Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- IMMIGRATION—1st Cir.: Preliminary injunction upheld against Maine law prohibiting Canadian truck drivers from hauling logs within state
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—D. Mass.: Massachusetts independent contractor law inapplicable to 7-Eleven franchisees
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—S.D.N.Y.: Physician’s assistant fired for refusing COVID vaccine cannot advance religious bias claim
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—D. Md.: Fired gay Black teacher who is Jewish stated sexual harassment, retaliation claims
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—D.R.I.: Law firm employee improperly classified as independent contractor, but wage violations not willful
- EVIDENCE, DISCOVERY—D. Idaho: In trial on law professor’s bias and retaliation claims, jury will hear evidence of student/faculty complaints
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—California expands employees’ right to off-duty cannabis use
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Oregon to ring in the new year with paid leave program
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—FY 2023 H-2B cap to be boosted by nearly 65K supplemental visas
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- OSHA NEWS—Four companies cited $1.8M for exposing workers to fall, electrical, other hazards
- RETALIATION—D.R.I.: Court finds standing on FCRA pre-adverse action notice claim, accuracy not a bar
- RETALIATION—Or. App.: Employer gets new trial on nurse’s claim due to overbroad ‘cat’s paw’ jury instruction
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Justices consider ‘salary basis’ applied to daily rate worker under FLSA executive exemption
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments
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