Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—11th Cir.: Free speech claim of firefighters disciplined for ‘corruption’ comments on private Facebook page revived
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—DOL guidance emphasizes enforcement of FMLA and FLSA anti-retaliation provisions
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Washington lawmakers put an end to nondisclosure agreements in instances of alleged workplace discrimination, harassment, and other types of employer conduct
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—7th Cir.: Black state police agent and his partner did not engage in conduct of ‘comparable seriousness’
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—S.D. Ohio: Black employee’s disparate treatment claim arising out of employer’s hiring policies advances
- DISCRIMINATION—SEXUAL HARASSMENT—D. Nev.: Jury to weigh whether employee welcomed boss’s advances or was protecting her job
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- LABOR—ORGANIZING, ELECTIONS—NLRB: Board denies review of direction of election of unit of seasonal stage technicians
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—W.D. Ky.: Novo Nordisk salesman fired after comment about ‘packing’ advances some claims
- USERRA, Veterans—D. Mass.: Police officers’ USERRA claims preempted Section 1983 claims, except for ‘Free Cliffy’ t-shirt incident
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—N.D. Cal.: Convention center employees with multiple state-law claims denied class certification under Rule 23
- WAGE-HOUR—EXEMPTIONS—11th Cir.: ‘Business development managers’ who generated new corporate business for General Motors were not entitled to overtime
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note involving the Family and Medical Leave Act
- DOL NEWS—Employers pay $1.6M in back wages, damages to resolve FLSA violations
- EEOC NEWS—Commission to add nonbinary gender option to voluntary self-identification questions in intake process
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