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April 29, 2024
A former manager said he was illegally let go for speaking up about Hallmark's alleged violations of a minimum wage ordinance, telling a California state court Monday that the greeting card giant terminated him for supposedly saying an expletive when profanity use is "embedded in Hallmark's culture."
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April 29, 2024
The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit alleging Raytheon Technologies Corp. unlawfully harassed and forced out employees who received religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination policy, finding Monday that companywide reminders about inoculation and other preventative measures weren't based on religion.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal judge that the agency will ask the Fifth Circuit to upend his order blocking the EEOC from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state.
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April 29, 2024
Amtrak is urging a Connecticut federal judge to let it out of a Black conductor's lawsuit alleging she was passed over for union committee assignments in favor of less experienced white men and harassed by a superior after she complained, saying her gripes should be directed solely at the union.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance Monday on how employers can carefully use artificial intelligence, saying a lack of human eyes could create a domino effect and lead to violations of federal wage and leave laws.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. arm of a Japanese space company and its former CEO told a Colorado federal court they have agreed to end the executive's suit alleging he witnessed frequent "anti-foreigner" bias at the company and was ultimately fired because he's white.
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April 29, 2024
A real estate law firm agreed to end a former worker's suit claiming she was fired from her paralegal job only 12 days after she notified her bosses that she was pregnant and needed maternity leave, according to a North Carolina federal court filing.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday unveiled the final version of its enforcement guidance on workplace harassment, updating the agency's advice to factor in developments such as the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bostock decision and the rise of remote work.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to wade into a former congressman's case alleging a nonprofit legal aid firm violated Title VII's ban on race discrimination when it suspended him with pay, passing on the chance to apply a newly crafted high court standard addressing what kinds of workplace actions can sustain a bias lawsuit.
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April 29, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case brought by a trio of CBD companies asking the justices to establish whether a plaintiff can bring a personal injury claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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April 26, 2024
In the past year, plaintiffs have won settlements and judgments for millions and billions of dollars from companies such as Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Facebook and Fox News, with many high-profile cases finally wrapping up after years of fighting. Such cases — involving over-the-top compensation packages, chemical contamination, gender discrimination and data mining — were led by attorneys whose accomplishments earned them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2024.
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April 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday unveiled a final rule designed to beef up protections against discrimination in healthcare, in particular protecting access to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community as well as for other vulnerable populations.
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April 26, 2024
Ye, his companies and Donda Academy were hit with another discrimination suit in California state court Friday by a former employee who says the rapper treated Black employees far worse than white employees, and terminated him last year when he refused to give into Ye's demands to shave his dreadlocks.
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April 26, 2024
A judge for a Michigan state appeals court has called on the state's high court to put a stop to terms in employment contracts that give workers less time to file civil rights lawsuits, saying such terms allow employers to get away with discriminatory practices.
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April 26, 2024
An Illinois state court judge has thrown out a proposed class action accusing Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp. of violating the state's decades-old genetic information privacy law, saying Wednesday the lead plaintiff not only released the hospital system from liability, but was largely asked about her own medical status after she was already offered a job.
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April 26, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent watershed decision easing the requirements for bringing a Title VII case may also soften a legal obstacle some courts have put in front of workers bringing Americans with Disabilities Act cases, some experts said.
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April 26, 2024
A Georgia-based security provider agreed to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it transferred an employee to a lower-paying position because she complained about a colleague's sexual harassment, according to a federal court filing Friday.
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April 26, 2024
A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action a job applicant brought against a staffing agency under the Evergreen State's 2023 law requiring certain employers to disclose a salary range in job postings, saying a plaintiff has to actually want the job they are suing over.
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April 26, 2024
Two trucking companies have agreed to pay $460,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two gay mechanics were fired for complaining that co-workers were making derogatory comments about their sexual orientation, according to a Friday filing in Ohio federal court.
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April 26, 2024
Former and current Southwest flight attendants have asked a California federal judge for class status in their suit claiming the airline punished workers who took family or medical leave by blocking them from improving their disciplinary records, arguing that their allegations are best resolved collectively.
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April 26, 2024
A classic car dealership executive made inappropriate sexual comments to an office manager and repeatedly insisted she send him nude photos, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Indiana federal court Friday.
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April 26, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential ruling on whether to dismiss Wells Fargo & Co. from a proposed wage and hour class and collective action. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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April 26, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission's recently finalized rule imposing a near-total ban on companies making workers sign noncompete agreements marks a seismic change in the legal landscape that will spur new trends in litigation and ease the path for workers to leave jobs they don't like, experts say. Here are three ways the new rule will affect the employment law arena.
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April 26, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will hear a former TD Bank manager's attempt to revive his suit claiming he was fired from his branch because he requested parental leave and because of his gender. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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April 26, 2024
A parking lot company has agreed to pay a class of almost 300 job seekers $1.4 million to shutter a suit claiming it shirked a Washington pay transparency law requiring that all job postings include salary and benefit information, according to state court filings.