Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—7th Cir.: Lower court should have sent 62-year-old plant employee’s harassment-based claim of constructive discharge to trial
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Avoiding ADA violations when using AI employment technology
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Is COVID a 'natural disaster' under the WARN Act?
- CLASS ACTIONS—Cal. App.: Former Pacific Bell employee revives some class labor code claims
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—W.D.N.Y.: Failure to timely tender back settlement funds ratifies voidable agreement settling discrimination claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—W.D. Ark.: Narcoleptic service advisor not a qualified individual under the ADA
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—M.D. Tenn.: Nooses, slurs, comments such as ‘[we] need slaves again to make America great again’ support hostile work environment claim
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—N.D. Ind.: Medical billing employee fails to advance claim she was wrongly denied paid leave at outset of pandemic
- EVIDENCE, DISCOVERY—Tex. Sup. Ct.: Court erred in compelling discovery of drug-test records for UPS drivers not involved in fatal accident
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—U.S.: Supreme Court finds in plan’s favor in dialysis coverage dispute
- REMEDIES, DAMAGES—D.D.C.: Air Force captain denied religious exemption to COVID-19 vax mandate fails to get preliminary injunctive relief
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—U.S.: State law making it easier for federal contract workers at a nuclear site to get workers’ comp benefits declared unconstitutional
- USERRA, VETERANS—4th Cir.: Returning pilot with heart ailment offered equivalent position in flight operations
- LABOR NEWS—Maryland Apple store employees vote to unionize in effort to improve working conditions
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Tesla facing lawsuit alleging WARN Act violation following layoffs
- SUPREME COURT NEWS—Petition by Domino’s Pizza asks Court to answer question it ‘expressly left open’ in recent FAA decision
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