Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—1st Cir.: Employee’s day of discharge was the final day for which he was paid and received benefits
- ON THE LABOR FRONT—Elections have consequences: The transformation to a pro-labor National Labor Relations Board is underway
- CLASS ACTIONS—SETTLEMENTS—E.D. Cal.: Court approves $4.5M settlement of wage claims against Walgreens for rounding policy and security checks
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—M.D. Pa.: Truck driver fired for safety violations can’t maintain claim for age discrimination
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—W.D.N.C.—Evidence refuting alleged disciplinary issues bolstered fired worker’s bias, reprisal claims
- DISCRIMINATON—SEX—D. Conn.: Driver’s insubordinate behavior, not his gender, was reason for termination.
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—7th Cir.: Officer who claimed her superior ignored her pleas for back-up failed to revive constitutional claims
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—D. Conn.: Construction worker’s state law wrongful discharge claim preempted by NLRA
- RETALIATION—11th Cir.: Ultrasound technologists failed to show supervisors retaliated against them because of their EEOC activity
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—N.D. Ala.: Mechanic not entitled to FLSA overtime under Motor Carrier Act exemption
- BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy posts and other commentary
- DOL NEWS—WHD returns $766K in unpaid wages to 181 workers for FLSA violations
- HOUSE NEWS—Gender pay gap, pregnant worker, health care and social service worker violence bills advance
- LABOR NEWS—Career attorney will serve as FLRA Acting GC after vacancy since November 2017
- NEWS TICKER—SBA Raising COVID-19 EIDL maximum, PPP extension on the way
- OSHA NEWS—Seed production company pays $225K for safety violations after employee suffers severe leg injury
- STATE LEGISLATION—NEW MEXICO—Student minimum wage eliminated
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