Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—9th Cir.: ‘Paramour preference’ claims are not cognizable under Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination
- EXPERT INSIGHT—Pennsylvania Court Holds Medical Marijuana Act Allows Employees to Sue for Discrimination
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—NYC Mandates Retirement for All
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The Trend Continues: Illinois Imposes Additional Prerequisites and Restrictions on Employers' Use of Restrictive Covenants
- ARBITRATION—9th Cir.: Despite waiver, FAA will not control arbitration in trucker’s WARN Act claim
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—D. Or.: Discharged employee advances state-law aiding and abetting claim against third-party HR services provider
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—W.D. Tenn.: Employee’s age claim can’t trump employer’s evidence establishing misconduct on his part
- DISCRIMINATION—PREGNANCY—E.D. La.: Law firm partner comments support associate’s sex/pregnancy bias claims
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—5th Cir.: Employee, fired shortly after return from heart surgery, revives FMLA retaliation claim with pretext evidence
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—E.D. Va.: Employee’s expression of COVID concerns weren’t protected activity; thus, FMLA retaliation claim failed
- FEDERAL REGULATIONS—D.C. Cir.: Union challenges to regulations that shielded railroad safety data from discovery fails
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with wage-hour issues
- AGENCY NEWS—California Labor Commissioner’s Office reaches $1.6M settlement with San Francisco restaurant for unpaid wages
- BENEFITS NEWS—Departments planning to update regs on contraceptive coverage exemptions
- EEOC NEWS—Commission targets disability discrimination, Title VII harassment and retaliation
- EEOC NEWS—EEO-1 filing deadline again extended because of pandemic, to October 25
- LABOR NEWS—Liz Shuler elected to head up AFL-CIO, with Fred Redmond in No. 2 spot
- NLRB NEWS—New General Counsel stresses the importance of Section 10(j) injunctions
- SURVEYS—California’s Proposition 22 has not delivered as anticipated, rideshare driver survey finds
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