Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Board adheres to bright-line approach to employer interrogations in preparation for ULP proceedings
- ARBITRATION—W.D. Mich.: Former participants of terminated deferred compensation plan can’t force arbitration of dispute over death benefits
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Ill.: Jury to decide whether dealership’s refusal to rehire salesman who received SSDI violated ADA
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D.N.Y.: Jury to decide if employer abandoned interactive process by implying future accommodations would be denied
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—6th Cir.: Forklift operator fired for safety infraction can’t revive retaliation, race bias claims
- DOL NEWS—New Jersey restaurant owner arrested for ignoring WHD records subpoena, court orders
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $1.8M for 171 employees for alleged labor law violations
- DOL NEWS—With renewed, updated MOU, IRS and DOL continue battle against employee misclassification
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Massachusetts: Federal court determines that garden leave payments under Massachusetts non-compete law are not wages, limiting former employees' leverage
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—WFH - Work from home or work from ‘home?’
- LABOR—ORGANIZING, ELECTIONS—NLRB: Board reaffirms that employer’s partial closing was aimed to chill union organizing; reverses ‘reopen and restore’ order
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Board modifies standard applicable to off-duty access for contractors’ employees
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Employee lawfully fired for flagrant safety violations despite protected activity
- OSHA NEWS—Dollar General, other employers penalized $840K for workplace safety violations
- RETALIATION—N.D. Ill.: City employee who was not hired after prior termination can’t advance retaliation, age bias claims
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Empowering meaningful evolution in time of crisis takes center stage at Enablon event
- WAGE-HOUR—WORKING TIME—Or. Sup. Ct.: Oregon law on time spent awaiting, undergoing security screenings aligns with federal law
- WORTH NOTING—Recent developments involving race discrimination
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