Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—NLRB: Board determines that ‘contract-bar’ doctrine will remain in place for now
- DISCHARGE—N.D. Ill.: Long-tenured employee who felt forced to resign under new boss advances age bias claims
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—E.D. Pa.: Community college professors fail to show disparate treatment in elimination of pre-retirement program
- DISCRIMINATION—Grocery chain’s call-in and attendance policies not age or disability bias, did not violate leave law
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—S.D.N.Y.: Teacher who twice took leave to care for daughter can’t show subsequent ‘adverse actions’ were retaliatory
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—11th Cir.: Ongoing discussions over arbitrability of a grievance doomed employer’s alleged ‘unequivocal refusal to arbitrate’
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—Tex. App.: TCPA did not apply to claims for alleged violation of no-solicitation agreement
- TRADE SECRETS—D.N.J.: Casino can amend misappropriation claims to focus on competitor instead of employees
- WAGE-HOUR—MINIMUM WAGE—D. Md.: Employer failed to properly compensate innkeeper who received in-kind benefits
- BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy posts and other commentary
- DOL NEWS—WHD nets $1.1M in unpaid wages and benefits for 388 workers
- IMMIGRATION NEWS—DHS to add 22,000 visas for H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker program
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Pilgrim’s Pride faces suit for wrongful COVID-19 deaths of employee’s husband, deceased worker
- SENATE NEWS—Julie Su moves a step closer to No. 2 spot at Labor Department
- STATE LEGISLATION—WASHINGTON—Temp workers in construction and manufacturing have new protections
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—President calls on employers to provide paid leave for COVID-19 vaccination
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