Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—1st Cir.: Black firefighter’s race and retaliation claims against a town meeting member properly dismissed
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—N.J. Sup. Ct.: Promissory estoppel rescues job-promised-but-reneged-upon employee
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE— 6th Cir.: Summary judgment affirmed in dismissal of 47-year-old bank employee’s age bias claim
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—W.D. Wis.: EEOC suit against national retailer may not proceed
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—NLRB: University failed to show nontenure-track faculty members were managerial employees
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Pressure relief device manufacturer fired employee because of his union activity
- PROCEDURE—5th Cir.: Attorney’s failure to adhere to local rule did not warrant dismissal of employee’s Title VII claim
- WAGE-HOUR—D. Ariz.: Employee at baseball club’s spring training facility showed that she was shorted on overtime and minimum wage
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with labor issues
- DOL NEWS—OSHA to investigate complaints of whistleblower retaliation under new antitrust, money laundering laws
- EEOC NEWS—Frito-Lay pays $50K to resolve allegations employee was fired for religious beliefs requiring Saturdays off
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Equality Act reintroduced to give LGBTQ people rights that other protected groups enjoy
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—OSHA tells 9th Circuit it will prioritize infectious diseases standard
- SURVEYS—More organizations to encourage COVID-19 vaccine, but gaps exist between employers’ and employees’ views
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