Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—8th Cir.: No joy on appeal for manager fired after reporting subordinate’s misconduct
- DISCHARGE—D.N.M.: Prison detention officer who questioned COVID-19 protocols fails to advance wrongful discharge claims
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—W.D. Ark.: Applicant who claimed he was ‘coded’ as disabled advances regarded-as claim
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—D. Mass.: Police chief’s comments on increasing diversity didn’t show white lieutenant’s firing was biased
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—E.D. Mo.: Female employee not victim of sexual discrimination by employer
- PROCEDURE—M.D. Pa.: Employees denied equitable tolling of limitations period for opt-in plaintiffs in wage suit
- RETALIATION—W.D. Ky.: Deputy fired after receiving worker’s comp benefits for finger injury advances retaliation claim
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—W.Va. Sup. Ct.: Lawsuit over state employer’s change from semi-monthly to bi-weekly pay schedule reaches end on appeal
- TRADE SECRETS—N.D. Ill.: Contact information for five customer accounts was not a protectable trade secret
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—11th Cir.: Whistleblower claims properly dismissed for lack of specifics about any single Medicare reimbursement claim
- BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy posts and other commentary
- EEOC NEWS—Experts share insights on intersection between COVID-19 pandemic and civil rights issues
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Protecting America’s Workers Act would strengthen OSH Act, give OSHA better tools
- INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS—500K Amazon employees to see raises to the tune of $1B
- LABOR NEWS—Employees at city hospital in Illinois win union representation
- SURVEYS—Employer efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion in benefit programs expected to surge
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