Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—N.J. Sup. Ct.: Employer must reimburse injured construction worker’s ongoing medical marijuana expenses
- ARBITRATION—9th Cir.: Investment banker ‘knowingly’ waived right to raise equal pay claims in court
- ARBITRATION—Cal. App.: Employee covered by CBA didn’t waive right to judicial forum for statutory wage and hour claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—W.D. Pa.: Relocation leave not reasonable accommodation for employee with depressive disorder
- DISCRIMINATION—RELIGIOUS—D. Colo.: Credibility issues on demotion motivation advance bias, retaliation claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—S.D. Ill.: FedEx not vicariously liable for coworker harassment
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—Tex. App.: Physician not considered employee of hospitals for retaliation claim
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—3M employee entitled to pandemic leave while quarantined
- RETALIATION—E.D. Tenn.: Female director fired for attempting to steal company records, not for complaining about unequal pay
- RETALIATION—M.D. Pa.: ‘RIF-ed’ employee’s SOX suit may not proceed
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—E.D. Pa.: Court approves proposed $3.15M class settlement in classification suit, but limits confidentiality provision
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—M.D. Fla: Exotic dancers failed to show that others would opt-in to FLSA suit; class cert denied
- DOJ NEWS—Pennsylvania State Police will pay $2.2M to resolve purported sex discrimination in entry-level testing
- DOL NEWS—New guidance maps out fiduciary rule requirements
- LABOR NEWS—Brookings Institution staff’s new union seeks voluntary recognition
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—State AGs move to stop Tyson’s use of federal officer removal statute in COVID-19 lawsuits
- OSHA NEWS—Massachusetts tax preparation service fined $136K for failing to protect against COVID-19 spread
- SURVEYS—New legions of remote workers put geographic pay policies in the spotlight
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