Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—11th Cir.: Paid suspension of Black executive director for nonprofit Alabama law firm was not an adverse action
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—FP flash survey reveals: half of employers face ‘severe’ workforce shortage crisis, but family care solutions could be the key to recovery
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Is the customer always right? How employers should respond to patron misconduct
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The new whistleblower program AML professionals should know
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D. D.C.: Remark that employee was one of ‘two black women who could not get along’ suggested bias
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—N.D. Cal.: Black college district employee fired after encouraging institutional racism discussions advances bias claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—E.D.N.Y.: Restaurant worker survives summary judgment on claim that same-sex touching created hostile work environment
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Subcontractor was ‘perfectly clear’ successor, required to advise employees of changes in conditions of employment
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—M.D. Pa.: No injunction for unvaccinated hospital workers seeking exemption from COVID-19 testing
- RETALIATION—N.D. Miss.: University administrator allegedly fired for refusing to encourage subordinate to drop EEOC charge advances Title VII, FMLA retaliation claims
- SAFETY—5th Cir.: Supervisor’s knowledge of employee’s safety violations appropriately imputed to employer
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—Settlement of nonparty PAGA claims rejected based on allocation of civil penalties
- WHITE-COLLAR CRIME—E.D. Tex.: Criminal wage fixing case against physical therapy service providers goes forward
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Comment period extended to January 26 on heat injury and illness ANPRM
- HOUSE NEWS—Legislation would bolster federal internship and fellowship programs to replenish federal workforce
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—NY AG seeks injunction forcing Amazon to implement COVID protections for Staten Island workers
- OFCCP NEWS—New federal contractor portal launching for annual AAP certification
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Biden Administration announces measures to combat COVID-19 in the workplace
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