Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—NLRB: Maintenance of arbitration agreement, confidentiality of settlements unlawful, but confidential arbitration proceeding lawful
- LABOR PULSE—A glimpse at union organizing and negotiating in a virtual world … a glimpse at the new normal?
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—10th Cir.: Principal’s question about teacher’s psychiatrist appointment did not violate ADA
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—M.D. Pa.: Cancer-stricken supervisor for frozen storage facility who couldn’t tolerate cold not otherwise qualified
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—7th Cir.: Two-year limitations period applied to professor’s Title VI claim
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—N.D. Ill.: African-American Chicago Public School teachers’ class action advances
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—N.D. Ill.: Public school teacher could not bring claims against the hospital where she taught
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—M.D. Ga.: EEOC’s sexual harassment claims against Mediacom advance
- TORT CLAIMS—S.D. Ohio: Colleagues of doctor accused of prescribing lethal doses of fentanyl advance defamation claims
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—N.D.N.Y.: Walmart employees may pursue class action alleging they should have been paid on weekly basis, not bi-weekly
- WHITE-COLLAR CRIME—D.C. Cir.: Conviction of Chinese national for conspiracy to steal trade secrets upheld
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note dealing with wage and hour issues
- BENEFITS NEWS—Lookback period for COBRA subsidy eligibility could complicate administration, experts say
- EEOC NEWS—Settlements recover $232K for alleged disability and pay discrimination, retaliation
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—American Dream and Promise Act gets a greenlight in the House
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Farm Workforce Modernization Act clears House with bipartisan vote
- INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS—Uber Drivers in UK get minimum wage guarantee, holiday pay, pension benefits
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—Three financial technology employers accused of per se unlawful no-hire agreement
- NLRB NEWS—How to track election petitions and results, ULP charges filed
- SURVEYS—100 percent of return-to-work plans will require mask use
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