Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—6th Cir.: Kroger must arbitrate union’s grievance seeking benefits for fulfillment center workers
- AGENCY NEWS—Former employees prohibited from future banking employment over CARES Act fraud
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: Trial court correctly declined to compel three employees to arbitrate wage claims
- ARBITRATION—W.D. Va.: Employee terminated for violating employer’s COVID-19 vaccine policy must arbitrate discrimination claims
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—Va. Sup. Ct.: Two board members of psychotherapy practice not ‘employers’ under state law
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Idaho: Several factual disputes surround deaf firefighter’s discrimination claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Fla.: Partly blind medical resident advances HWE, retaliation claims
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—E.D. La.: Pregnant attorney gets trial on HWE claim asserting male superior made frequent remarks about her body, breastfeeding
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—M.D. Pa.: Notes, comments, and being followed to her car not enough to support employee’s hostile environment claim
- DOJ NEWS—Former OSHA compliance officer admits conspiring to extort contractors
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Beware of These Immigration Pitfalls When Employees Work Remotely
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—DOL Proposal, If Adopted, Will Substantially Impact Gig Economy Which Relies Primarily on Independent Contractors
- LABOR NEWS—Medieval Times sues New Jersey employee union for trademark infringement
- OFCCP NEWS—Sysco subsidiaries pay combined $275K to settle allegations of hiring discrimination
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—E.D. Mich.: Delivery drivers for Domino’s Pizza franchisees have $1.95 million settlement approved
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