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August 24, 2026
A Wisconsin grocery chain and a group of department managers have asked a federal court to preliminarily approve a $7.5 million settlement resolving claims that the workers were misclassified as overtime-exempt, a deal expected to cover roughly 1,000 current and former employees.
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August 21, 2026
Plant-based protein food producer Myrtle Greens says it shouldn't be on the hook in a hiring discrimination lawsuit filed by a man who was turned away from a delivery job due to a positive drug test, arguing that all hiring is done by a third-party contractor that allegedly agreed to indemnify the food-maker.
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August 21, 2026
A New York federal judge kept alive DoorDash and Uber's compelled-speech challenge to New York City laws requiring delivery platforms to display a tipping prompt at or before checkout that includes an option of at least 10%, but tossed their remaining five claims.
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August 21, 2026
A labor union has sued the Internal Revenue Service over its recent directive suspending its approval of advanced annual or sick leave requests, telling a DC federal court the directive is arbitrary and capricious and the agency's CEO was not lawfully appointed to his position when the directive was issued.
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August 21, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge rejected a proposed $225,000 settlement that would resolve delivery drivers' wage claims against a Papa John's franchisee, finding the deal was a "collusive fiction" that benefited the company and class counsel rather than the drivers, who would likely receive no more than $35,000.
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August 21, 2026
A New Jersey federal court conditionally certified a collective action Friday covering ADP Inc. employees who alleged the payroll giant improperly classified them as exempt from overtime pay, allowing notice to go out to potential opt-in members while the parties negotiate a potential settlement.
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August 21, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit alleging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives forced an employee with a heart condition to accept a demotion rather than let her take unpaid leave, ruling the agency wasn't required to supplement the paid time off she had available.
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August 21, 2026
This week, a New York federal judge will consider Target's bid to dismiss a proposed class action brought by warehouse employees who claim the company must compensate them for the time they spend walking to and from their departments before and after their shifts. Here, Law360 looks at this and other cases on the docket in the Empire State.
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August 21, 2026
Over 1,000 hourly workers at a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center facility have accused the employer of requiring them to badge in only upon reaching their workstations, leaving them uncompensated for time spent walking to and from their posts, according to a suit filed in state court.
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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.