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DC Bill Seen As Latest Setback For Ending Tip Credit

A recent Council of the District of Columbia decision to delay phasing out the local tipped minimum wage demonstrates apprehension about eliminating the tip credit, employer-side observers said, while worker advocates said they are still seeing progress on the issue.

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3 Lessons From 3rd Circ. Reviving Fire Dept. Beard Battle

A recent Third Circuit decision in favor of a Christian fire department worker who wanted to grow facial hair despite the department's no-beard policy holds lessons for employers about handling religious accommodation requests. Here, Law360 looks at three of those lessons.

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Kaplan Says NLRB Could Regain Quorum As Noms 'Imminent'

The chairman of the National Labor Relations Board signaled Tuesday that the board may soon return to full function after months operating mostly without a quorum, saying "nominations are imminent" to fill at least some of the panel's vacancies.

Expert Analysis

4 Midyear Employer Actions To Reinforce Compliance

Lisa Haldar and Allegra Lawrence-Hardy

The legal and political landscape surrounding what the government describes as unlawful diversity, equity and in... (more story)

Proposed State AI Rule Ban Could Alter Employer Compliance

Amanda Blair, Benjamin Ebbink and Braden Lawes

A proposal in the congressional budget bill that would ban state and local enforcement of laws and regulations gov... (more story)

What Employers Can Learn From 'Your Friends & Neighbors'

Anita Levian

The new drama series "Your Friends and Neighbors," follows a hedge fund firm manager who is terminated after an al... (more story)

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Ill. Judge Questions Standing In Biogen Antitrust Suit

An Illinois federal judge seemed skeptical Tuesday that health benefit plans accusing Biogen of impairing competition for its multiple sclerosis drug, Tecfidera, have standing to bring their lawsuit under deca... (more story)

Janitor's Wage Claims Must Head To Arbitration, Judge Says

A janitor in California must arbitrate her claims that a cleaning services company owed minimum wages and didn't give rest breaks, a federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday, finding a grievance process in an un... (more story)

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Calif. Driverless Car Bill Shows Path For Unions' Anti-AI Fight

The Teamsters are backing a California bill that would require self-driving delivery vehicles to run with a human operator, an effort that has drawn opposition from businesses but that the union sees as part o... (more story)

4th Circ. Urged To Back NLRB's Order Against Trucking Co.

A Virginia trucking company hasn't presented enough evidence to counter the National Labor Relations Board's conclusion that it unlawfully interfered with a union representation election, the board told the Fo... (more story)

GM To Drop 'Cockamamie' Fiat Foreign Account Claims

A Michigan judge indicated Tuesday that he would let General Motors withdraw allegations that Fiat Chrysler held foreign bank accounts in a union bribery scheme suit, and said he'd leave the determination of w... (more story)

Union, Philharmonic Fight Suits From Suspended Musicians

A musicians union has asked a New York federal judge to toss two suspended New York Philharmonic players' allegations that the union illegally dropped its fight for their reinstatement, saying it had good reas... (more story)

Ex-Fidelity Associate GC Returns To Mayer Brown In Chicago

Mayer Brown LLP has rehired the former co-chair of its practice focused on retirement benefit matters, who returns to the firm after helping to lead a team of attorneys at Fidelity Investments responsible for ... (more story)

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Tech Recruiter Settles DOJ Claims It Favored Visa Workers

A San Francisco Bay Area-based technology recruiting company agreed Tuesday to pay civil penalties and change its recruiting practices to resolve allegations it illegally preferred H-1B visa holders over U.S. ... (more story)

Ga. Schools Must Face Ex-Principal's Suit Over BLM Support

A federal judge won't let a Georgia school district out of claims that it forced out a Black former principal over his vocal support for the Black Lives Matter movement, ruling that like the school board's ind... (more story)

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GOP Lawmakers Launch Probe Into Harvard's Hiring Practices

A group of House Republicans announced Tuesday that they are opening an investigation into Harvard University's hiring policies to probe whether the institution is shirking Title VII by giving preferences to m... (more story)

Atty Accuses City Of 'Game-y' Tactics In Race Bias Settlement

A North Carolina employment attorney accused the city of Charlotte in federal court Tuesday of being "game-y" by trying to change a Black fire chief's racial bias settlement after both sides agreed to certain ... (more story)

Worker's Suit Over Weed Firing Gets Thrown Out

A construction worker can't sue his employer for wrongful termination on claims that his supervisor wrongly accused him of smoking marijuana while on the job, a Virginia federal judge has ruled, saying state l... (more story)

Pa. University Seeks Toss Of Sergeant's Retaliation Claims

The University of Scranton wants a Pennsylvania federal judge to dismiss retaliation and disability bias allegations from a police sergeant who alleged he was fired because he had cancer, telling the district ... (more story)

Black Honda Worker's Promotion Bias Suit Shipped To Ala.

Honda's manufacturing arm can send to Alabama a proposed class action alleging its opaque promotional practices unlawfully prevent Black workers from moving up, an Ohio federal judge ruled, saying the worker l... (more story)

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Campbell's Hit With Wage-Hour Suit Over Donning Time

Renowned soup producer Campbell's failed to pay production workers for the time they spent putting on personal protective equipment before their shifts, a former company's filler operator said in a proposed co... (more story)

Mass. Court-Appointed Attys Hit 'Boiling Point' Over Low Pay

Hundreds of private attorneys in Massachusetts who are paid by the state to represent indigent defendants and others have stopped accepting new court-appointed cases over complaints about low pay, putting the ... (more story)

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T-Mobile Worker Can't Upend Arbitration Order In OT Suit

A T-Mobile technician cannot keep his unpaid overtime lawsuit in court, a Washington federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying he failed to show that he was duped into signing a delegation clause that mandated issue... (more story)

Longtime Reed Smith Employment Pro Joins Fisher Phillips

An attorney who has focused his career on advising clients on employment and labor matters recently moved his practice to Fisher Phillips' Pittsburgh office after 13 years with Reed Smith LLP.

Nev. Pension Plan Urges 9th Circ. To Ax DOJ Military Bias Suit

Pension credits bought by military service members aren't an accrued benefit under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Nevada's public employee retirement system argued, urging the N... (more story)

Amazon Worker Says Military Class Ruling Needs Reopening

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to weigh in on a case that would have had an impact on a former Amazon employee's request for class status in her military leave suit, the worker told a New York federal court, ... (more story)

Drivers Say FedEx Is Employer, Liable For Unpaid OT

FedEx exercised substantial control over drivers' jobs, two former workers told a Pennsylvania federal court, urging it to find that the delivery company acted as their joint employer and is therefore on the h... (more story)