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August 13, 2026
Private prison operator GEO Group Inc. has filed a notice of appeal seeking Tenth Circuit review of a Colorado federal judge's failure to rule on its qualified immunity bid in a forced-labor suit by detainees, arguing further delay would effectively deprive it of that protection.
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August 13, 2026
Former John Deere workers urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to preserve proposed class claims alleging the company manipulated performance ratings to reduce severance payouts, arguing its severance program is governed by federal benefits law and that they plausibly alleged they were entitled to benefits.
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August 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor will pay $225,000 in attorney fees and costs to end a news organization's suit over access to federal contractors' workforce diversity reports, after the Ninth Circuit affirmed an order requiring the data's disclosure, according to a California federal court filing.
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August 13, 2026
Two former Walgreens corporate employees sued the pharmacy chain in Illinois federal court, alleging the company fired them both on the same day while they were on approved family leave, targeting them because of their pregnancies in violation of federal and state anti-discrimination and family leave laws.
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August 12, 2026
A year after the California Supreme Court upheld a state law provision regarding the payment of arbitration fees, employers no longer have to fear that inadvertently late payments will cause wage claims to return to court, but they could have to show that delayed payments were not willful or grossly negligent.
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August 12, 2026
Three former bartenders at a New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars post have sued the organization and its commander in federal court, alleging they were paid below the minimum wage while being subjected to years of sexual harassment, including unwanted touching and coerced sexual contact.
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August 12, 2026
An international automotive supplier fired a lab technician for taking leave to care for her mother and shorted hourly workers for off-the-clock work, according to a proposed collective action filed in Michigan federal court.
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August 12, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor has agreed to rescind its decision to shutter 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide to settle a suit brought by students who challenged the closures in D.C. federal court.
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August 12, 2026
A steakhouse operator urged a New York federal judge to deny workers' bid for sanctions, arguing it complied with an order on who belonged on the class list and corrected disputed hours and contact information.
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August 11, 2026
Ogletree said Monday that fitness company Equinox owes nearly $1.4 million in fees and expenses for the firm's work representing it in an employment matter in Los Angeles, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.
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August 11, 2026
UPS has told a Colorado federal judge that the driver pursuing a proposed class action over paid-sick-leave violations can't win his bid for partial summary judgment because he isn't owed any money for sick leave, according to UPS's response brief to the driver's motion.
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August 11, 2026
A group of former Meta employees who claim they were included in a round of layoffs because an artificial intelligence tool and didn't factor their disability accommodations or protected leave into a productivity analysis cannot qualify for an injunction reinstating them to their jobs, Meta argued in California federal court.
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August 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered more than $113,000 in back wages from a Georgia urgent care operator after an investigation found it failed to pay employees overtime and retaliated against a worker who questioned its pay practices.
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August 11, 2026
New York City urged the Second Circuit to uphold rulings rejecting requests by DoorDash, Uber and Instacart to temporarily block gig-worker tipping and pay laws, arguing DoorDash and Uber are dressing up a policy dispute as a First Amendment claim and Instacart still cannot justify emergency relief.
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August 11, 2026
CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle a suit from three workers who claimed they were illegally suspended or fired after they were falsely accused of misusing medical leave to take holidays off, according to a filing Tuesday in Maryland federal court.
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August 11, 2026
An employment lawyer with OpenAI has rejoined Munger Tolles & Olson as of counsel in its Los Angeles office after a year with the tech company.
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August 11, 2026
A pizza delivery driver who alleged his employer failed to cover his vehicle expenses has won a second chance at his minimum wage claims after the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the district court made a fundamental error by deciding a merits question under the guise of a standing analysis.
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August 11, 2026
A legal doctrine that is meant to protect religious organizations' faith-based decision-making from courts does not exempt such organizations from wage and hour laws, the California attorney general and the state labor commissioner's office argued in separate briefs to the California Supreme Court.
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August 11, 2026
Nurses who accused a major health insurer of misclassifying them as exempt from overtime pay have asked a Virginia federal court for final approval of a $14.75 million global settlement resolving five related cases after years of hard-fought litigation.
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August 11, 2026
Vassar College has struck a $5 million deal to end a suit by a group of female professors who alleged that the institution systematically underpaid and under-promoted women, despite them performing as well as or better than their male peers, according to a New York federal court filing.
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August 10, 2026
Companies that want to increase in-person attendance for their employees must navigate a legal landscape different from the one that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic normalized remote work, experts say. Here are four things that businesses that want to promote in-person or hybrid work need to consider.
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August 10, 2026
Employers should have clear timekeeping policies but avoid jumping to conclusions when employees work side jobs, especially as states add moonlighting protections and workers sue under those laws, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores what employers should keep in mind.
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August 10, 2026
More than 26,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. workers have beaten back the company's bid for an early win in their Washington state court moonlighting class action, though a judge also denied the workers' own push for a pretrial victory.
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August 10, 2026
An insurer must defend and indemnify a plumbers' union-backed education fund accused of retaliating against a member who claimed he was wrongfully terminated after submitting a request for paternity leave, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding that an exclusion barring coverage for activities of the union does not apply.
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August 10, 2026
BNSF Railway violated the terms of its collective bargaining agreements with a Teamsters unit by unilaterally changing the way it calculated weekend travel allowances for employees, the union alleged in a complaint filed in Illinois federal court.