Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—2d Cir.: Hispanic lieutenant’s meeting to discuss concerns about his career wasn’t protected speech
- LABOR PULSE—My university and my faculty union may be on an existential post-pandemic collision course
- 6th Cir.: Former Metro employee sees retaliatory harassment HWE claim revived
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—Tex. Sup. Ct.: General contractor on construction job could not be held liable for on-the-job injuries to subcontractor’s employee
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Ga.: Employee fired after brother tests positive for COVID can’t advance associational discrimination claim
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—S.D. Oh.: African-American insurance brokerage employee gets trial on race bias claim, but not by jury
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—W.D. Ky.: Postal employee banned from wearing ‘MAGA’ hat advances race bias claim
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—E.D. Pa.: SEPTA train operator failed to show male comparators were similarly situated so bias claim fails
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Hotel’s elimination of lead engineer position during pandemic did not eliminate just cause standard for his discharge
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—W.D. Tex.: Employer failed to establish, as a matter of law, that employee was subject to administrative exemption
- DOJ NEWS—Former UAW President sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for role in embezzlement scheme
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—‘Conclusive presumption’ that COVID-19 was contracted at work proposed for maritime workers’ comp
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—DOL is delaying implementation of H-1B prevailing wages rule until November 14, 2022
- STATE LEGISLATION—WASHINGTON—Governor signs package of worker protections, including OT for farmworkers
- SURVEYS—Survey highlights value of workers with criminal records
- WHISTLEBLOWER NEWS—SEC gives two whistleblowers $18M and $4M, respectively
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