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• February 26, 2026

  NLRB Orders Region To Recalculate Union Payouts

  A National Labor Relations Board official must recalculate payments owed to employees who were excluded from a concrete company's profit-sharing plan and to a pension fund on behalf of the workers, the board has ruled, finding that the calculations must account for the payments the workers received in the past.

• February 26, 2026

  9th Circ. Backs L3Harris In Fired Worker's PTSD Bias Suit

  The Ninth Circuit backed defense contractor L3Harris' win in a suit claiming it unlawfully fired a painter because of his post-traumatic stress disorder, finding he admitted in an application for disability benefits that he wasn't able to work by the time he was terminated.

• February 26, 2026

  DOL Unveils Independent Contractor Rule Replacement

  The U.S. Department of Labor announced the details Thursday of a long-awaited proposed rule to rescind and replace a previous administration's regulation that outlined how to decide if a worker is an employee or independent contractor.

• February 25, 2026

  White House Cites Fraud, Freezes $259M In Minn. Medicaid

  The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would hold back $259.9 million in Medicaid funding for Minnesota as part of what it called an unprecedented effort to combat fraud in programs that support low-income families.

• February 25, 2026

  AT&T Promptly Settles NYC Pension Funds Diversity Suit

  AT&T on Wednesday agreed to allow shareholders to vote on New York City pension funds' proposal requesting a corporate diversity report, quickly settling a suit filed by the funds last week.

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