Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—7th Cir.: Senior global trade manager fails to revive False Claims Act retaliation claim against employer
- LABOR PULSE—‘Return to the Office’ is a hot issue for organized labor. Is it also part of something bigger?
- Note to Subscribers
- EXPERT INSIGHTS— A Job Applicant Is Not an Employee for Compensation Purposes
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Supreme Court Sides with Viking River Over Arbitration of California PAGA Claims
- ATTORNEYS’ FEES—S.D.N.Y.: Employer not entitled to attorney fees under Title VII’s fee-shifting provision
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—6th Cir.: Lower court abused its discretion in excluding after-acquired evidence of CEO’s relationship with subordinate in breach of contract claim
- DISCHARGE—Iowa App.: Employee’s wrongful discharge claim fails; no showing participation in IOSHA investigation was factor in termination
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—E.D. Pa.: Lowe’s Home Centers employee working at ‘high-stress’ location advances claim of failure to accommodate a mental disability
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D. Kan.: Jury to decide if extensive investigation into Black municipal employee’s residency was racially motivated
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—W.D. La.: Questions remain regarding employer’s response to workers’ Confederate flags, slurs, ‘equal rights for southern whites’ statements
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- RETALIATION—N.D. Ala.: Garbage truck ‘slinger’ fired after threatening to report PPP fraud advances FCA claim
- WAGE-HOUR—N.D. Ala.: Restaurant employee’s motion for partial summary judgment on minimum wage, overtime claims denied
- WORTH NOTING—Recent developments involving sex discrimination
- AGENCY NEWS—FTC considering effect on workers in its investigation of Microsoft-Activision merge
- DOJ NEWS—Two-year forced labor scheme nets nail salon owner 15 years in prison
- DOL NEWS—New guidance focuses on Rehab Act Section 511, FLSA Section 14(c) subminimum wage requirements
- OSHA NEWS—Companies face $1.1M in penalties for violations, including in relation to a fatal fall
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