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A Kentucky federal judge granted several farmers and farm associations' bid to block the U.S. Department of Labor's new protections for foreign H-2A farmworkers, saying Monday the agency's extension of labor organizing rights to these workers amounts to a "blatant arrogation of authority."
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday evening that he plans to nominate Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the U.S. Department of Labor.
Employers need to be mindful of an emerging split in the courts on whether the federal ban on arbitrating sexual misconduct claims means wage and hour claims in the same case can also go to court — a new frontier in the constantly evolving arbitration landscape.
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A Kentucky federal judge granted several farmers and farm associations' bid to block the U.S. Department of Labor's new protections for foreign H-2A farmworkers, saying Monday the agency's extension of labor organizing rights to these workers amounts to a "blatant arrogation of authority."
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday evening that he plans to nominate Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the U.S. Department of Labor.
Employers need to be mindful of an emerging split in the courts on whether the federal ban on arbitrating sexual misconduct claims means wage and hour claims in the same case can also go to court — a new frontier in the constantly evolving arbitration landscape.
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November 25, 2024
A Colorado federal judge put the brakes on a settlement that a geologist reached with the oil and gas producer he accused of failing to pay overtime, saying it's not clear if he alerted other workers of the deal or if a $1 million attorney fee request is reasonable.
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November 25, 2024
A California state appeals court refused to reinstate a lawsuit accusing packaged salad company Taylor Farms of unlawfully omitting the hourly pay rate for incentive bonuses from workers' wage statements, saying the company doesn't have to include this information because it showed it doesn't base its calculations on a real hourly rate.
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November 25, 2024
Quarles & Brady LLP has brought on a pair of Buchalter PC employment attorneys as partners in its San Diego office, marking the Milwaukee-based firm's latest expansion in the Golden State since arriving there through a merger nearly two years ago.
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November 25, 2024
Delivery drivers are still falling short of following discovery orders in an almost decade-long suit accusing Amazon of misclassifying them as independent contractors, the e-commerce giant told a Washington federal court, urging it to boot those workers from the case.
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November 25, 2024
Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP asked an Idaho federal judge to dismiss a former paralegal's claims that it retaliated against her for lodging bias complaints and stiffed her on wages.
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November 25, 2024
Shell Oil Co. and Nerr Petroleum Inc. were slapped with a complaint in Georgia federal court by a former cashier alleging he was only paid $1,000, despite working an average of 112 hours per week for nearly 10 months.
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November 25, 2024
Topgolf agreed to pay about $13,000 to settle a former food service worker's suit in Alabama federal court claiming it failed to pay her the full minimum wage for non-tip-generating work.
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November 25, 2024
A smart home technology company reached a $1.5 million deal to resolve allegations from a collective of current and former employees who accused the company of wrongfully classifying them as overtime-exempt, costing them overtime pay, according to a filing in Georgia federal court.
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November 22, 2024
Immigrant detainees have asked a Colorado federal judge to allow them to show jurors the inside of a detention facility near Denver run by private prison company Geo Group, arguing that a tour is the best way for jurors to understand key issues in a human trafficking class action involving $1-a-day wages.
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November 22, 2024
A former Staples employee's wage and hour suit is duplicative of other matters filed earlier and includes "boilerplate" language, the office supply chain told a California federal court, urging it to toss the proposed class action.
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November 22, 2024
A Florida federal judge signed off Friday on a settlement resolving a former medical staff coordinator's lawsuit against a healthcare company accusing it of failing to pay her at a time-and-a-half rate for her overtime hours.
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November 22, 2024
In the next two weeks, attorneys should keep an eye out for the potential pause on discovery in a U.S. citizen discrimination proposed class action against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
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November 22, 2024
A restaurant in New York City's Central Park told a New York federal court that a former waiter has already settled his tip credit violation claims in state court, arguing that his suit in federal court for the same violations cannot stand.
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November 22, 2024
A Georgia federal judge warned that he was "concerned by the lack of progress on the limited discovery" he reopened last month at the request of a Walmart warehouse manager suing the company for unpaid overtime hours.
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November 22, 2024
An automotive technology company reached a settlement in North Carolina federal court with two former employees who claimed it committed lunch break and overtime violations, agreeing to end a case that lost class and collective status last year.
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November 22, 2024
Three organizations threw their support behind the U.S. Department of Labor's new protections for foreign H-2A farmworkers, telling a Georgia federal court that conservative-led states' efforts to obliterate the entire rule must fail because several unchallenged provisions are key to ensuring workers aren't exploited.
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November 22, 2024
An auto emissions control manufacturer in Michigan must hand over nearly $102,000 in back wages and damages for stiffing 260 workers on overtime pay, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday.
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November 22, 2024
This week, the Second Circuit will consider arguments to revive a race discrimination and retaliation suit brought by a former doctor at a New York clinic who claims he was discriminated against and ultimately fired because of his race.
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November 21, 2024
California voters' rejection of a ballot measure that would have set a new bar for statewide minimum wages might indicate reluctance to raise wages there further when many localities and some industries already have higher floors, Golden State attorneys said.
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November 21, 2024
A California federal judge denied class certification to ex-Twitter employees accusing the social media company now owned by Elon Musk and renamed X Corp. of stalling their employment disputes, saying some putative class members are already seeking arbitration outside the Golden State or trying to pursue their claims in court.
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November 21, 2024
An arbitrator disregarded evidence and the Family and Medical Leave Act when she ordered Unilever to reinstate a worker the company had fired for allegedly falsifying company records, the company told a Missouri federal court, urging it to nix the award.
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November 21, 2024
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday signed off on a $1.1 million settlement that resolves a class action brought by truck drivers accusing two transportation companies of misclassifying them as independent contractors in order to dodge footing the bill for workers' business expenses.
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November 21, 2024
A Nevada federal court has refused to dismiss fraud charges against a home healthcare staffing executive accused of fixing nurses' wages and hiding a probe of the scheme when selling the business, and also refused to exclude statements the executive made during an FBI interview.
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November 21, 2024
A New York health insurer failed to pay customer service representatives for the time needed to get their workstations ready, leading to unpaid overtime and missed lunch breaks, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in federal court Friday.
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November 21, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a Texas federal court to throw out a challenge to its rule regulating whether workers are independent contractors or employees, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to kill Chevron deference has no bearing on this dispute.