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Proposed State AI Rule Ban Could Alter Employer Compliance

A proposal in the congressional budget bill that would ban state and local enforcement of laws and regulations gov... (more story)

What Employers Can Learn From 'Your Friends & Neighbors'

The new drama series "Your Friends and Neighbors," follows a hedge fund firm manager who is terminated after an al... (more story)

Water Cooler Talk: Performance Review Tips From 'Severance'

In the hit series "Severance," the eerie depiction of performance reviews, which drone on for hours and focus on f... (more story)

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Trump Cuts To Federal Library Agency Can Resume, For Now

Employees of the federal agency that provides grants and resources to public libraries cannot immediately get blocked President Donald Trump's executive order dismantling the agency, a Washington, D.C., federa... (more story)

Unions Say Agencies Can't Handle Resignation Offer Dispute

Three federal worker unions urged a Massachusetts federal judge not to toss their challenge to the president's deferred resignation offer, saying the personnel agencies the government wants to send their suit ... (more story)

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Calif. Says Nonprofit Can't Challenge Captive Meeting Âé¶¹´«Ã½

California's labor commissioner asked a federal court Friday to toss a lawsuit challenging the state's law prohibiting so-called captive audience meetings, arguing that the nonprofit that sued to block the law... (more story)

Energy Co. Must Give Wage Info To IBEW, NLRB Judge Says

A nuclear plant operator unlawfully refused to give an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local information about wages for workers the union didn't represent, a National Labor Relations Board jud... (more story)

DOGE Can Access Social Security Data For Now, Justices Say

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency could obtain unlimited access to Social Security Administration data on millions of Americans while a legal dispute over pri... (more story)

Trump Seeks High Court's OK On Education Dept. Job Cuts

The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that the judge's finding that almos... (more story)

Calif. Forecast: 9th Circ. To Hear Labor Preemption Arguments

In the coming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for oral arguments at the Ninth Circuit regarding the extent to which federal labor law preempts employment law claims, in a case involving UPS. Here's a lo... (more story)

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High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop

An "apparent software malfunction" caused the U.S. Supreme Court's order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of othe... (more story)

Christian School Shuts Down Prof's Race, Sex Bias Claims

A Minnesota federal judge dismissed discrimination claims from a Black former professor who said a Christian university failed to act when someone vandalized her car with a racial slur, ruling a carveout in an... (more story)

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Civil Rights Groups Demand Senate Scrutinize EEOC Nominees

Nearly 50 civil and workers' groups are urging the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to hold confirmation hearings for Andrea Lucas and Brittany Panuccio, acting chair and commissioner ... (more story)

Miss. Blues Club Owner Groped Employee, EEOC Says

A co-owner of a Mississippi blues club made sexual comments to and groped an assistant manager, and the bar fired her after she escalated complaints about his behavior, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Co... (more story)

Pa. Pot Shop Can't Dodge Ex-Worker's Disability Bias Suit

A Pennsylvania dispensary must face a former supervisor's lawsuit alleging he was disciplined for complaining that a colleague called him a "cripple" because of a disability affecting his arms, with a federal ... (more story)

9th Circ. Won't Boost Interest Rate For Worker's FMLA Win

The Ninth Circuit declined to upend an order applying the federal rate instead of a higher Washington state rate when calculating prejudgment interest that a federal jury awarded to a worker in his lawsuit acc... (more story)

Teachers Want $218K In Costs After Pay Bias Trial Win

Counsel representing two female teachers should receive nearly $218,000 in costs following a jury trial in which the workers were awarded $165,000 over claims that a Pennsylvania school district paid them less... (more story)

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Mich. Farm Labor Contractor Trafficked Workers, Jury Finds

A Michigan federal jury on Friday ruled that a migrant farmworker contractor engaged in forced labor, finding in favor of five farmworkers who said they were coerced into working long hours without pay.

Mich. Judge OKs $200K Deal In Pot Co. Tip-Theft Action

A Michigan federal judge on Friday granted initial approval of a $205,000 settlement to end a collective action alleging the owner of a chain of Michigan dispensaries withheld portions of tips meant to go to retail workers.

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Truck Drivers Urge 9th Circ. To Reverse OT Exemption Ruling

Truck drivers said a California federal court focused on the wrong shipper when it ruled that they were overtime-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, urging the Ninth Circuit to flip the decision grantin... (more story)

NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Hears SUNY Dean's Retaliation Suit

This week, the Second Circuit will consider an attempt from a former dean at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University to revive his suit claiming he was demoted in retaliation for advocating... (more story)

Southwest Workers Seek Collective Status In Late-Pay Suit

Baggage and cargo handlers claiming Southwest Airlines paid them late told a New York federal court that they advanced enough evidence to show that the airline paid them all on the same schedule, urging the co... (more story)

BuzzFeed Settles NYC Investigation Of Freelance Worker Pay

Digital media company BuzzFeed will pay more than $45,000 to put an end to an investigation into its failure to timely pay freelance workers, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection said.

Poultry Workers Get Final OK On $398M Wage-Fixing Deals

A Maryland federal judge granted final approval Thursday to settlements worth nearly $400 million for poultry processing workers who claimed that the nation's biggest chicken producers conspired to suppress their wages.