Expert Analysis

Unprecedented Firings And The EEOC's Shifting Agenda

While President Donald Trump's unprecedented firing of Democratic Equal Employment Opportunity Commission members ... (more story)

What Trump Admin's Anti-DEI Push Means For FCA Claims

President Donald Trump's recent rescission of a 60-year-old executive order imposing nondiscrimination requirement... (more story)

It Starts With Training: Anti-Harassment After 'It Ends With Us'

Actress Blake Lively's recent sexual harassment and retaliation allegations against her "It Ends With Us" co-star,... (more story)

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Trump Aims To End Limits On President's Power To Fire

President Donald Trump has his sights set on taking down a 90-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protects certain government officials from being fired, a U.S. Department of Justice letter confirms, and h... (more story)

Judge Needs Time To Mull Block On DOGE's Agency Audits

A Washington, D.C., federal judge said Friday he plans to rule "promptly" on a request by worker and consumer advocates to stop the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing three federal agencies' da... (more story)

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley's framework calling for major changes in labor law has been welcomed by unions, but opposition from business groups is more likely than not to derail the proposal, experts said. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
Long-Shot Hawley Labor Plan Sign Of GOP Shift On Unions

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has drawn attention for a proposal to overhaul federal labor law that has the backing of the Teamsters and other labor unions, but experts view the plan as a long shot t... (more story)

Judge Rejects NLRB Bid To Reopen Post-Gazette Union Talks

The publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will not be forced to return to bargaining with several unions representing its striking print production employees, after a federal judge ruled that the National L... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: $4M Transpo Co. Wage Deal Up For Final OK

In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for the final approval of a $4 million deal in a wage and hour class action involving transportation company CRST. Here's a look at that case and other labo... (more story)

Construction Groups, DOL Want Pause In DBA Rule Fight

A challenge to the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule updating the math for Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wages needs to be paused while the department's top brass catches up on the litigation, the DOL and the... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Weighs Renewing Firm's Bias Suit

This week the Second Circuit is to consider whether to revive a lawsuit brought by a former senior vice president at a global investment firm claiming it discriminated against him due to his race and religion ... (more story)

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9th Circ. Told DOL Can't Shield Contractor Demographic Data

The Center for Investigative Reporting told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that federal contractors' workforce demographic reports were not protected by a commercial data exemption to the Freedom of Information A... (more story)

Diddy, Jay-Z Rape Lawsuit Dropped Amid Legal Ethics Battle

An anonymous woman on Friday dropped her New York federal court lawsuit accusing Sean "Diddy" Combs and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter of raping a teenager together, claims that launched a bitter ethics feud between per... (more story)

California's Civil Rights Council recently appeared to water down a number of proposed rules governing the use of artificial intelligence tools in the workplace, including reducing potential liability for developers and eliminating a controversial definition of "adverse impact." Experts said the moves reflect regulators' challenge of keeping up with the ever-changing technology.
Calif. Draft AI Rules Show Struggle To 'Keep Up' With Tech

California's civil rights watchdog recently pitched changes to proposed rules that would minimize artificial intelligence bias in the workplace, seemingly watering down enforcement options and demonstrating th... (more story)

SEC Can't Nix Black Female Branch Chief's Race Bias Claim

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must face discrimination and retaliation claims by a Black female supervisor who alleged she was removed from her position after filing workplace complaints, after a... (more story)

UPS Beats Race Bias Suit From Worker Fired Over Memes

A Massachusetts federal judge shut down a biracial UPS worker's bias suit claiming he was fired for sharing memes at work while a white colleague got to keep his job after being faulted for the same behavior, ... (more story)

Insurer Can Proceed With Miami Retaliation Coverage Dispute

A Florida federal court partially rejected on Friday a magistrate judge's dismissal recommendations in a dispute between the city of Miami and an insurer over coverage for underlying lawsuits that allege polit... (more story)

House Dems Question Rationale For OSHA Guidance Purge

Democratic members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce demanded Friday that the U.S. Department of Labor provide details about why certain worker safety documents were removed from the federa... (more story)

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Care Co. Wants Full 3rd Circ. Review Of $7M Travel Pay Row

A Third Circuit panel's decision in a U.S. Department of Labor suit that a home health agency needed to pay $7 million to home health aides for travel time creates a new, unsupported law, the company said, urg... (more story)

Defunct Media Co. Agrees To Resolve WARN Act Class Action

Former digital media startup The Messenger has struck a deal to end a class action alleging it failed to give hundreds of workers enough notice about its impending layoffs and shutdown, the company told a New ... (more story)

A Minnesota law that is scheduled to take effect March 1 specifies a 14-factor test to determine whether an individual qualifies as an independent contractor, and trade groups say the test is ambiguous. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Minn. Trade Groups Want Worker Classification Law Blocked

Construction trade organizations urged a Minnesota federal court Thursday to block a state law from taking effect that would slap steep fines on companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors,... (more story)

Asset Manager Fiera Broke Bonus Promises, Ex-Exec Says

A Massachusetts portfolio manager says Fiera Capital Inc. lured him to the asset management firm with promises he could earn up to $850,000 a year, then sidelined him so he was unable to qualify for bonuses an... (more story)

Wash. Justices Wary Of Pay Transparency Law Stances

Washington's highest court grilled attorneys on both sides of a debate over state pay transparency law on Thursday, with some justices suggesting the employer's stance put too much onus on workers while anothe... (more story)

Judge Extends Restraining Order On USAID Gutting

A D.C. federal judge extended his temporary restraining order barring USAID from placing thousands of employees on administrative leave for another week on Thursday, saying he needed more time to rule on the p... (more story)

Distributor's Individual Misclassification Claims Stay In Court

The work that a Flowers Foods distributor performed was part of an uninterrupted stream of interstate commerce, an Oregon federal judge said, keeping in court the worker's individual claims that he was misclas... (more story)