Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—5th Cir.: Crane operators aboard liftboats servicing offshore oil and gas platforms not exempt from overtime pay
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—N.Y. Ct. App.: Court rebuffs bid to hold Michael Bloomberg liable as ‘employer’ under NYCHRL
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Colo.: HIV-positive RN fired after submitting required medical questionnaire advances bias claim
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—1st Cir.: Position elimination not FMLA retaliation where need for new leave not yet known
- RETALIATION—E.D. Pa.: Medical assistant was fired for giving wrong medication dose, not because of complaints about physician’s conduct
- RETALIATION—N.D. Ill.: Hospital that allegedly chose sides in ADA dispute between residency directors must face jury
- USERRA, VETERANS—S.D. Miss.: Sheriff’s unlawfully failed to return Guardsman to comparable position upon return from deployment
- WORTH NOTING—Recent disability discrimination cases of interest
- AGENCY NEWS—Bakery that closed owing $1.3M to workers nets citations, lawsuit for unpaid wages, damages
- EEOC NEWS—Commission withdraws ‘official time,’ employer-sponsored wellness plan rulemakings
- HOUSE NEWS—Ways and Means Committee advances COVID-19 relief package
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—App-based drivers take their Proposition 22 constitutionality challenge to lower court
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Former employee of national medical care company alleges no-poach conspiracy
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Shareholder sues Tyson officers and directors over lack of COVID-19 protections, material misstatements
- NLRB NEWS—Board invites comments about lawfulness of workplace restrictions on wearing union insignia
- NLRB NEWS—How to track election petitions and results, ULP charges filed
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