Six former X Corp. employees have argued in a lawsuit naming billionaire Elon Musk that a federal circuit judge was "manifestly looking in the wrong place" when he found that those who sued for severance benefits lacked standing for their claims after Twitter's merger with X Corp.
The return of former officials, a self-audit program and independent contractor and joint employment rulemaking mean the U.S. Department of Labor and its Wage and Hour Division are looking like they did in President Donald Trump’s first term, although observers say the agency is proceeding more aggressively. Here, Law360 explores how the agency is similar and different to how it was during the first Trump era.
Two McDonald's managers failed to demonstrate that the fast-food chain violated federal regulations for pumping mothers, an Illinois federal judge ruled while sending their claims against two franchisees to their states and giving them a final opportunity to amend their lawsuit.
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Six former X Corp. employees have argued in a lawsuit naming billionaire Elon Musk that a federal circuit judge was "manifestly looking in the wrong place" when he found that those who sued for severance benefits lacked standing for their claims after Twitter's merger with X Corp.
The return of former officials, a self-audit program and independent contractor and joint employment rulemaking mean the U.S. Department of Labor and its Wage and Hour Division are looking like they did in President Donald Trump’s first term, although observers say the agency is proceeding more aggressively. Here, Law360 explores how the agency is similar and different to how it was during the first Trump era.
Two McDonald's managers failed to demonstrate that the fast-food chain violated federal regulations for pumping mothers, an Illinois federal judge ruled while sending their claims against two franchisees to their states and giving them a final opportunity to amend their lawsuit.
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October 10, 2025
A former program coordinator for Emory University's Candler School of Theology has sued the university, alleging that a director position she was promised was eliminated, and she was fired after she requested maternity leave.
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October 10, 2025
A former sales representative for Angi Inc. has filed a proposed collective and class action in Colorado federal court against the internet services company, alleging it failed to pay its workers for off-the-clock work and overtime hours.
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October 10, 2025
A trucking company can't get out of potential damages because a jury must determine whether any alleged nonpayment of wages was willful, according to a Nebraska federal judge.
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October 10, 2025
A Pennsylvania law firm has agreed to settle a former paralegal's lawsuit claiming she was fired for taking medical leave to undergo treatment for a panic disorder, according to a filing in federal court Friday.
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October 10, 2025
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has welcomed three experienced employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its offices in New York, Miami and Atlanta.
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October 10, 2025
A worker who alleged that a waste removal company failed to compensate a proposed class and collective of drivers for missed meal breaks told a Colorado federal court Friday that the parties had reached a settlement.
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October 10, 2025
The New York City Council passed legislation that would require private businesses with 200 or more employees to give the city pay data broken down by workers' race and gender, so the city can study the information to identify unfair gaps in compensation.
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October 10, 2025
In the coming week, attorneys should watch for a nearly $1 million settlement approval hearing in a long-running wage and hour class action by cleaning workers that went to the Ninth Circuit. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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October 09, 2025
The U.S. Senate labor committee on Thursday cleared two of the president's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board — including the general counsel pick whose nomination appeared stalled — but withheld a third whose ties to Boeing drew criticism at his confirmation hearing last week.
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October 09, 2025
A whistleblower is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a False Claims Act suit accusing a NASA contractor of overbilling, arguing that the Sixth Circuit wrongly let the government dismiss the case without considering the whistleblower's time and money commitment.
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October 09, 2025
Michigan will conform to the federal tax deductions for tip income and overtime pay under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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October 09, 2025
John Foy & Associates PC told a Georgia federal court that a former firm attorney breached her employment agreement by "moonlighting" with another firm during her employment and then filing a wage suit against John Foy & Associates instead of pursuing her claims in confidential arbitration.
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October 09, 2025
A Colorado retail supplier was hit with a proposed collective action in federal court Thursday from a former employee who said it failed to properly calculate overtime premiums.
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October 09, 2025
A California law aimed at increasing the accuracy of the compensation estimates that state employers are required to include in job postings and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom makes clear that perks such as stock options are considered wages and expands the limitations window for pursuing pay bias claims.
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October 08, 2025
A provider of business technology services terminated its information technology director after 21 years of service following his request to take time off to care for his wife while she recovered from endometriosis-related surgery, according to a complaint filed in Ohio federal court.
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October 08, 2025
A bus driver snagged class certification for her claims that a transportation company failed to provide accurate wage statements and paid wages due upon termination, a California federal judge ruled, finding that class treatment is appropriate.
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October 08, 2025
A Washington state judge has given the final sign-off on a $20 million deal resolving a class action alleging that the state of Washington, doing business as the University of Washington Medical Center, shortchanged healthcare workers by rounding their hours worked and denying them second meal breaks on longer shifts.
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October 08, 2025
Two Chili's food servers can continue with their claims that they were unable to take meal and rest breaks and were not reimbursed for cellphone use, a California federal judge ruled, but he winnowed the Chili's entities facing the allegations.
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October 07, 2025
Emergency medical services workers argued that a North Carolina county created a "mathematical impossibility" when it calculated their wages, urging the Fourth Circuit to flip a federal court's ruling that the county didn't owe them anything despite having violated federal law.
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October 07, 2025
The Senate confirmed on Tuesday a Boyden Gray PLLC managing partner as President Donald Trump's nominee for labor solicitor, the third-highest-ranking position at the U.S. Department of Labor.
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October 07, 2025
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division on Tuesday.
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October 07, 2025
Workers across the country could experience delays in recovering back pay and employers are less likely to face wage and hour investigations as the federal government shutdown affects the U.S. Department of Labor.
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October 07, 2025
United Airlines and the Teamsters are both seeking an early exit from a technician's suit alleging that the union failed to pursue his grievance accusing United of violating a raise policy in its labor contract, arguing that his claims shouldn't be resolved in California federal court.
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October 07, 2025
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination told a New Jersey appeals court Tuesday that a 2018 equal pay law was intended by the Legislature to be a "game changer" and be applied retroactively, expanding the scope of her claims.
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October 07, 2025
The federal government can't stay a builders association's case challenging an executive order that requires union-favoring labor agreements for expensive government contracts, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, declining a request made in light of the government shutdown.