Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—D. Kan.: Teacher obtains preliminary injunction against policy prohibiting her from using student’s preferred name and pronouns in parent communications
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—COVID-19 as a disability: Firing retail employees for attendance issues becomes risky
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—C.D. Cal.: Costco’s denial of warehouse employee’s preferred accommodation not unlawful
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Tenn.: Delivery driver’s claims of disability discrimination, retaliation fail to advance
- DISCRIMINATION—PAY—D. Kan.: Female radio show host advances Title VII, EPA claims due to questions of fact about ratings and revenue
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D.N.J.: Placing racially harassing call on speakerphone supports hostile environment claim
- DISCRIMINATION—W.D. Wash.: Delta employee fired for showing explicit photos, threatening voodoo can’t advance bias claims
- RETALIATION—M.D. Tenn.: Hospital employee offered full-time job only if she dropped discrimination complaint advances reprisal claim
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—N.D. Cal.: Home Depot loses bid to decertify employee’s wage class claims
- DOJ NEWS—IT consulting company agrees to civil fine to resolve alleged work authorization discrimination
- EEOC NEWS—Agency settles disability discrimination allegations for $70K; takes aim at alleged age discrimination
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Tenet drops OSHA inspection challenge based on expired ETS
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