Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—1st Cir.: FedEx drivers whose tax withholdings were not submitted lack standing for wage-theft claims
- DISCHARGE—D. Mont.: Employer’s motion for summary judgment on wrongful discharge claim under WDEA denied as premature
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Ohio: Staffing company faces trial on ADA claims of regional director terminated at end of FMLA leave
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. Pa.: Lawyer’s age and disability discrimination claims advance but sexual orientation and gender claims are out
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Nevada High Court Rules Recreational Marijuana is not Lawful ‘Off-Duty Conduct’
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Recent Scandals Highlight Issues for Employers in Navigating Workplace Romances
- HOUSE NEWS—GOP Education and Labor Committee leaders ask NLRB to drop mail-ballot elections
- LABOR PULSE—Whac-A-Mole is the new name of the game in union organizing
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—$1.175M deal preliminarily approved on Latinx workers’ claims arising from mass immigration raid
- PRIVACY—D. Kan.: Dissemination of hospital employee’s medical information supports privacy claims
- REPORTS—FEMA continues efforts to prevent, respond to discrimination and harassment
- RETALIATION—N.D. Cal.: Professor whose views on Native American skeletal remains caused criticism advances claims
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—W.D. Tenn.: Tyson Foods worker placed on unpaid leave for refusing COVID-19 vaccine advances suit under new law
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—9th Cir.: Environmental consultant who reported suspected illegality to supervisor can proceed in whistleblower action
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with wage-hour issues
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