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July 13, 2026
A UPS package driver asked a Colorado federal court to rule in his favor on key issues in a proposed class action alleging the delivery giant failed to provide paid sick leave to thousands of union workers, arguing there are no disputed facts that could save the company's position.
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July 13, 2026
A South Carolina video game retailer violated federal labor law by firing an employee for breaching an overly broad nondisclosure agreement during a discussion about a manager's wages and performance, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, ruling that the former employee's statements were protected.
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July 13, 2026
Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday that routine maintenance and repair work at a privatized wastewater treatment facility does not trigger prevailing wage protections under a state special act, finding the phrase "construction and design of improvements" carries a narrower technical meaning than the workers claimed.
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July 13, 2026
A Pittsburgh restaurant and concert venue violated state wage law by underpaying tipped workers and withholding portions of their tips, a server alleged in a proposed class action in Pennsylvania state court.
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July 10, 2026
One of the biggest decisions to come down in Illinois so far this year applies a 2-year-old Biometric Information Privacy Act amendment retroactively in an appellate ruling experts anticipate will deflate settlement values even though it came from a federal court.
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July 10, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor’s recently announced plan to address the ability of 14- and 15-year-olds to work could include an extension of hours that is similar to changes some states have made in the past few years, attorneys told Law360.
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July 10, 2026
A union cannot automatically bind former New York City home health aides to mandatory arbitration through an agreement signed after they left their jobs, the Second Circuit ruled, allowing 17 former workers to press their cases outside a roughly $30 million fund.
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July 10, 2026
A group of Haitians who worked at Colorado meatpacking companies urged a federal court Friday to disregard JBS USA Food and Swift Beef's objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation to deny the companies' bid to toss a discrimination and wage suit against the employers.
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July 10, 2026
An Illinois federal judge ruled Friday that delivery drivers can notify a nationwide group of current and former drivers of their right to join a wage suit against a freight company, finding the drivers raised sufficient evidence that other workers were subjected to what the suit alleged was the same misclassification scheme.
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July 10, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Ninth Circuit panel to reject a Las Vegas home nursing executive's appeal of its first-ever criminal wage-fixing conviction, defending its trial characterization of a leniency deal with a cooperating company and the inclusion of the executive's statement likening nurses to prostitutes.
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July 10, 2026
Diane Seltzer won last year's race to lead the District of Columbia Bar in an election with unprecedented member participation. Now that she's starting her term as president of the organization, Seltzer wants to motivate attorneys to stay involved.
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July 10, 2026
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney pushed back on the firm's bid to stay her gender discrimination suit against it while the attorney's appeal of the scope of the damages in the suit plays out.
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July 10, 2026
A sushi restaurant and others urged a New Jersey federal court Thursday to dismiss seven claims accusing them of shifting assets to frustrate a server's wage suit, saying the allegations rely on family ties, timing and an unidentified buyer.
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July 10, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for a hearing on a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a proposed wage and hour class action against Alaska Airlines. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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July 10, 2026
This week, a New York federal judge will consider whether to certify for appeal a May decision that allowed home care workers to proceed with a proposed class and collective action against a company, in part seeking liquidated damages for late pay. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in the state next week.
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July 09, 2026
Southwest Airlines Co. regularly underpaid its workers in Washington state and denied them legally mandated meal and rest breaks, according to a former employee's proposed class action against the Texas-based carrier.
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July 09, 2026
A Colorado content creation studio did not pay independent contractors for their work performed for the company, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court.
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July 09, 2026
Adult family homes in Washington cannot use a state minimum wage exemption to deny wage-and-hour protections to caregivers who live where they work, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, holding the carveout unconstitutional as applied to workers in what it deemed a dangerous job.
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July 09, 2026
A Black transgender Ulta employee claimed in a California state lawsuit that she was fired by her boss weeks after she filed a discrimination complaint against her superior, who had previously made disparaging remarks about transgender people and communities of color.
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July 09, 2026
A U.S. Supreme Court look at whether immigrant detainees are owed a minimum wage and a debate over which workers fall under the motor carrier exemption to federal overtime requirements are among the wage and hour cases on attorneys' radar for the rest of the year. Here, Law360 explores cases to watch in the second half of 2026.
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July 09, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor wants to begin surveying Americans about artificial intelligence in order to better understand how the technology is shaping the way they live and work, according to a Thursday notice from the agency seeking feedback on the data collection effort.
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July 08, 2026
Home Depot USA Inc. on Wednesday was accused of failing to pay regular and overtime wages to Connecticut workers required to pass security checkpoints and walk to time clocks inside a warehouse, with a proposed statewide class of current and former hourly employees seeking compensation dating back three years.
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July 08, 2026
UPS did not pay its hourly workers for time spent completing mandatory security screenings before and after their shifts and otherwise did not properly compensate them for all hours worked, employees alleged in a proposed class action in Colorado federal court.
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July 08, 2026
The Kroger Co. shortchanged hourly employees by requiring unpaid security screenings before and after shifts and denying delivery drivers required meal and rest breaks, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court.
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July 08, 2026
Amazon.com Services LLC and a Colorado warehouse worker have reached a tentative settlement in a proposed class action alleging the company improperly excluded holiday incentive pay from overtime calculations, asking a Colorado federal court for more time to finalize the agreement.