Go to Wolters Kluwer VitalLaw.comGo to Wolters Kluwer VitalLaw.com
VitalLaw™
  • Log in to access your subscriptions

MenuIn depth. On point.
  • Home
  • Legal Directory
  • Home
  • Legal Directory
  • In depth. On point.
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
  • ShareLinkedIn

    © 2022 CCH Incorporated and its affiliates and licensors. All rights reserved.

    • Privacy & Cookies