Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—D.C. Cir.: Court lacked jurisdiction to review NLRB decision that employer lawfully denied nonemployee union agents access to property
- DISCRIMINATION—CLASS ACTIONS—7th Cir.: Class certification reversed in suit by female jail employees alleging failure to prevent inmate sexual harassment
- DISCRIMINATION—PAY—N.D. Ohio: Female Kent State women’s field hockey coach advances Title VII, EPA pay bias claims
- DISCRIMINATION—SEX—S.D.N.Y.: High-level female MetLife exec advances unequal pay, HWE, gender bias claims
- EMPLOYEE LEAVE—S.D. Ohio: Confusing letters from employer, benefits administrator support FMLA interference claim
- EMPLOYEE STATUS—4th Cir.: Civil immigration detainees are not employees under the FLSA
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS—E.D.N.Y.: Employee’s record of fairness showed Facebook comments about welfare programs didn’t show bias
- STATE-LAW CLAIMS—N.C. App.: Sexual harassment-based lawsuit against public university barred by sovereign immunity
- TRADE SECRETS—D. Md.: Specificity of trade secrets needed in cases brought under the DTSA
- WAGE-HOUR—CLASS ACTIONS—N.D. Cal.: Majority of class members compelled to arbitrate claims, so class failed numerosity requirement
- WORTH NOTING—Cases of note involving the Family and Medical Leave Act
- DOJ NEWS—Company owner’s false statements to OSHA net him potential five years’ imprisonment
- DOL NEWS—WHD recovers $3.3M in back wages, damages for OT, other FLSA violations
- EEOC NEWS—Disability suit on behalf of fired worker with brain tumor settled for $60K
- INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS—Marriott International will give employees four hours of pay for completed vaccination
- NLRB NEWS—How to track election petitions and results, ULP charges filed
- OSHA NEWS—Ohio employers assessed $327K in penalties for machine safety, fall protection violations
- STATE REGULATIONS—ILLINOIS—Guidance discusses compensation, paid leave and the COVID-19 vaccine
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