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June 24, 2024
National Labor Relations Board chair Lauren McFerran is facing a deluge of attacks following her nomination for another term as management advocates seek to fend off an appointment that could cement Democratic control of the board deep into a possible Republican presidency.
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June 24, 2024
The Minnesota attorney general and other state officials fought off claims from a company and two business groups against a law barring employers from disciplining workers who don't want to listen to so-called captive audience meetings, arguing there isn't an enforcement threat.
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June 24, 2024
A West Coast-based Teamsters pension fund must keep facing claims that it shortchanged married retirees by using outdated data to convert their benefits from single-life annuity form, with a Washington federal judge deeming the suit strong enough to beat the fund's dismissal motion.
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June 24, 2024
A Texas federal judge on Monday blocked parts of a U.S. Department of Labor rule changing how prevailing wages are determined for federally funded construction projects from going into effect, saying the department had overstepped its authority under the Davis-Bacon Act.
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June 24, 2024
The NHL is looking to squash a putative antitrust class action from players in its developmental leagues alleging exploitation and abuse, telling a New York federal court that such disputes over pay and work conditions fall under the league's collective bargaining agreement and are shielded from antitrust scrutiny.
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June 24, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board defended its decision finding a longshore union unlawfully continued to fight jurisdiction over maintenance work in the Port of Seattle that was awarded to the Machinists, telling the Ninth Circuit that this isn't a work preservation dispute.
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June 24, 2024
The Amazon CEO's decision to state publicly that unionization could damage workers' direct relationship with managers should land the company on the hook for a labor law violation, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors told the board, arguing for a change in precedent on such statements.
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June 24, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday accepted a retired Florida firefighter's request that it decide whether former employees can lodge discrimination suits under the Americans with Disabilities Act related to post-employment benefits.
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June 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has pushed back against a challenge to rules introduced in 2022 that a Washington union said are depressing farmworkers' wages, telling a federal judge Friday that the union should have objected during the rule-making period.
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June 21, 2024
The Amazon Labor Union's recent merger into the Teamsters could help both groups in their fights against Amazon, but they still face uphill battles to reach a labor contract at the company's only unionized warehouse and organize workers elsewhere in the retail giant's sprawling logistics network.
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June 21, 2024
A Manhattan federal judge has said federal and New York transportation agencies meticulously analyzed congestion pricing's potential impacts on traffic, air quality and other factors, rejecting local residents and community groups' claims that the Big Apple's now-paused congestion pricing was improperly approved.
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June 21, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board regional director's decision finding men's basketball players at Dartmouth College are employees under federal labor law pits students against each other, the NCAA argued, urging the board not to assert jurisdiction over student-athletes.
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June 21, 2024
A U.S. government workers' union challenging the constitutionality of the debt ceiling urged the First Circuit to ignore the Biden administration's argument that union members couldn't explain how it harms them, saying it's reasonable to expect their paychecks will be suspended when it is reimposed.
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June 21, 2024
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is asking to intervene as a defendant in a cannabis retailer's suit challenging the constitutionality of California's requirement that the retailer enter a labor peace agreement with a "bona fide" labor organization, saying the union the shop contracted is a sham that does nothing to organize workers.
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June 21, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will consider a group of construction workers' attempt to revive a proposed class and collective action claiming a group of construction companies failed to pay them overtime required under state and federal law. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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June 21, 2024
New York's Mount Sinai Health System has illegally required part-time physicians to sign employment agreements with provisions that infringe on workers' rights, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors alleged, and the agency is seeking financial damages for affected employees.
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June 21, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for potential class certification and expert disqualification in a suit against Concentra regarding medical inquiries for job applicants. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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June 20, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board judge cleared an Ohio charter school Thursday of claims that it fired a teacher for supporting a union drive, saying the evidence shows it fired her for telling a principal she wanted to "murder" her students after they disrupted her lessons.
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June 20, 2024
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday supported a lower court's decision to make Marathon Petroleum arbitrate a union's grievance over subcontracting under a project labor agreement, saying the company can't use its role as an owner in the accord to avoid arbitration.
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June 20, 2024
Honda violated federal labor law by telling employees to remove United Auto Workers stickers from their safety helmets and committed other unfair labor practices, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors alleged in an unfair labor practice complaint.
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June 20, 2024
A recent National Labor Relations Board judge's decision finding a noncompete agreement that employees were required to sign violated federal labor law should bolster the board general counsel's effort to declare such employment provisions unlawful, experts said.
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June 20, 2024
A California federal court dismissed on Thursday National Labor Relations Board prosecutors' bids to enforce subpoenas requesting a list of casino employees who could be in a proposed bargaining unit from a tribe and a gambling company, with agency attorneys saying the parties settled the dispute.
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June 20, 2024
Employment firm FordHarrison LLP announced that it hired a pair of experienced attorneys as partners in its offices in Nashville, Tennessee, and Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
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June 20, 2024
Two entertainment and advertising partners have left Reed Smith LLP to join DLA Piper, including the first woman to serve as the chief negotiator for the Joint Policy Committee, the bargaining representative for the advertising industry in negotiations for the multibillion-dollar commercials collective bargaining agreements with SAG-AFTRA and the American Federation of Musicians.
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June 18, 2024
Amazon constructively discharged a worker involved in organizing a walkout among employees at its Seattle headquarters over a return-to-office policy, according to a complaint filed by National Labor Relations Board prosecutors, who are seeking an apology letter and a nationwide notice posting from the e-commerce giant.