Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—11th Cir.: Florida’s request to bar enforcement of CMS COVID healthcare worker vaccination mandate denied
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Amicus briefs, OSHA, and the Sixth Circuit
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—California imposes new restrictions on employee settlement and nondisparagement agreements effective Jan. 1, 2022
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—W.D. Mich.: Sexual harassment claims against McDonald’s brought by employees of franchisee fail to survive summary judgment
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—5th Cir.: Louisiana did not waive sovereign immunity under the ADA
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Kan.: Severely injured lineman, fired after extended leave, can proceed to trial on ADA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—S.D.N.Y.: Muslim MTA employee, transferred when he refused to shave, advances accommodation claim
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—4th Cir.: By accepting federal funds, North Carolina state health plan waived sovereign immunity
- RETALIATION—D. Md.: One-year gap between EEO complaint and termination ‘simply too great’ to show a causal connection
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—C.D. Cal.: Internal whistleblowing report cannot be a trade secret under the DTSA
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Restaurant associations challenge Biden Administrations ‘dual jobs’ tip credit rule
- LOCAL REGULATIONS—NEW YORK—New York City to implement vaccine mandate for private sector workers
- STATE REGULATIONS—MICHIGAN—Minimum wage will increase in 2022; poster updated
- STATE REGULATIONS—MISSOURI—Minimum wage scheduled to increase January 1; poster updated
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Justices will not consider fight over correct rule of law for summary judgment
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