Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—NLRB: New blocking-charge policy still permits merit-determination dismissals of election petitions
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Excusing False Positive Drug Test Caused by CBD Use May Be a Reasonable Accommodation, Says U.S. District Court in Louisiana
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Seventh Circuit: Actual Denial of FMLA Benefits Is Not an Element of FMLA Interference
- ARBITRATION—N.D. Cal.: Hospital’s motion to vacate arbitration award granted in dispute over pension contributions
- DISCHARGE—5th Cir.: Healthcare employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy did not constitute wrongful discharge
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Ala.: Applicant whose job offer was rescinded based on prescription for hydrocodone advances ADA claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—Vt. Sup. Ct.: University’s non-extension of doctor’s one-year fellowship was not an adverse action
- LABOR—LAYOFFS—5th Cir.: COVID-19 pandemic not a natural disaster under WARN Act exception
- PRIVACY—Wash. App.: Permanent injunction protecting release of domestic violence survivors’ information reversed
- PROCEDURE—5th Cir.: Former FBI agent can’t get his day in court on First Amendment claims related to revocation of security clearance
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—N.J. App.: NJLAD did not apply where transportation employee’s actions were not based on victim’s membership in protected group
- TRADE SECRETS—D. Nev.: Clinical laboratory company obtains preliminary injunction against former employee
- AGENCY NEWS—Securities law academics urge SEC to do more on human capital
- DOJ NEWS—School district will pay $200K to assistant principal who opposed discriminatory dress code application
- DOL NEWS—With its Enterprise Data Strategy, DOL seeks to make data more comprehensive, accessible
- HOUSE NEWS—Oversight Committee advances bill to collect LGBTQI+ data in existing agency surveys
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Highly compensated employees exemption slated for argument in first session of October 2022 Term
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