Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—8th Cir.: Open question remained whether medical transport drivers were independent contractors or employees
- ARBITRATION—M.D. Fla.: Company denied arbitration and dismissal of discrimination suit by Jewish employee
- ARBITRATION—S.D.N.Y.: Court declines former employee’s bid to invalidate an arbitration agreement’s limited window for pursuing ADEA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—8th Cir.: Worries that would-be training instructor would flee active shooter, not his disability, led to nonselection
- EEOC NEWS—Agency updates guidance, now calls for employers to individually assess whether COVID viral screening is warranted
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—M.D. Fla.: GEICO supervisor fired due to mishandling of claims, not use of FMLA leave
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Colorado’s New Limitations on Restrictive Covenants Take Effect in August 2022
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Equal Pay Litigation Trends Update: One Comparator, Two Comparators, Three Comparators, More? Courts Revisit the One-Comparator Rule
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—House Democrats propose amendments to NDAA cracking down on labor violations
- RETALIATION—7th Cir.: Railroad employee’s suspension, dangerous assignment were not retaliation for testimony in brother’s lawsuit against their employer
- RETALIATION—7th Cir.: Receptionist failed to show causal link between her accommodation request and her termination days later
- WAGE-HOUR—MINIMUM WAGE—11th Cir.: Mandatory service charge applied to customers’ bills by restaurant was not ‘tip’
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—D. Colo.: Former credit repair sales employee may proceed with pro se overtime claims
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—N.D. Ill.: Employee advances claim for unpaid overtime, but damages still an open question
- WAGE-HOUR—SETTLEMENTS—E.D. Cal.: Court approves $2.4 million settlement in overtime dispute brought by oil rig workers
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—Summit participants highlight some ways in which over $40 billion in American Rescue Plan funds have been used
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