Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—2d Cir.: Restaurant employee’s sworn declaration was ‘some evidence’ she did not electronically sign arbitration agreement
- ARBITRATION—5th Cir: Intervening employer can’t compel arbitration in employee’s FLSA action against employer’s client
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—W.D. Pa.: UPS’ remedial action after Black employee spied stuffed ‘monkey’ hanging near workspace was adequate
- DOJ NEWS—Staffing company operators sentenced to prison for tax and immigration crimes
- EVIDENCE, DISCOVERY—5th Cir.: Employee whose attempts at discovery were stymied by district court’s orders secures renewed opportunity for discovery on appeal
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Supreme Court rules employer delay can waive right to enforce arbitration agreement
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Telecommuting—The reality of employee expectations
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—June 3 OT listening session slated for West Coast employers, employer representatives, employer associations
- HOUSE NEWS—Democrats urge SEC to require disclosure of DEI employment data in future rulemaking
- LABOR—BARGAINING—NLRB: Hotel employer not required to bargain over ‘effects’ of purchase of ‘puffier’ pillows for guestrooms
- NLRB NEWS—GC Abruzzo implements changes to better effectuate timely, quality ULP charge processing
- ON THE LABOR FRONT: Joy Silk redux? Changing the default for determining a union majority from a secret ballot to card check
- OSHA NEWS—JBS Foods USA agrees to develop, implement infectious disease preparedness plan
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—M.D. Fla.: No preliminary injunctions for military members denied religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—W.D. Wash.: Fired state employees failed in quest to obtain preliminary injunctive relief against COVID-19 vaccination requirement
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—N.D. Cal.: Federal court grants final approval of $12 million settlement in wage and hour dispute against Rite Aid
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