Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—S.C. Sup. Ct.: Contractual nature of at-will employment didn’t infringe on employer’s right to terminate at-will employee for any reason
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Law firm profitability, tech innovation, and adopting best practices illuminated in fireside chat at ARK innovation conference
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Another year in the books—OSHA's top ten safety violations for fiscal year 2021
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—California: Paying Wages Accurately
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Sixth Circuit's briefing schedule seems to ensure no ruling on stay before first ETS deadline
- DISCHARGE—W.D. Ky.: Louisville supply chain warehouse worker’s COVID-19 wrongful termination suit dismissed
- DISCRIMINATION—5th Cir.: Employee who signed severance agreement with claims waiver can’t revive suit
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. La.: Black female postal employee gets trial on claim that white male manager schemed to systematically deny her promotions
- DISCRIMINATION—NATIONAL ORIGIN—D. Md.: Nigerian-born correctional officer fired after use of force on detainee advances discriminatory discipline claim
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—E.D. Pa.: Two alleged uses of homophobic slur, one by supervisor, send hostile environment claim to jury
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—D.R.I.: Jury to decide if female manager’s sexual innuendos created actionable hostile work environment
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—N.C. Ill.: Chicago employees fail in attempt to block city’s vaccine mandate
- PRIVACY, COMPUTER FRAUD—W.D. Mo.: Employer’s computer fraud claims against employee who forwarded proprietary information to personal account dismissed
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Cal. App.: Notice of PAGA action sufficiently referenced other aggrieved employees
- WORTH NOTING—Federal appeals cases of note
- AGENCY NEWS—California Public Utilities Commission settles with Uber for $9 million
- EEOC NEWS—Settled disability and religious discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation suits bring $727K to workers
- OSHA NEWS—Agency proposes $609K in penalties; cites Georgia grocer for lacking coronavirus safety measures
- SENATE NEWS—HELP Committee advances nomination of Susan Harthill to serve on OSHRC
- SURVEYS—Many organizations are in a holding pattern waiting for final determination on OSHA ETS
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