Expert Analysis

How Deregulation Could Undermine Trump's Anti-DEI Agenda

While rolling back federal agency power benefited conservative policies during the Biden administration, it will l... (more story)

Trump Should Pass On Project 2025's Disparate Impact Plan

The Trump administration should reject Project 2025's call to eliminate the disparate impact doctrine because, as ... (more story)

How Trump Presidency May Influence NLRB's Next Phase

Attorneys at Paul Hastings discuss how last year’s key National Labor Relations Board developments may progress on... (more story)

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What Gov't Contractors Must Know About Trump Exec Actions

President Donald Trump's flood of executive orders following his inauguration included a number of measures targeted at or broadly affecting federal contractors, such as lifting Biden administration antidiscri... (more story)

Union Hits Kinder Morgan With Counterclaim In Firing Fight

The United Steelworkers hit energy infrastructure giant Kinder Morgan with a counterclaim asking a Texas federal judge to enforce an employee discipline arbitration decision that the company has challenged in court.

Multiple unions at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been on strike for more than two years following a dispute that led their healthcare coverage to be terminated, and the fight has spawned litigation in front of the National Labor Relations Board, state courts, the Third Circuit, and the Western District of Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
NLRB Targets Post-Gazette Publisher's 'Discretion'  

The proposed contracts for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's production unions would have left workers at a disadvantage during the grievance process because they gave the newspaper publisher broad discretion, cou... (more story)

Yellow Corp. Teamsters Trial Opens With Some Settlements

Defunct trucking company Yellow Corp. said it has reached a settlement with some former employees who claimed they were terminated without proper notice, as the debtor began a trial in Delaware bankruptcy cour... (more story)

Calif. Appeals Court Reinstates Nurses' Wage Suit

A California appeals court upended a hospital operator's win on some claims in nurses' wage and hour lawsuit, saying the nurses put forward enough evidence to show their employer's rounding policy resulted in ... (more story)

Union Worker Says He Has Standing To Sue Carpenters Plans

A Carpenters-represented worker suing a group of union benefit plans for cutting off his and his coworkers' benefits after a collective bargaining agreement expired is fighting to keep his lawsuit in Californi... (more story)

Union Calls For Block To Trump's Federal Workers Order

President Donald Trump must halt efforts to enforce his executive order easing the process to fire certain federal employees, the National Treasury Employees Union argued in a lawsuit, claiming thousands of wo... (more story)

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Broad Museum Canned HR Exec For Defying Bias, Suit Says

A human resources executive claims Los Angeles contemporary art museum The Broad wrongfully fired him in retaliation for opposing the termination of an employee who the executive says was targeted because he i... (more story)

Air Force Escapes Black Worker's Race, Age Bias Suit

A Georgia federal judge has ruled that a Black man who sued the U.S. Air Force for discrimination failed to show that his age or race played any role in its decision to award a job promotion to a younger white colleague.

The EEOC claims AT&T's safety policies violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against obese workers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Spate Of Pre-Trump EEOC Suits Hit AT&T, DHL, Dollar General

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched a wave of new cases as the Biden administration came to an end, including suits accusing AT&T of unlawfully reassigning workers based on their weight a... (more story)

Ala. Gets In On Trans Ga. Deputy's 11th Circ. Rehearing

The state of Alabama will get a chance to weigh in at closely watched oral arguments next month when the full Eleventh Circuit will consider whether a Georgia county's denial of coverage for a transgender depu... (more story)

Minn. Agency Beats Worker's COVID Testing Policy Suit

A Minnesota state agency defeated a Catholic employee's lawsuit claiming it unlawfully refused to grant him a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies, with a federal judge ruling... (more story)

EEOC Dems Clash With Acting Chair On Trump's Orders

The Democratic majority of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's initial spate of executive orders undermines the workplace anti-bias watchdog's mission, a... (more story)

Boeing Gets Bias Claims Cut From Muslim Worker's Suit

A Texas federal judge narrowed but didn't dismiss a Muslim worker's suit claiming that Boeing fired him after he took medical leave and treated him poorly for requesting prayer breaks, ruling that a jury needs... (more story)

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NY Turkish Restaurant Paid Servers In Tips, Worker Says

A Turkish restaurant in Manhattan cheated servers out of wages, paying them only with the tips they received from customers, a former employee said in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court Tuesday.

Colo. Fire Department Fails To Pay OT, Firefighters Say

A Colorado fire department fails to pay firefighters overtime wages and retaliated against three employees and fired one of them after they complained about the unlawful pay practices, a lawsuit filed in Color... (more story)

A scientist at Duke had accused the university of paying her significantly less than men doing the same work and then threatening to demote her in response. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Duke U. Strikes Deal In Female Scientist's Pay Bias Suit

Duke University and a female scientist have brokered an agreement to end her suit claiming she was paid less than her male counterparts and was threatened with demotions after complaining about it, according t... (more story)

Harassment By Workers Upends Retaliation Suit, Farm Says

A pork farm urged a Tennessee federal court to throw out a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Labor accusing it of retaliating against two workers who complained to the agency about unpaid wages, saying the w... (more story)

Illinois Senate Bill Seeks Income Tax Deduction For Tips

Illinois would create an income tax deduction for gratuities that are included in a taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

Employment Group Of The Year: Cohen Milstein

The plaintiff-side law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC snagged over $78 million last year in settlements for workers who'd faced discrimination on the job, including big payouts from both the U.S. Depa... (more story)

Trump Orders Federal Workers Back To Office

On his first day back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump ordered federal workers back to theirs.