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Insuring Equality: 3 Tips To Preserve Coverage For DEI Claims

Directors and officers and employment practices liability are key coverages for policyholders to review as potenti... (more story)

6 Laws For Calif. Employers To Know In 2026

California's legislative changes for 2026 impose sweeping new obligations on employers, including by expanding pay... (more story)

Prepping For 2026 Shifts In Calif. Workplace Safety Rules

California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health is preparing for significant shifts and increased enforcem... (more story)

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Delta Retirees' Pension Dispute Paused for Mediation Efforts

A Nevada federal judge Thursday froze a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines Inc. of shorting married pensioners on retirement benefits by miscalculating lump-sum payouts, giving the airline and the ... (more story)

Healthcare Co.'s Noncompete Too Broad, NLRB Judge Says

A Michigan healthcare staffing company violated federal labor law by requiring its phlebotomists to sign employment agreements containing overly broad and restrictive provisions, a National Labor Relations Boa... (more story)

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NLRB Judge Tosses Case Against 'Memphis 7' Starbucks

An administrative law judge has determined that Starbucks didn't violate the National Labor Relations Act when it surveilled employees' union activities, more strictly enforced its punctuality policy and disci... (more story)

2nd Circ. Remands $100K Award To Fired Atty In Bias Case

A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without c... (more story)

4 Big ERISA Litigation Developments From 2025's 2nd Half

The Eleventh Circuit signaled it may be willing to change its precedent to make it easier for federal benefits lawsuits to get to the courthouse door, while the Second Circuit shut down a challenge to a union ... (more story)

NJ Judge Won't Lift Bid Deadline On Tunnel Rail Project

A New Jersey federal judge said Thursday she won't lift a deadline to bid on a railway-construction project associated with building a new tunnel to New York City, saying a New Jersey construction company isn'... (more story)

RLA Doesn't Confer Arb. Right Without Union, NY Judge Says

The Railway Labor Act doesn't give airline workers the right to compel arbitration against their employers before a System Board of Adjustment if their union isn't representing them, a New York federal judge r... (more story)

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Exec Says Netflix Used Vax Status As Cover For Biased Firing

Netflix fired a production executive for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine out of retaliation for her complaints that the company mocked the religious beliefs of the unvaccinated and pushed a sexually charged... (more story)

Ex-NJ Municipal Court Admin Says COVID Got Her Fired

The former municipal court administrator for West Windsor Township, New Jersey, has alleged that the town failed to accommodate her disability when it fired her instead of giving her a short medical leave of a... (more story)

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4th Circ. Won't Revive Black Worker's Promotion Bias Suit

The Fourth Circuit backed a community college's win Friday in a Black former employee's suit claiming her race and gender caused her to lose out on a promotion, ruling she failed to rebut the college's explana... (more story)

WNBA Player Ends Suit Alleging Pregnancy Prompted Trade

A WNBA player and the Las Vegas Aces struck a deal to resolve Hamby's suit alleging the team traded her because she became pregnant, according to a filing in federal court Thursday.

EEOC Challenges Care Co.'s Bid For Win In Harassment Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is pushing back on a nursing home and rehabilitation center operator's bid for a pretrial win in a suit alleging it failed to act when a nurse was sexually hara... (more story)

Marriott's $175K Deal Wraps Up EEOC Religious Bias Suit

A Florida federal judge has approved a $175,000 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming hotel giant Marriott unlawfully required a Seventh-day Adventist employee to work on her... (more story)

March Trial Date Set For Ex-NJ Judge's Pension Fight

A trial date has been set in a former New Jersey Superior Court judge's challenge to the denial of her disability pension application, according to a Wednesday text order.

Wage & Hour More

Tool Co. Misclassifies Calif. Workers As Contractors, Suit Says

An Ohio-based tool company stiffs its California dealers on pay by misclassifying them as independent contractors and is threatening to force workers to arbitrate their claims in Ohio, according to a proposed ... (more story)

DoorDash, Uber Sue NYC To Block Checkout Tip Prompt Law

DoorDash and Uber Eats filed suit together Thursday in Manhattan federal court, seeking to block two New York City laws that the food delivery companies say force them to solicit tips before or as customers ch... (more story)

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Ex-Driver Says Ga. Delivery Co. Stiffs Workers

A former driver for an Atlanta-area FedEx delivery contractor has hit the company with a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court, accusing the firm of paying its drivers what amounted to a flat wag... (more story)

Judge Certifies Conn. Sushi Chef's Raw Deal Paycheck Suit

A Connecticut Asian fusion restaurant must face a class action employment case led by a sushi chef who claimed he and others worked close to 80 hours some weeks at a flat rate, without overtime pay.

Ga. Judge Joins Geico Call Center Actions Ahead Of Deal

A Georgia federal judge agreed Thursday to consolidate a pair of class actions accusing Geico of shorting its call center workers on pay for pre- and post-shift work, clearing the way for settlements that were... (more story)

Mo. Court Rejects Conditional Cert. In Hospital Break Suit

Nurses and technicians cannot move forward as a collective in an unpaid meal break lawsuit against a hospital network, a Missouri federal judge ruled, finding that they failed to put forward enough evidence th... (more story)

5 Attorneys On The Wage And Hour Issues They're Watching

As the new year approaches, employment law attorneys are watching the expansion of pay transparency laws, efforts to ban "stay-or-pay" contracts and an expected U.S. Supreme Court ruling on whether last-mile d... (more story)