Federal workers who lost their jobs in the Trump administration's mid-February purge of the civil service have begun challenging their terminations through class action appeals to an administrative court, seek... (more story)

The head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel ended his fight against his firing by President Donald Trump, informing the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that he wouldn't pursue his battle to lead the agency one day... (more story)

Workers represented by the United Steelworkers who sought unemployment compensation during a work stoppage could receive the benefit under state law, a Pennsylvania appellate court concluded Thursday, finding ... (more story)

Attorneys for unions and consumers who struck a $100 million settlement of Walgreens prescription overcharge fee claims asked an Illinois federal judge for a $30 million cut of that pot, arguing the amount wou... (more story)

A union-represented worker is fighting a New York federal judge's conclusion that he failed to show how the caretakers of his Teamsters retirement plan mismanaged his savings, asking the Second Circuit to revi... (more story)

A port terminal operator must face a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the operator unlawfully refused to reinstate a worker after he took medical leave, a Virginia federal judge found... (more story)

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed SpaceX's appellate court bid to stop a National Labor Relations Board administrative proceeding alleging it unlawfully fired employees who criticized company CEO Elon M... (more story)

Creative Artists Agency, Disney and a Miramax entity told a New York appeals court Thursday that actress Julia Ormond's case against them over an alleged Harvey Weinstein assault should have been dismissed, wi... (more story)

A coalition of Democratic U.S. House and Senate lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would restrict how the Religious Freedom Restoration Act can be used, something they say is necessary to prevent weapon... (more story)

Penn State largely defeated a suit from an ex-professor who said white instructors had been vilified, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling Thursday that no reasonable juror could find that campuswide email... (more story)

Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP and a former partner have agreed to end her New York federal court suit claiming she was fired from the firm after she complained about its sexist work environment, acc... (more story)

A Texas appeals court has granted a Fort Worth-based energy company's request to have a former employee's lawsuit accusing it of discrimination and libel transferred hundreds of miles from Hidalgo County to Ta... (more story)

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a Christian church's challenge to a Washington state law requiring employer health plans to cover abortion services, saying the church could invoke its religiou... (more story)

A Texas appeals court on Thursday said a police department cannot escape a former employee's lawsuit accusing it of firing her after she asked to take unpaid leave to recover from a cesarean section, but ruled... (more story)

Proposed classes of Bank of America loan officers include too many individualized claims for certification, the bank has argued in litigation alleging the loan officers were "short-changed" as they processed e... (more story)

A California federal judge signed off on a nearly $3.5 million deal that resolves a former worker's Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit accusing a vision insurer of failing to pay employees for all their hou... (more story)

The U.S. Senate agreed Thursday to end debate and move to a vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary.

A nurse's suit accusing a hospital system of using faulty timekeeping rounding practices that caused her to lose pay was shipped to arbitration by a Nevada federal judge who said an arbitration pact is valid e... (more story)

A worker's nonindividual California Private Attorneys General Act's claims against a janitorial franchiser will be on hold while his individual claims undergo arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, say... (more story)

The California federal judge overseeing the massive $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and former and current student-athletes has released g... (more story)

A Minnesota federal judge refused Wednesday to grant trade groups' bid to temporarily block a state law from taking effect that slaps steep fines on companies that misclassify employees as independent contract... (more story)