Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—10th Cir.: No qualified immunity for sheriff who fired sergeant who supported another candidate and spoke out about misconduct
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Capitalising on and supporting neurodiversity within the workplace: A view from the US
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—No summer pause at the NLRB, as changes at the top levels of the agency are in motion
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Remote Work Policy: Immigration and post-COVID
- ARBITRATION—W.D. Wash.: Choice of Pennsylvania law means arbitration clause in employment agreement enforced as not unconscionable
- DISCRIMINATION—10th Cir.: Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act provisions upheld over wedding website designer’s constitutional challenges
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—6th Cir.—Moving black EMS captains to night shift to ‘diversify’ the day shift constitutes adverse employment action
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D. Md.: No hostile environment claim for employee fired after exposing VP’s racist rants
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—N.D. Ala.: Fired employee, who was paid EPSLA benefits on day he took off work to care for spouse with COVID-19, can proceed with claims
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—N.D. Cal.: Minor leaguers back at bat after past strikeouts on class certification
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—W.D. Ky.: Litigation over pay for security checks by Amazon warehouse workers in Nevada ends for $13.5M
- DOJ NEWS—Accountant nets 8 years in prison for stealing $1.1M from four employers
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—Employers may file H-2B returning worker petitions under FY 2021 supplemental temporary final rule
- PRACTICE TIP—New guidance addresses long COVID as a disability that must be accommodated
- STATE REGULATIONS—California and NYC mandates require full COVID vaccination or weekly testing
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