Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—N.D. Cal.: Former female VP gets trial on claim that complaints of unequal pay led to a promotion denial, demotion, and constructive discharge
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—Top labor and employment developments for January 2022
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Federal appeals courts add to employers’ confusion by disagreeing on whether to dismiss out-of-state plaintiffs in FLSA collective actions
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Protecting trade secrets in a hot labor market—make sure departing employees don't exit through the gift shop
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—10th Cir.: Employee’s request to work half-days due to anxiety was not reasonable as a matter of law
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—D. Mass.: Requested accommodation requiring employer to violate CBA was not reasonable
- DISCRIMINATION—E.D. Ky.: Union unsuccessfully argues employee’s state-law bias claims are preempted by LMRA
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—6th Cir.: Employer’s response to employee claims of racial harassment legally sufficient
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—Cal. App.: No showing Starbucks discriminated against, constructively discharged, transgender employee
- LABOR—LAYOFFS—E.D. Va.: Remote employees of government contractor worked at ‘single site of employment’ under WARN Act
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—Other litigation developments
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—E.D. Pa.: Physician’s claims dismissed after court finds he failed to allege any illegal conduct
- DOL NEWS—Department urges workplace safety and health measures, seeks to protect warehouse and logistics workers
- LITIGATION NEWS, TRENDS—16 states take another stab at challenging CMS’ vaccine mandate
- SENATE NEWS—HELP Committee considers challenges facing workers with disabilities, pandemic lessons that promise progress
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