Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- RETALIATION—3d Cir.: Employee fired after phone search revealed messages soliciting prostitutes has retaliation claims revived
- AGENCY NEWS—FTC prioritizes protecting gig workers from unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices
- CONTRACT CLAIMS—S.D. Fla.: Nurse anesthetists get trial on breach of contract claims following cancellation of work assignments
- DISCHARGE—C.D. Cal.: Programmer fired after posting selfies taken at U.S. Capitol on January 6 advances claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Idaho: New trial ordered due to knowing presentation of inaccurate testimony from expert witness
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—N.D. Ala.: FedEx dodges bias suit over actions taken against black delivery driver after fight at facility
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—M.D. Tenn.: Restaurant server fails to advance claims of sexual orientation discrimination
- DOL NEWS—Employers pay $3.4M in back wages, damages for reported FLSA violations
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—N.D. Cal.: FMLA claims of employee laid off after notifying employer of wife’s pregnancy cannot advance
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Changes To Posting Requirements Prompt New Jersey Employers To Ensure Compliance
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Issues Workplace Guidance On Reasonable Suspicion Determinations
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—House approves bill to enhance whistleblower protections
- LABOR PULSE—California Strippers’ Unionization Effort: On Track for Success?
- OFCCP NEWS—Deadline extended to October 19 on EEO-1 FOIA disclosure objections
- OSHA NEWS—Severe Violator Enforcement Program updates make it broader and stronger
- WAGE-HOUR—OVERTIME—W.D. Mich.: Post Foods does not owe workers overtime for donning, doffing, COVID-19 screening
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note involving First Amendment claims
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