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November 22, 2024
In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye out for the potential pause on discovery in a U.S. citizen discrimination proposed class action against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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November 22, 2024
Waffle House has become the latest company to accuse the National Labor Relations Board of violating its rights under the Seventh Amendment, suing in South Carolina federal court over the agency's failure to offer the company a jury trial on allegations that one of its restaurants flouted labor law.
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November 22, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will consider arguments to revive a race discrimination and retaliation suit brought by a former doctor at a New York clinic who claims he was discriminated against and ultimately fired because of his race.
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November 21, 2024
Exxon Mobil lawfully locked out hundreds of United Steelworkers members at a Texas refinery, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Thursday, rejecting agency prosecutors' theory that the company shut out workers to push them to decertify the union.
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November 21, 2024
A union was not motivated by bias when it stopped fighting for an Ohio prison guard's rehire while continuing to fight for her co-worker's, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, upholding a federal judge's ruling in favor of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association.
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November 21, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House means employers can expect less scrutiny of their labor relations, in the short term as a new prosecutor eases up on Biden-era enforcement initiatives and in the long term as a new Republican majority rethinks labor-friendly precedents, experts say.
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November 21, 2024
The AFL-CIO, SEIU, American Civil Liberties Union, and several business groups and nonprofits have urged a Texas federal court not to scrap U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision, arguing the guidelines provide critical advice on preventing workplace harassment.
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November 21, 2024
A printing company in Texas unlawfully questioned and later fired a worker for talking about pay with colleagues, a National Labor Relations Board judge concluded, finding the employer's explanations for the termination don't pass muster.
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November 21, 2024
An arbitrator disregarded evidence and the Family and Medical Leave Act when she ordered Unilever to reinstate a worker the company had fired for allegedly falsifying company records, the company told a Missouri federal court, urging it to nix the award.
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November 21, 2024
A Minnesota paving company must pay two drivers about $500 each to cover the pay they lost after being unfairly disciplined, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, rejecting the company's attempt to pin the blame for the lost pay on the drivers.
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November 21, 2024
An International Longshore and Warehouse Union affiliate in Alaska violated federal labor law by calling a union member who raised harassment complaints a "rat," the National Labor Relations Board concluded, with the panel splitting over whether the union unlawfully caused the employee's termination.
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November 21, 2024
A Michigan hospital did not violate federal labor law by firing a longtime nurse who complained about not being able to switch shifts with a co-worker, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying her complaints were not group concerns protected by the National Labor Relations Act.
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November 21, 2024
The Second Circuit appeared reluctant Thursday to revive a fringe contributions dispute between two concrete companies and a group of union fringe benefit funds, with multiple judges pointing to discovery failures that underpinned a lower court's grant of summary judgment to the union.
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November 20, 2024
A legal support consulting firm should not be granted a "totally unjustified" injunction to block National Labor Relations Board proceedings against it based on a constitutional challenge to the agency's structure, the board argued in Texas federal court, defending removal protections for NLRB members and judges.
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November 20, 2024
A California federal judge awarded about $8,800 in fees to two firms that requested $578,000 after defending Safeway from a contractor's 2021 lawsuit, saying Wednesday that the figure shouldn't come as a surprise because the attorneys simply pointed to a request-for-proposal document to defeat the suit's breach of contract allegations.
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November 20, 2024
A Puerto Rico hospital told the U.S. Supreme Court it must reverse a D.C. Circuit decision upholding the National Labor Relations Board's application of its so-called successor bar doctrine, saying the decision rested upon a level of deference to the board the high court has since abandoned.
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November 20, 2024
Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board alerted the Eleventh Circuit that they resolved a dispute over the board's allegations that a Wisconsin cafe manager unlawfully threatened a worker while discussing a Workers United organizing campaign, saying the company and the union have agreed to continue bargaining in good faith.
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November 20, 2024
A Tennessee residential care facility operator must prove to the National Labor Relations Board that it has rescinded the wage discussion ban that landed it in legal hot water, the board said, ruling that the operator hasn't complied with a 2023 settlement to an NLRB case.
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November 20, 2024
A New Jersey hotel operator violated federal labor law by terminating pro-union workers and not remitting dues to the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the company is also on the hook for a previous owner's unfair labor practices.
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November 19, 2024
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette illegally pushed proposals during contract negotiations with a mailers union that would give the newspaper "sweeping control" over many employment terms, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Tuesday, recommending a bargaining order and payment for the union's negotiating expenses.
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November 19, 2024
A Teamsters local defeated a truck driver's claim that he was blacklisted from working on Pittsburgh film sets after complaining about nepotism in hiring, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling Tuesday that the case record lacked evidence that the union shut him out of work.
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November 19, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board regional director must weigh whether a New Orleans charter school falls under the agency's jurisdiction based on a Louisiana statute, the board determined after the school claimed it is considered a political subdivision under federal labor law.
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November 19, 2024
Many U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees are gearing up for President-elect Donald Trump's second term with a promise to fight any efforts to dramatically reduce staffing levels and pointing to new union contract protections to bolster claims that they're prepared.
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November 19, 2024
Two union-represented emergency medical service workers with the New York City Fire Department missed their shot at promotions because they performed poorly during their interviews, not because the department discriminates against women, people of color and people with disabilities, the FDNY told a New York federal judge Tuesday.
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November 19, 2024
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors "cherry-picked" unfair labor practice claims for a California federal court injunction bid seeking a bargaining order, a dialysis centers operator argued, telling the judge the company has been negotiating with a Service Employees International Union affiliate for first contracts.