Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—2d Cir.: Court won’t rehear decision finding Black applicants could not rely on national statistics in disparate impact challenge to hiring policy
- ARBITRATION—M.D. Tenn.: Family Dollar fails in effort to compel arbitration in discrimination lawsuit
- DISCRIMINATION—NATIONAL ORIGIN—N.D. Ill.: Latino firefighter advances HWE claim against City of Chicago
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—S.D. Tex.: Employee fired for working while on non-FMLA leave in violation of CBA can’t advance retaliation claim
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- LABOR—ORGANIZING, ELECTIONS—D.C. Cir.: Election result overturned after NLRB failed to timely mail out duplicate ballot
- LAYOFFS—C.D. Cal.: Employees of airline caterer can’t claim restitution under CARES Act after layoffs
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—Cal. App.: Attorney entitled to actual and punitive damages after employer fraudulently settled with employee to avoid default judgment
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—9th Cir.: California labor code applies to class of Virgin America flight attendants’ claims
- DOJ NEWS—Federal contractor agrees to pay more than $6 million to settle overbilling allegations
- DOJ NEWS—New York man charged with COVID-relief PPP loan fraud
- DOL NEWS—Agency will host virtual two-day educational seminar for agriculture industry employers, workers, stakeholders
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Resurrected legislation would force OSHA action on violence against health care, social service workers
- INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS—Linkedin removes controversial diversity training program
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Judge dismisses lawsuit by wife who blamed her husband’s employer for her COVID-19 infection
- SENATE NEWS—Senators Romney, Cotton to introduce minimum wage hike tied to mandatory E-Verify
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Amazon’s first petition questioning FAA exemption of ‘last mile’ drivers is denied
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