considerations When Offering Abortion Coverage Under A Group Health Plan
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Bill would decriminalize cannabis at federal level, provide regulatory framework including workplace protections
- HOUSE NEWS—Hearing underscores federal government’s need to attract skilled, new talent and modernize working conditions
- LABOR—ORGANIZING, ELECTIONS—NLRB: Notice of rerun election must inform employees of employer’s objectionable misconduct
- PROCEDURE—7th Cir.: Employee with diabetes complications failed to exhaust administrative remedies for disability claims against VA
- PROCEDURE—Cal. App.: Employee was not precluded from bringing PAGA action after settling individual claims in prior lawsuit
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—D. Md.: Program director’s wage and hour claims fizzle on summary judgment
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—D.C. App.: Jury reasonably found probationary nurse’s disclosures of youth tuberculosis concerns unprotected
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