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April 08, 2024
An Indiana federal judge correctly held that a Sysco distribution center in Indianapolis didn't have to arbitrate a dispute with a Teamsters local over workers' entitlement to early retirement benefits, the company has told the Seventh Circuit, asking the appellate court to uphold the judge's ruling.
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April 08, 2024
A civil marine contractor successfully convinced a California federal judge to toss an ex-worker's wage and hour proposed class action for lack of evidence, but the judge left the door open for the worker to refile the suit.
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April 08, 2024
The Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding a meat processor in Nebraska illegally bargained in bad faith with a United Food and Commercial Workers affiliate, backing the board's broad remedies order that included reimbursing the union for negotiating expenses.
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April 08, 2024
A former GM worker told the Seventh Circuit it should intervene in his suit alleging his United Auto Workers local withdrew a grievance over his termination without telling him because he's Black, arguing a trial court judge ignored the appeals court's previous instructions when ending the suit.
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April 08, 2024
A Missouri federal judge tossed a black worker's suit Monday claiming the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs subjected him to a racially hostile work environment and suspended him for complaining about it, ruling he didn't put forward proof that bias drove the agency's decision making.
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April 08, 2024
A school-choice nonprofit must offer to reinstate an employee who was fired after telling co-workers she believed her supervisor was racist, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, reconsidering the case after the board used the dispute to hold federal labor law protects worker advocacy for nonemployees.
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April 08, 2024
Seyfarth Shaw LLP has expanded the labor and employment department in its Dallas office after opening the office late last year, bringing on a former longtime Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner to serve as its founding L&E partner in the North Texas city, the firm announced on Monday.
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April 08, 2024
The California Fast Food Council has a mandate to reform the fast-food industry, and coming off its first meeting, employment law practitioners have questions about how it can improve upon the state's already robust regulations and whether it will be balanced. Here, Law360 explores three such questions for the council as it gets up and running.
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April 08, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's landmark decision in August that reworked the process for union representation elections has put more focus on unions' requests for voluntary recognition from employers, but experts said the changes have been more technical than drastic.
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April 05, 2024
Starbucks denied Friday that complying with federal labor law was "mission critical" to its business as it urged a Washington state judge to dismiss a shareholder suit accusing company leaders of union busting, which they say tanked Starbucks' reputation.
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April 05, 2024
Whole Foods should be found in violation of federal labor law for preventing workers from wearing Black Lives Matter apparel and buttons, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors contended Friday, saying an agency judge wrongly found the workers' adornment of the gear wasn't protected.
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April 05, 2024
A law preventing smoking in certain indoor workspaces violates New Jersey's Constitution by excluding casino workers, the United Auto Workers alleged Friday in a state court suit against the governor and state health department commissioner.
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April 05, 2024
The United Auto Workers petitioned the National Labor Relations Board on Friday to hold a union representation election among more than 5,000 workers across two Mercedes plants in Alabama, the union's second petition targeting Southern car plants amid an organizing blitz.
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April 05, 2024
The United Steelworkers have urged a Washington federal judge to enforce an arbitrator's order that Shell and its successor at a Washington refinery rehire a worker fired over an offensive meme, saying that the order jibes with a union contract and that the employers share liability for fulfilling it.
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April 05, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor joined a U.S. Department of Justice pledge to enforce civil rights and related federal laws in the use of automated tools like artificial intelligence.
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April 05, 2024
Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles implored the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit's enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board decision ordering the rehire of more than 100 workers, telling the justices to create a uniform rule for evaluating evidence of anti-union bias.
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April 05, 2024
California cannabis delivery company Eaze Technologies and its subsidiary Stachs LLC face a possible work stoppage just ahead of the April 20 weekend, after the union representing drivers announced they have rejected the companies' contract proposal and secured strike authorization from its members.
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April 05, 2024
A finance firm set up for the nation's largest firefighters' union can't escape a whistleblower retaliation claim from the investment adviser it fired after he reported concerns to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a Boston federal judge has ruled.
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April 05, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will consider a dental hygienist's challenge to a New York federal judge's decision to order a new trial over sexual harassment claims against her former employer that resulted in a jury awarding her $1 in damages. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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April 05, 2024
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has hired an employment partner from Dorsey & Whitney LLP with 20 years of experience navigating companies through labor, employment and immigration matters.
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April 04, 2024
The former operator of a La-Z-Boy store in Indiana agreed to pay nearly $300,000 and issue apology letters in an unfair labor practice proceeding linked to the termination of two employees who spoke up about working conditions, according to a copy of the settlement obtained by Law360 on Thursday.
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April 04, 2024
A challenge to an Illinois law mandating that many temporary workers receive equivalent benefits to long-term employees has been stayed, as a federal court allowed the state to appeal an order preliminarily blocking the statute.
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April 04, 2024
An attorney for Amazon union reformers seeking to force officer elections slammed the current leadership Thursday for trying to blow up their New York federal court deal to hold a vote this summer, calling "absurd" a new argument that the deal disenfranchises members.
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April 04, 2024
A group of shipping companies is liable for federal labor law violations as a single employer, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, saying the companies illegally recognized the Seafarers International Union and told workers to join the union as a condition of employment.
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April 04, 2024
An Ohio-based baking company illegally fired a driver after he refused to complete a delivery that he said could have violated U.S. Department of Transportation regulations and his union failed to fairly represent him, the worker said in a suit filed Thursday in federal court.