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May 27, 2026
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Vermont software company illegally fired an employee for creating a spreadsheet to help coworkers compare salaries, but found the board relied on protected activity unrelated to the subject of the complaint in the case to find the company illegally fired three other workers.
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May 27, 2026
Baseball podcaster Jared Carrabis and his production company were hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts on Wednesday by a former producer who says Carrabis used the end of a sponsorship deal to stop paying him and other personnel on his podcasts at the end of February.
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May 27, 2026
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss a putative class action brought by flight attendants alleging American Airlines failed to properly compensate them for overtime work, saying the airline's argument that their claims are preempted and require interpreting collective bargaining agreements is premature.
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May 27, 2026
Two healthcare companies urged a Tennessee federal court to reconsider its order allowing additional discovery in a nurse's proposed collective action, arguing that a recent Sixth Circuit ruling forecloses a theory that workers must be paid for meal periods spent while on call to respond to patients.
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May 27, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it will not increase its civil monetary penalties for 2026 because the federal government shutdown last fall kept the Bureau of Labor Statistics from publishing the inflation data needed to calculate the annual adjustment.
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May 27, 2026
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced on Tuesday that it has brought on a pair of labor and employment attorneys from Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to its Seattle office, citing the growth of wage-and-hour litigation in Washington.
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May 27, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor's proposed rule to raise prevailing wages for certain immigrant workers drew criticism from organizations such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, calling the suggested wages unrealistic, while others said the rule is necessary to protect American workers.
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May 27, 2026
Cable technicians who sued several telecommunications companies for misclassifying them as independent contractors told a Virginia federal court that Comcast and a related company cannot force their claims into arbitration because neither ever signed an arbitration agreement with the workers.
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May 26, 2026
The Fourth Circuit refused Tuesday to reopen a proposed class action claiming a private equity firm violated federal laws by abruptly shutting down a manufacturing plant, ruling decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent barred the former workers from suing simply to collect on a judgment against the manufacturer.
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May 26, 2026
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Inc. will fund approximately $180,000 in attorney fees and costs as part of a $515,000 settlement resolving claims that it used a time-rounding policy that shorted workers at Ohio and Kentucky facilities, after an Ohio federal judge granted the deal final approval Tuesday.
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May 26, 2026
Grocery chain Fred Meyer Stores Inc. and its parent company, Kroger, failed to pay workers minimum and overtime wages, denied them meal and rest breaks and manipulated their time records to systematically underpay them, according to a proposed class action removed to Washington federal court.
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May 26, 2026
A former Johnson & Johnson engineer and the company have agreed to end his lawsuit alleging the medical device maker retaliated against him for taking parental and medical leave, according to a Tuesday filing in Massachusetts federal court.
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May 26, 2026
A federal judge has sided with a Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. unit in a coverage dispute over a Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act class action, finding that an alleged failure to disclose salary ranges in job postings does not qualify as discrimination under the restaurant operator's employment practices liability insurance policy.
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May 26, 2026
Comerica failed to pay customer service workers for preshift computer start-up time and work performed during unpaid meal breaks, a former call center agent alleged in a proposed collective and class action filed in Michigan federal court.
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May 26, 2026
Two former event company workers who alleged their employer shorted them on overtime pay and improperly cut managers into tip pools asked a Georgia federal court to approve a $180,000 settlement, according to a joint motion in the Northern District of Georgia.
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May 22, 2026
This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.
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May 22, 2026
A Nebraska minimum wage law dispute will likely wind up in court after a city proceeded with an ordinance that the state's attorney general deemed in conflict with an upcoming state law, turning the Cornhusker State into the latest battleground in the nationwide preemption debate, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores the situation.
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May 22, 2026
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has asked an Oklahoma federal court to toss a lawsuit claiming that a former employee for a local branch of the union was stiffed on overtime and severance pay, arguing that the suit falls short in stating a claim against the international union.
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May 22, 2026
Vail Resorts failed to make rest breaks available and provide compensation for missed rest breaks for its hourly employees, according to a proposed class action in Colorado state court.
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May 22, 2026
A hospital district in rural Colorado is under fire from a former registration specialist who claimed the hospital shortchanged employees by deducting 30-minute meal breaks from paychecks despite being forced to work during the breaks, according to a complaint filed in Colorado federal court Thursday.
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May 22, 2026
In the week ahead, the Second Circuit will consider Thompson Hine LLP's challenge to an order keeping a former partner's discrimination suit in federal court instead of sending it to arbitration. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in New York.
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May 22, 2026
As college students start their summer internships, companies should keep in mind what attorneys say are the hallmarks of running a smooth program: appropriate work for interns and proper compensation. Here, Law360 shares three tips to keep this summer’s paid and unpaid internship programs compliant with the law.
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May 22, 2026
An Ohio federal judge refused to approve a wage settlement between a group of home care staffing agencies and workers for a second time, pointing out that the workers who joined the suit never individually signed the deal.
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May 22, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a motion hearing in a discrimination collective action that job applicants are bringing against Workday Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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May 21, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued what his office called a "first-in-the-nation" executive order aiming to shore up state labor policies in an effort to prepare workers and businesses in the event of mass workforce disruption caused by artificial intelligence.