Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—NLRB: Employer’s issuance of handbook including employment terms covered by CBA didn’t violate NLRA
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—1st Cir.: Triable issues exist regarding whether release agreement providing executive with $680K a month contained mistake
- DICRIMINATION—M.D. Fla.: Maintenance employee advances claim he was unlawfully laid off due to disability-related absences
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—11th Cir.: Rescission of black applicant’s job offer over criminal-history record not discriminatory
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—N.D. W.Va.: Court declined to vacate arbitral award reinstating employee convicted of arson at bar
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—D. Minn.: Minnesota public employees unable to obtain return of ‘compulsory portion,’ fair-share union fees after Janus
- RETALIATION—D. Mass.: Police detective’s claim of retaliatory hostile work environment advances
- AGENCY NEWS—California Labor Commissioner’s $2M wage theft citations against drywall contractor upheld
- BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy posts and other commentary
- DOL NEWS—White House, DOL, bipartisan legislation signal change in the direction of apprenticeship system
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Publix must defend wrongful death suit alleging it prohibited 70-year old employee from wearing COVID mask
- OSHA NEWS—Companies face $564K in penalties for reported trenching, machine safety hazards
- SURVEYS—Few employers will mandate COVID-19 vaccination
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Career NLRB lawyer turned CWA special counsel nominated for NLRB General Counsel spot
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