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July 14, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday that it will convene in a week to consider its plan to scuttle its decades-old requirements mandating that certain employers report their workplace demographics.
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July 14, 2026
An auto parts maker and factory workers filed competing bids for early wins in parallel federal wage suits, with the workers alleging willful pay-shaving practices and the manufacturer arguing that the disputed minutes were too trivial to compensate, according to filings in North Carolina federal court.
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July 14, 2026
A North Carolina city asked a federal court to dismantle a collective action brought by police officers alleging they were not properly compensated for preshift and postshift work, arguing the officers' claims are too individualized to proceed as a group.
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July 13, 2026
A chain of marijuana dispensaries operating under the Catalyst brand has agreed to pay $300,000 in order to end claims it denied overtime pay, meal breaks and cellphone reimbursements to thousands of workers, with a Los Angeles County court giving its blessing to the settlement Friday.
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July 13, 2026
A staffing company accused of failing to provide laborers with required employment notices and assignment-related disclosures in violation of Illinois law said it is entitled to a defense under its commercial lines policies, telling a federal court that its insurer wrongfully refused coverage for the proposed class action.
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July 13, 2026
An Illinois custom sign fabricator violated federal labor law by firing an employee over wage discussions with co-workers, a National Labor Relations Board judge held, finding the company would not have terminated him absent that protected activity.
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July 13, 2026
A Los Angeles judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday by an artificial intelligence researcher who alleged the company ignored numerous laws in a frantic attempt to catch up to its artificial intelligence rivals after the parties reached an out-of-court settlement.
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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.