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June 06, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency could obtain unlimited access to Social Security Administration data on millions of Americans while a legal dispute over privacy concerns plays out.
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June 06, 2025
The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that the judge's finding that almost 1,400 employees must be reinstated to ensure the department's continued operation "has no basis in reality."
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June 06, 2025
An Eighth Circuit panel will mull how federal labor law applies to workers' support for social causes Wednesday as it hears Home Depot's challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that it illegally forced out a worker who wrote "BLM" on their apron. Here, Law360 breaks down what to expect from the case.
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June 06, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit regarding the extent to which federal labor law preempts employment law claims, in a case involving UPS. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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June 06, 2025
A longtime Teamsters member in Pittsburgh urged a federal judge not to dismiss his allegations accusing the union of age discrimination and breaching its duty of fair representation when he wasn't hired to work on a Tom Hanks film, saying the claims must head to discovery.
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June 06, 2025
This week, the Second Circuit will consider an attempt from a former dean at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University to revive his suit claiming he was demoted in retaliation for advocating against widespread discrimination against students and faculty. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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June 05, 2025
A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday.
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June 05, 2025
An American Federation of Teachers affiliate settled a federal court case aiming to stop a Connecticut hospital from requiring nurses to work overtime, with the parties telling the judge on Thursday that they agree to dismiss the union's allegations.
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June 05, 2025
Starbucks Workers United celebrated after workers at a 600th Starbucks store voted to be represented by the union, the latest milestone in the four-year effort to organize the coffee giant.
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June 05, 2025
A trio of federal agencies can't nix the remaining claims brought by a federal air marshal union, a Pennsylvania federal judge concluded, denying the government's bid for reconsideration of a prior ruling that allowed the union's allegations about retaliation and interference to go forward.
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June 05, 2025
SAG-AFTRA members urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive their claims that the union betrayed them by allowing studios to impose COVID-19 vaccine mandates against members with medical and religious objections, arguing that the state claims aren't preempted and "not everything that involves these guilds is a federal matter."
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June 05, 2025
A National Labor Relations Board judge cleared two Las Vegas hospitals of most of the unfair labor practice claims filed against them by two unions in a decision raising concerns about the NLRB guarding "against censorship creep" when agency attorneys make claims over the legality of an employer's statements.
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June 05, 2025
The U.S. labor secretary told a U.S. House committee Thursday that the Department of Labor will continue to combat wage theft even with fewer resources after President Donald Trump's administration proposed cutting the number of wage and hour investigators.
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June 04, 2025
The First Circuit on Wednesday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to greenlight massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, finding that the administration had not provided enough evidence to overturn a block put in place by a Massachusetts federal judge.
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June 04, 2025
A New Jersey contractor told a Third Circuit panel Wednesday that it isn't obliged to negotiate over a successor collective bargaining agreement with union-represented sheet metal workers, arguing it no longer employs any workers represented by the union.
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June 04, 2025
A key committee will decide Thursday whether to send President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Labor’s employee benefits arm ahead for a full Senate vote, setting the stage for what attorneys expect will be an employer-friendly shift in policies. Here are three ways Daniel Aronowitz could change benefits litigation if confirmed.
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June 04, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission doesn't want staff attorneys to be able to seek state bar association guidance if they dispute the legality of an instruction, arguing in a fight with the FTC's union that seeking such guidance would gum up the gears of commission work.
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June 04, 2025
A California federal judge ordered the Trump administration Wednesday to explain why preparations for layoffs at the State Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development do not violate an injunction she issued last month, saying she needed more details about the agencies' plans to evaluate their compliance.
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June 04, 2025
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday reopened a former flight attendant's lawsuit claiming United Airlines used allegations of misconduct as a pretext to fire her because she was in her 50s, saying a trial court erred in concluding that her case was preempted by federal labor law.
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June 04, 2025
A former Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney representing employers in wage-and-hour disputes and traditional labor matters has started as a partner at Fisher Phillips LLP in Seattle, the firm announced, and will remain focused on tackling labor and employment claims for his clients.
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June 04, 2025
A New York federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from eliminating Job Corps, saying the agency can't move ahead with shutting down the more than 60-year-old job training program without approval from Congress.
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June 04, 2025
A Service Employees International Union local unlawfully provided a Black former university employee with second-rate representation when he challenged his termination over a minor offense despite aggressively supporting white union members who engaged in more serious misconduct, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
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June 03, 2025
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a free speech lawsuit brought by immigration judges back to district court, reasoning a lower court judge must first determine if a federal law is working as intended with respect to claims that might otherwise be handled administratively.
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June 03, 2025
The Fifth Circuit must reject Nexstar's challenge to a union's certification representing workers at two television stations in Denver, the National Labor Relations Board argued, saying the company isn't following the agency standard used when an employer wants excluded workers added to a bargaining unit.
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June 03, 2025
A trio of veteran labor law experts is proposing to turn the National Labor Relations Board into a special labor court, aiming to slow the pace of policy shifts that they warn could get even more rapid if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down removal protections for board members.