Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—U.S.: By denying contractual exception to Catholic foster agency, city violated Free Exercise Clause
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- ARBITRATION—D. Del.: Agreement survives ‘stock swap’ transaction between employer’s corporate owner and acquiring corporation
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Ill.: Garbage truck driver’s medical restrictions prevented him from performing job’s essential functions
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. Wash.: Discharged nurse’s ‘shotgun’ discrimination suit fails; didn’t rebut employer’s legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—N.D. Miss.: White police lieutenant advances claim he was ‘pawn’ in a discriminatory scheme
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—S.D. Ohio: African American male’s race and gender discrimination claims against university for failure to hire advance
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—D. Ariz.: DISH employee fired despite supervisor’s knowledge she might need leave gets SJ on FMLA interference claim
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—U.S.: High Court rules the Affordable Care Act stays as-is
- RETALIATION—7th Cir.: Employee failed to show that employer retaliated against her for bringing sex discrimination complaint
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Colo. Sup. Ct.: Employee entitled to payment of accrued vacation pay following discharge
- TORT CLAIMS—M.D.N.C.: Employee’s tortious interference claim advances against former managers with motive at issue
- TRADE SECRETS—M.D. Ala.: Radio station’s common law claims against competitor, former employee preempted by Alabama Trade Secrets Act
- DOJ NEWS—Another former Boston police officer admits guilt in overtime fraud scheme
- DOJ NEWS—Texas-based contractor pays back wages, civil penalty to resolve work authorization document discrimination charge
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The elements of your COVID-19 voluntary vaccine policy
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—USCIS takes action to improve immigration services
- OSHA NEWS—Contractor cited with $300K penalty after 21-year-old falls 50 feet to his death
- SENATE NEWS—President Biden’s nominee to lead OSHA advances to full Senate
- STATE LEGISLATION—ILLINOIS—Casino owner applicants must enter project labor agreements under new worker protection law
- SURVEYS—Most U.S. employers will not require vaccinations before entering the workplace
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