Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- ARBITRATION—1st Cir.: Postmates couriers didn’t fall within FAA exemption, ordered to individual arbitration
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: Trial court correctly deemed ‘one-sided’ arbitration agreement unenforceable
- CLASS ACTIONS—6th Cir.: Individual and class injunctions against Air Force’s COVID-19 mandate affirmed
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—4th Cir.: Civilian army employee’s race-based and retaliatory hostile work environment claims revived
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $1.8M in back wages, damages for FLSA, FMLA violations
- EEOC NEWS—Circle K settles pregnancy, disability discrimination charges in $8M agreement
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Why mediation offers advantages over litigation when it comes to employment disputes
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—‘No-Fault’ attendance policies now unlawful in New York: What should employers do?
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—NLRB extends initial comment deadline to February 2 on blocking charge, voluntary recognition proposal
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—Confections company resolves work authorization discrimination allegations, pays civil fine
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Employee violated safety rules, properly terminated under last chance agreement
- LABOR—UNIONS, UNION MEMBERS—Union wins dismissal of flight attendants’ state-law claims of religious discrimination on preemption grounds
- SENATE NEWS—HELP Committee approves EEOC General Counsel, WHD Administrator nominees
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—D. Colo.: U.S. Olympic Committee can pursue trade secrets counterclaims in suit brought by former doctor
- WAGE-HOUR—WORKING TIME—Fed. Cir.: Correctional officers not entitled to pay for travel between back-to-back prison and voluntary hospital shifts
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