Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- DISCRIMINATION—6th Cir.: Age and disability bias claims of 58-year-old training instructor with liver cirrhosis should have gone to jury
- ARBITRATION—Mass. Sup. Ct.: Grubhub delivery drivers not exempt from FAA, must arbitrate state wage-law claims
- ARBITRATION—W.D. Mo.: Electronically signed arbitration agreement included in employment application is valid
- DISCRIMINATION—DISABILITY—N.D. Ala.: EEOC advances ADA claims on behalf of Dollar General warehouse applicants rejected after medical exams
- DISCRMINATION—D.D.C.: Sikh engineer was denied promotion to manager due to inexperience, not discriminatory or retaliatory reasons
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—6th Cir.: Employee fired after quarantining due to COVID-19 exposure failed to revive FMLA interference claim
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Avoiding The BBQ Pit(falls) Of The Company Summer Picnic
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Back To The Future: Michigan Court Revives Paid Sick Leave Requirements And Minimum Wage Hike
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—House committee approves bill protecting workers from dangers of excessive heat
- LABOR—NLRB WEEKLY SUMMARY—Weekly summary of NLRB decisions
- NLRB NEWS—Justice Department and NLRB sign MOU to promote fair competition and advance workers’ rights
- ON THE LABOR FRONT: Reversing Ex-Cell-O Corporation: Imposing terms from other labor contracts to remedy bad faith bargaining
- PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS—4th Cir.: Employer’s challenge to pension fund’s imposition of ‘exit contribution’ following withdrawal from multi-employer fund fails
- RETALIATION—D. Md.: Claims by gaming agency employee fail for lack of similarly situated comparator
- RETALIATION—M.D. Tenn.: Waste management employee fails to advance First Amendment retaliation claim against municipality
- USCIS NEWS—Pandemic flexibilities for certain response due dates, post-decision requests, extended
- WAGE-HOUR—N.D. Ill.: Kitchen worker prevails on minimum wage, overtime claims against Chicago restaurant
- WHITE HOUSE NEWS—President Biden taps Jessica Looman to serve as DOL’s Wage and Hour Administrator
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