People walk near the U.S. Supreme Court Building at dawn, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, October 17, 2024. President Donald Trump and National Labor Relations Board Chairman Marvin Kaplan are arguing that a narrower reading of landmark Supreme Court precedent supports finding board members' job protections unconstitutional. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa via AP Images)

'Not So': Trump Says Wilcox Firing Case Won't Ax Humphrey's

A D.C. federal judge should reject former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox's claim that the Trump administration is trying to ax landmark U.S. Supreme Court precedent, President Donald Trump and board Chairman Marvin Kaplan argued Friday, saying they only want the decision properly applied.

A man walks through a used car lot where Jeeps of varying colors are lined up in two rows. A sign with light blue letters in the background spells Used Cars.

8th Circ. Backs Auto Co. Exec's Win In $5M Benefits Suit

The Eighth Circuit declined Friday to overturn a former chief operating officer's win in his lawsuit accusing an automotive company of reneging on the terms of his deferred compensation plan when he left the firm, saying the company can't rely on nonexistent documents to deny his claim to the funds.

Advocates Step Up After EEOC About-Face On Gender Identity

Two nonprofits taking up gender identity discrimination cases that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is abandoning offers a preview of the role that advocacy organizations will play defending transgender workers as the Trump administration attacks their rights, experts said.

Expert Analysis

What Axed Title IX Gender Identity Rule Means For Higher Ed

Teresa Biviano, Doreen Martin and Keith Olsen

Following a Kentucky federal court's recent decision in State of Tennessee v. Cardona to strike down a Biden-era r... (more story)

A Path Forward For Cos. Amid Trump's Anti-DEIA Efforts

Kimberly Jaimez and Aya Hatori

Given the Trump administration’s recent efforts targeting corporate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility... (more story)

Workforce Data Collection Considerations After DEI Order

Lynn Clements, David Cohen and Victoria Lipnic

Following President Donald Trump's executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, employers sh... (more story)

Labor More

CFPB Endgame Is Just 'Five Men And A Phone,' Filings Allege

Current and former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees alleged in D.C. federal court filings that the Trump administration is much more aggressively trying to gut the agency than it has let on, warn... (more story)

OPM Tells Agencies To Give On-The-Clock Union Task Info

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management's acting director instructed federal agency heads to submit information about the official time unionized workers spent negotiating, handling grievances and engaging in ... (more story)

Attorneys at an American Bar Association conference Friday in Clearwater, Florida, debated and discussed issues such as courts giving weight to the NLRB’s constructions of the NLRA or reviewing the cases themselves and such as considering whether certain college athletes should be union-eligible employees under the NLRA. (iStockPhoto/DenisLarkin)
Attys Debate NLRB Deference, Athlete Status At ABA Panels

Labor lawyers don't know yet how the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in 2024 to scale back deference to agencies will affect their practices, nor do they agree on how the courts have treated this emerging issue ... (more story)

2nd Circ. Revives Electrical Worker's Union Pension Fight

An electrical worker can try again to argue that two trustees of his union pension fund violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by paying themselves over $1 million in compensation from the fund's... (more story)

Starbucks Broke Labor Law At Conn. Cafes, NLRB Judge Says

Starbucks violated federal labor law at two Connecticut stores in its efforts to quell support for Workers United, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, dinging the coffee giant for unlawfully firing a... (more story)

Wash. Hospital Beats Claim It Balked On Union Pay Agreement

A hospital in Kennewick, Washington, wasn't obligated to enter into a written agreement with a union after two meetings about potential wage enhancements, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying t... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. Hears NLRB, UPS, Teamsters Dispute

In the coming week, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit oral arguments in a labor dispute involving the National Labor Relations Board, a UPS subsidiary and an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local... (more story)

Discrimination More

CVS, Catholic Nurse Settle Bias Suit Over Contraceptive Care

CVS Health Corp. agreed to settle a former nurse's lawsuit alleging the company unlawfully tried to force her to provide contraceptive care to patients in violation of her Catholic beliefs, according to filing... (more story)

8th Circ. Won't Reopen Ex-USDA Worker's Race Bias Suit

The Eighth Circuit on Friday upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture's defeat of a Black former employee's lawsuit claiming she was denied work assignments and promotions because of her race, finding the wor... (more story)

An actor lost an appeal of her Title VII religious bias suit alleging she was illegally tossed off a production for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination. A split Ninth Circuit panel ruled that the actor would have posed too much of a risk to the production and her firing was justified. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
9th Circ. Says Risk Justified Firing Vax-Refusing Actor

A split Ninth Circuit panel declined Friday to revive an actor's suit claiming she was illegally removed from a Starz Network show because she rejected its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds, ruling... (more story)

7th Circ. Says It's Too Early To Mull Fired ISU Coach's Suit

A Seventh Circuit panel says it lacks the jurisdiction to consider if a lower court rightly denied dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an ex-Illinois State University football coach who claims he was unlawfully ... (more story)

Mich. Atty Says Ex-Firm Foiling Cases Over Retaliation Suit

A lawyer urged a Michigan federal judge to pause matters in several state court cases as she alleged her former law firm, Olsman MacKenzie Peacock PC, is using the proceedings to retaliate against her for fili... (more story)

DA Eyes Type Of Weinstein Evidence That Sank 1st Verdict

Manhattan prosecutors preparing to retry Harvey Weinstein want a jury to hear about alleged sexual assaults by the jailed Hollywood mogul that are not part of his indictment — the same kind of testimony that d... (more story)

Morgan & Morgan Fired Worker For Vax Refusal, Suit Says

Morgan & Morgan PA illegally fired a case manager who asked to be excused from the firm's COVID-19 vaccination mandate because of his Christian beliefs and autoimmune disorder, the former employee said in a su... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

Steakhouse Workers Score Collective Cert. In Tips Row

Servers and bartenders claiming that a steakhouse known for its 72-ounce steak challenge cheated them out of tips and didn't reimburse them for their uniforms can move forward as a collective, a Texas federal ... (more story)

Colo. Corrections Dept. Says No Pay Needed For On-Call Time

A collective action accusing the Colorado Department of Corrections of failing to pay criminal investigators for time they spent on call should be thrown out, the department told a federal court, saying the wo... (more story)

DOL Pick Faces Scrutiny About DOGE From Senate Dems

President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy labor secretary faced intense questioning about "the sheer incompetence" of the administration's actions in what otherwise might have been expected to be a less cont... (more story)

Residential Care Cos. To Pay $2.5M In DOL Overtime Suit

A group of California residential care facility operators admitted to failing to pay caregivers for the overtime they worked and will pay $2.5 million in back wages and damages under a deal with the U.S. Depar... (more story)

Logistics Co. Can Arbitrate Most Claims In Wage Dispute

A California federal judge partially granted a logistics company's bid to send to arbitration a former worker's wage and hour lawsuit, saying some of the worker's claims must stay in court because they are exe... (more story)

Trump Admin's NIL Guidance Isn't Law, But Is A Title IX Threat

When President Donald Trump's U.S. Department of Education recently rescinded late Biden-era guidance instructing that upcoming revenue distribution to college athletes should follow Title IX laws protecting e... (more story)

5th Circ. Won't Revive Sheriff's Workers' Leave Policy Suit

The Fifth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a lawsuit employees brought against the Harris County Sheriff's Office over a policy restricting how they can use the compensatory time off they receive in lieu... (more story)