May 07, 2024
A former Amazon worker urged a New York federal court to greenlight a more than 9,000-member class of military reservists in her lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of failing to provide paid leave for employees on active duty, saying the dispute is best suited for class treatment.
November 30, 2022
A New York federal judge denied a bid by Amazon to have the Second Circuit review a decision preserving claims that the e-commerce company discriminated against military reservists by failing to provide paid leave for time workers spend on active duty.
November 09, 2022
From the Ninth Circuit to federal district courts in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York, judges are wrestling with whether military leave is a benefit under federal employment law for service members and if it’s compensable. Here, Law360 zeroes in four cases employment law practitioners should know about as this litigation trend continues to gather steam.
November 02, 2022
Amazon told a New York federal court that the Second Circuit should review an August decision denying dismissal of a suit alleging the company treated military leave differently than other paid leaves, arguing that military leave is distinct from other types of leave.
August 22, 2022
A New York federal judge said Amazon cannot dodge a former employee's paid military leave suit, axing two relief claims but saying the reservist supported her claim that the online retail giant treated military leave differently from other paid leaves.
December 07, 2021
Amazon urged a New York federal court to toss a former employee's paid military leave suit, arguing that it wasn't malicious intent that left the worker without leave, just a mistake that has been corrected.
August 17, 2021
An employment attorney litigating claims against Amazon over short-term military leave received a stern rebuke Tuesday from a Brooklyn federal judge who compared the lawyer's evasive answers to questions about her client's pay history to a "hide-and-seek" game played by truffle-hunting pigs.
June 02, 2021
A Tennessee college says it didn't trample a football coach's constitutional rights when it pushed him out for a tweet that made fun of voting rights activist Stacey Abrams' body, and multiple workers in Pennsylvania claim they were illegally fired after missing work due to COVID-19. Here, Law360 brings you up to speed on suits and settlements that flew under the radar in May.