Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—3d Cir.: District court order denying joint arbitration of dispute involving separate companies upheld on appeal
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—WK Future Ready Lawyer Survey adds insights to summit talk on in-house, outside counsel relationships in life sciences sector
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—College basketball players group tips-off battle over student-athlete employment status
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard: a step-by-step guide
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—The Tenth Circuit thwarts plaintiffs' attempt to circumvent arbitration agreements, and strengthens alleged joint employers' ability to compel arbitration
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Virginia public-sector unionization would increase costs, taxpayer burden
- DISCRIMINATION—AGE—4th Cir.: ADEA federal-sector provision does not encompass disparate impact claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—S.D. Fla.: Employee who missed work due to Rheumatoid Arthritis gets trial on ADA claim
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—9th Cir.: Manicurist told to continue pedicure on customer who propositioned him revives hostile environment claim
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—D.N.J.: Panera Bread employee not notified of state-law family leave availability advances claims
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—W.D. Ky.: Electrician fired for absenteeism after taking COVID-19-related leave gets trial on EPSLA claims
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—7th Cir.: Town employee’s criticism of clerk-treasurer wasn’t protected speech, didn’t cause her firing
- RETALIATION—11th Cir.: Six weeks between employer learning of EEOC charge and employee’s transfer supports causation element of retaliation claim
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—D.N.H.: Dispatchers and controllers for utility company qualified as exempt administrative employees
- WAGE-HOUR—M.D. Pa.: Healthcare workers’ no-poach antitrust claim survives hospitals’ motion to dismiss
- DOJ NEWS—Igloo Products settles INA discrimination claims with $40K in back pay, $21K civil penalty
- DOL NEWS—Peterbilt Motor Co. sued for allegedly firing employee for expressing concerns about COVID-19 exposure
- HOUSE NEWS—Legislation to end forced arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims advances
- LABOR NEWS—John Deere strike ends with ratification of latest tentative agreement
- NLRB NEWS—No violation where union filed grievance without employee’s knowledge, disclosing conduct resulting in discharge
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