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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.
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March 18, 2024
Kaiser Permanente and the California Nurses Association defeated a fired nurse's lawsuit Monday, with the Ninth Circuit affirming that the nonprofit health care giant had valid reasons for firing her and that the union adequately represented her in her challenge to the termination.
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March 18, 2024
The House Education and Workforce Committee's chairwoman began an investigation into 12 unions over concerns about union officials' "fraud, embezzlement, and corruption," according to an announcement, calling for labor organizations to share documents with the committee.
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March 18, 2024
Digital content business Minute Media has purchased the publishing rights for Sports Illustrated, keeping alive a longtime brand that recently obliterated its newsroom with layoffs and shut down its betting platform, according to a Monday announcement.
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March 18, 2024
The Second Circuit won't revive a suit lodged by six Jewish professors at the City University of New York claiming that a state law unlawfully requires them to associate with a union that they allege holds antisemitic views, ruling that the provision passes muster under the U.S. Constitution.
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March 18, 2024
Employers that aim to keep politics out of the workplace in this contentious election year should be mindful of federal labor law, experts say, as it may limit their ability to stop workers from touting social causes, especially under President Joe Biden's National Labor Relations Board.
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March 18, 2024
An Ohio insulation manufacturer is still making the union-represented staff of its Newark, Ohio, factory perform two jobs at once, the United Steelworkers have claimed in a new lawsuit against the company, seeking to enforce an arbitration award banning the business from mandating so-called double duty.
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March 18, 2024
ExxonMobil enforced an "unlawfully overbroad" rule governing the sharing of corporate information, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled, applying a recent shift in board precedent to find that the company illegally fired a worker who posted an internal email on social media.
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March 15, 2024
A security company will pay more than $286,000 to workers to settle an unfair labor practice charge, the National Labor Relations Board announced Friday, with the NLRB general counsel winning a lost bargaining opportunity remedy.
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March 15, 2024
A former American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees leader who faced charges that he skirted hiring rules wants a Pennsylvania federal court to find that a hearing officer overstepped his authority when he removed him from office and banned him from running for reelection last month.