Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—DOL poised to revoke Arizona’s State OSHA plan
- DISCHARGE—3d Cir.: Summary judgment affirmed for Benihana in wrongful termination case despite destruction of video footage
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—D.D.C.: Former deputy general counsel for FBI moves ahead with sex bias claims
- DOJ NEWS—UPS will pay civil penalty, back wages to resolve alleged work authorization discrimination
- EEOC NEWS—Commission settles age retaliation lawsuit for $15K; age, disability discrimination suits filed
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—OSHA launches heat enforcement emphasis program
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Union organizing 2.0: Targeting ‘progressive’ employers
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—D. Conn.: Employee unable to overcome arbitral findings that termination not result of unconstitutional retaliation because of his speech
- LABOR—ARBITRATION—Time spent at pre-training registration and breakfast not compensable
- OSHA NEWS—Safety violations, deadly accident result in more than $420K in combined penalties
- PROCEDURE—4th Cir.: Lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear challenge to Biden Administration’s federal employee COVID vaccine mandate
- SAFETY—N.D. Ill.: Discharged trucker’s retaliation suit under federal transportation statute advances to trial
- WAGE-HOUR—WORKING TIME—E.D. Ark.: Merchandisers survived summary judgment against claims employer failed to properly compensate them
- WHISTLEBLOWERS—Fla. Dist. App.: Jury verdict affirmed; front pay issue remanded in assistant principal’s whistleblower case
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