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March 22, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board challenged an International Union of Operating Engineers local's "wholly inappropriate" sanctions bid against the agency at the Seventh Circuit, telling the appeals court that the union can't raise an argument related to the lawfulness of a punch-in policy for strike replacement workers.
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March 22, 2024
A Maryland home healthcare agency violated federal labor law by discharging an employee who'd asked about raise eligibility and taken issue with a training repayment scheme, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
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March 22, 2024
In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a California federal court's final approval of an $18 million settlement in an age discrimination class action against HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in the state.
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March 22, 2024
Four Jewish graduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed religious discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging their union illegally refused to let them withdraw from the labor group after they raised concerns about what they called its antisemitic leanings.
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March 22, 2024
In the coming week, the Second Circuit will consider a former Connecticut town employee's attempt to revive a lawsuit claiming she faced sexual harassment on the job without an adequate response from the town. Here, Law360 explores this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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March 21, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's Seattle office claimed SpaceX's severance agreement included confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses that violate federal labor law, according to a complaint copy obtained by Law360 on Thursday, with board prosecutors asking for a recorded notice reading scheduled for workers across the country to attend.
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March 21, 2024
The D.C. Circuit denied Thursday a request from an International Union of Operating Engineers local to transfer an appeal over a National Labor Relations Board decision to the Seventh Circuit, saying the union didn't prove that the move was warranted.
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March 21, 2024
Kroger violated federal labor law by ceasing to send workers' dues to their union amid negotiations for a new contract, a National Labor Relations Board judge said Thursday, rejecting the company's argument that prosecutors manipulated the case to take advantage of a change in the relevant precedent.
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March 21, 2024
Union Pacific can't rehire a worker who failed a breathalyzer test without violating federal regulations banning alcohol use by railroad employees, the railroad argued in Nebraska federal court, urging the court to strike down an arbitration board's reinstatement order.
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March 21, 2024
A Sixth Circuit panel pressed on Thursday a cargo airline and pilots who say they were unlawfully fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations about the pilots' union contract, with one judge asking whether the open questions about their collective bargaining agreement meant the discrimination case was preempted.
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March 21, 2024
A Missouri hospital violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from a Service Employees International Union affiliate after workers voted to oust it rather than waiting until the decertification election results were certified, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled, upholding a board judge's finding.
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March 21, 2024
SkyWest Airlines and a group of ex-pilots asked a California federal judge to approve a $650,000 settlement ending a suit accusing the airline of failing to pay minimum wage, saying the deal is a more than fair and reasonable resolution.
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March 20, 2024
A Democratic lawmaker from Rhode Island proposed a bill Wednesday that would guarantee U.S. workers the ability to earn at least 10 paid vacation days per year — a move that could extend the benefit to almost 27 million people who lack access to compensated time off.
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March 20, 2024
A National Labor Relations Board official ordered a representation election among graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania, but left out of the bargaining unit some 300 student workers in biology and biomedical sciences programs, finding that the union previously said they shouldn't be included.
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March 20, 2024
A fired Connecticut police sergeant and his union can pursue a court appeal in an effort to reinstate his job because the decision at issue is a final, appealable judgment under a carveout in the applicable law, the state appeals court has ruled.
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March 20, 2024
After hours of oral argument in a closely watched administrative law case, it appeared that some U.S. Supreme Court justices could be open to limiting the opportunities for lower courts to defer to federal agencies' legal interpretations in disputes over rulemaking — and legal experts said there are a number of ways they could do it.
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March 20, 2024
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2024 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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March 19, 2024
Federal and New York transportation agencies have told a Manhattan federal judge that local residents waited too late to file lawsuits trying to block congestion pricing, but the plaintiffs countered that the agencies have admitted that they'll have to reevaluate the environmental harms the new tolls would have on communities.
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March 19, 2024
SpaceX's request that the Fifth Circuit rehear a venue dispute between federal courts in Texas and California isn't justified, the National Labor Relations Board argued, saying the rocket company's challenge to the agency's constitutionality lacks significant ties to Texas.
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March 20, 2024
The Senate voted 50-47 on Tuesday evening to confirm Nicole Berner, general counsel of the Service Employees International Union, to a Fourth Circuit judgeship.
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March 19, 2024
A Washington state court will review an arbitrator's decision to fault the city of Seattle for firing a worker for not getting a COVID-19 vaccination, agreeing to hear the city's argument that the arbitrator improperly weighed in on an issue he wasn't supposed to consider.
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March 19, 2024
National Labor Relations Board general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo urged the board on Tuesday to expand the remedies it will order in cases involving overly broad work rules, saying employers should be required to walk back discipline and other actions against more employees who violated an unlawful rule.
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March 19, 2024
A Washington federal court approved a joint request from Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board to dismiss an injunction case related to claims that the coffee chain tried to illegally quell organizing efforts with the consolidation of three Seattle stores.
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March 19, 2024
Three New York-based asphalt workers are seeking approval of a $2.45 million settlement to their long-running federal class action against two union benefit funds, looking to resolve claims that the funds illegally refused to transfer money to another set of funds.
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March 18, 2024
Dartmouth College is rejecting a bid by a Service Employees International Union local to bargain for a contract covering men's basketball players, a university spokesperson said Monday, signaling the school's plan to take to federal court its fight over whether collegiate athletes are statutory employees.