Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—1st Cir.: CEO fired for dishonesty, suspected theft, not age bias or retaliation
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—D.N.J.: 17-year-old Walgreens worker who alleged she was sexually assaulted by manager advances claims
- DOJ NEWS—Contractor sentenced to three months in prison after trying to bribe OSHA official
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Up in smoke: AB 2188 outlaws discrimination in employment in California based on employees' off-duty cannabis use (but it doesn't take effect until 2024)
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—What to do when your timekeeping system crashes
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Suicide attempt violated safety rules, justified termination
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Business coalition challenges Connecticut law prohibiting employee discipline for skipping ‘captive audience meetings’
- OSHA NEWS—Despite dismissal of state law claim, OSHA’s whistleblower suit against employer proceeds
- RETALIATION—6th Cir.: White officers’ complaints about diversity initiatives, other issues were too vague to support retaliation claim
- RETALIATION—D. Mass.: Jury to decide if termination of zoo’s facilities director with PTSD was retaliatory
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Future Ready Lawyer survey: Knowledge management experts analyze law firm trends
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—S.D. Cal.: Interpretation of CBAs unnecessary to resolve nurse’s putative California class wage claims
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—9th Cir.: Target’s overtime calculation method did not run afoul California precedent or state law
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—D. Conn.: Care assistants’ overtime claims, including for interrupted sleep time, survive summary judgment
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