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August 21, 2026
In the week ahead, attorneys should watch for Ninth Circuit arguments in a challenge by unions and other groups to the federal government's mass layoffs of probationary employees. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters on deck in California.
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August 21, 2026
A Mississippi federal judge has dismissed a proposed class and collective action accusing a county of failing to pay detention center workers after county supervisors temporarily defunded the facility, following notice that the case had settled or was in the process of settling.
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August 20, 2026
An ex-Facebook executive who wrote a whistleblower memoir urged a California federal judge Thursday to toss a preliminary arbitration decision blocking her from promoting the book or disparaging Meta, while the company countered that she agreed to resolve such disputes by arbitration when she accepted a $780,000 payout.
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August 20, 2026
Costco is urging a Washington state judge to reconsider her order denying its bid for a pretrial win over claims that it illegally bars workers from taking on additional employment, arguing that its employee agreements are sufficiently narrow and that plaintiffs' claims are "simply speculation and attorney argument."
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August 20, 2026
Sephora is facing a proposed class action from a former employee who claims the beauty retailer deprived Washington state workers of legally required meal and rest periods and failed to compensate them for missed breaks.
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August 20, 2026
A remote healthcare call center worker urged the Sixth Circuit to reverse her former employers' partial win in her suit seeking pay for computer boot-up and shutdown time, arguing the companies are wrong to characterize those tasks as noncompensable preliminary activities because they were integral steps in preparing to handle calls.
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August 20, 2026
A chain of Houston-area smokeshops and their owners allegedly misclassified their employees as independent contractors to avoid paying overtime, according to a worker-led lawsuit filed in Texas federal court seeking unpaid wages for similar employees.
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August 20, 2026
A Louisiana federal judge has slashed the damages awarded to two former in-house attorneys who won a retaliation verdict against their university employer over gender pay equity complaints, cutting each award from $750,000 to $280,000 while rejecting bids for a new trial or outright dismissal.
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August 20, 2026
A Virginia federal court granted final approval Thursday to a $14.75 million global settlement resolving five related suits against Elevance Health by nurses who accused the insurer of misclassifying them as exempt from overtime pay.
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August 20, 2026
Cannabis dispensary company Curaleaf Holdings urged an Illinois federal court Tuesday not to allow workers to proceed as a class and collective with their tipped wages claims, saying its tip practices didn't stem from a common corporate policy but rather a patchwork of "legacy practices inherited through serial acquisitions, varying by state, store, manager, and time."
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August 20, 2026
A Washington federal judge has narrowed a carpenter apprentice's amended complaint alleging that a Seattle construction company shorted employees on wages for off-the-clock work, ruling that the claims involving missed rest and meal breaks were preempted by federal law.
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August 20, 2026
A Colorado security guard has sued his employer in federal court, alleging the company denies him and hundreds of other guards pay for preshift work, interrupts meal and rest breaks and contacts workers off the clock.
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August 20, 2026
The State of New York urged a federal judge to toss construction industry groups' challenge to a new prevailing wage requirement for off-site custom fabrication, arguing the law constitutionally applies to work performed beyond state lines and does not impose the sweeping harms employers allege.
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August 20, 2026
A California federal judge refused to certify a class of SkyWest flight attendants who accused the airline of inaccurately reporting work hours based on a standard 15-minute post-flight duty period, finding that deciding liability would require individualized inquiries.
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August 20, 2026
Water utility workers who alleged that their employer shortchanged them on prevailing wages won a second chance at their claims after the First Circuit sent the case back to a lower court, finding that a Massachusetts' high court decision knocked out both grounds the lower court had relied on.
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August 20, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday unveiled the final version of a rule rescinding decades-old regulations that imposed nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements on federal contractors, erasing the remnants of a 1960s executive order that President Donald Trump nixed.
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August 19, 2026
Document hosting service Scribd Inc. will pay $3 million to resolve a class action accusing the tech company of violating Washington state law by failing to include pay information on job postings, according to a settlement agreement given preliminary approval by a King County Superior Court judge.
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August 19, 2026
California’s proposed rule addressing the state’s Private Attorneys General Act, New Jersey’s recent codification of an independent contractor test and Virginia’s upcoming sick leave law make those three states places to watch for recent wage and hour activity. Here, Law360 explores those three states that are seeing activity.
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August 19, 2026
A bill to require companies to disclose when and how artificial intelligence plays a significant role in large layoffs took a step toward becoming law in California, as did a measure that would bring menopause and related conditions under Golden State anti-discrimination law's definition of "sex." Here, Law360 looks at four notable state-level legislative developments so far in August.
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August 19, 2026
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld class certification for psychiatric hospital staff who say they were effectively on call during unpaid meal breaks, rejecting the hospital's bid to unwind the class while dismissing its challenge to certification of a federal wage and hour collective for lack of jurisdiction.
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August 19, 2026
A former Rutgers University resident assistant sued the school in New Jersey federal court Wednesday, alleging the university treats dormitory supervisors as free labor, compensating them primarily with housing and meal benefits while failing to pay minimum wages or overtime for hours worked.
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August 19, 2026
Three Burlington Coat Factory current and former employees hit the off-price retailer with proposed nationwide collective and class claims alleging workers were routinely required to perform unpaid work on purported meal breaks.
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August 19, 2026
A California federal court has refused to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Deloitte Consulting LLP of penalizing employees through a performance evaluation system that shortchanges the compensation of workers who take parental or pregnancy leave.
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August 19, 2026
A prison phone service provider told a New York federal judge that three field service technicians who installed and maintained telecommunications systems in hospitals and prisons did not agree to a "public works" contract and aren't guaranteed higher pay under state labor laws.
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August 19, 2026
Attorneys for workers and Mike Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign urged a New York federal judge to let notice of a proposed $6 million overtime settlement move forward, saying another attorney's challenge rests on "significant factual inaccuracies."