Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—9th Cir.: Dynamex will apply retroactively to the merits of suit regarding employee status of janitorial workers
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Jackson Lewis attorneys review top 2020 class action developments, look to what’s ahead in 2021
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: App-based delivery company can’t compel arbitration of courier’s PAGA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—PAY—W.D. Wis.: State employee’s wage discrimination claim withstands summary judgment challenge
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE— W.D.Mich.: African American professor’s state law discrimination claims barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—W.D. Va.: Furniture factory employee fails to prove that he was demoted, constructively discharged for FMLA leave use
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—E.D. Wash.: Union rejection of settlement did not breach duty of fair representation
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEES —5th Cir.: Fired for husband’s political activity, family law judge was subject to political patronage dismissal
- TRADE SECRETS—Tex. App.: Temp agency gets injunction against former employee who copied documents to private email
- WAGE-HOUR—9th Cir.: California’s wage statement law not preempted by federal law
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—D. Kan.: Alternative remedies doctrine fails to bar state law amendment to FCA retaliation claim
- BENEFITS NEWS—IRS updates FAQs on paid sick and family leave credits
- DOL NEWS—Google to pay $3.8M to 5,500 workers to resolve systemic compensation, hiring discrimination allegations
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—Direct final rule giving DOL Secretary discretion to review BALCA H–2B labor certification appeals is withdrawn
- NLRB NEWS—Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr rescinds 10 GC Memos
- NLRB NEWS—Advice memos discuss pandemic discharge after concerted activity, marijuana worker coverage, emailed Beck notices
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Arguments on California union access regulation set for March 22
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