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Columbia Can't Escape Muslim Prof's Religious Bias Claims

A New York federal judge narrowed a suit Thursday from a Muslim professor who said she was blocked from tenure-track positions at Columbia University's graduate school of education, axing age bias allegations while letting her religious discrimination and retaliation claims advance.

DC Circ. Skeptical Of NLRB In Impasse Threat Case

The D.C. Circuit appeared skeptical Thursday of a National Labor Relations Board decision finding a quarry violated federal labor law by threatening to withdraw from a pension plan without reaching an impasse in bargaining, with one judge suggesting the union and company had clearly deadlocked on the issue.

Amazon Can't Dodge Fired Worker's Disability Bias Suit

Amazon can't escape a proposed class action brought by a former worker with cerebral palsy alleging the company reneged on promises to support disabled employees, a California federal judge ruled, stating he showed the company may have mishandled his requests for an assignment adjustment.

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Justices Mull Sex-Based Classification In Trans Law Case

Alexandra Crandall

After the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in U.S. v. Skrmetti this week, it appears that the fate of the Te... (more story)

Every Dog Has Its Sick Day: Inside NYC's Pet Leave Bill

Keith Markel, Jeffrey Englander and Cassandra Branch

In what would be a first-of-its-kind law for a major metropolitan area, a recent proposal would amend New York Cit... (more story)

7th Circ. Travel Time Ruling Has Far-Reaching Implications

Anthony Sbardellati

In a case of first impression, the Seventh Circuit’s recent holding in Walters v. Professional Labor Group will ha... (more story)

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Scabby Must Be Permitted At Ohio Airport, Union Tells Judge

An Ohio airport authority should be ordered to allow Scabby the Rat to protest a benefits agreement dispute near a future groundbreaking ceremony, a union argued to a federal judge Thursday, saying a bar on di... (more story)

Colo. Sheriff Says County Worker Rights Law Can't Touch Him

A Colorado sheriff is suing the state to challenge application of a collective bargaining law to him, arguing in a complaint filed Wednesday in Denver District Court that applying the law to sheriffs interfere... (more story)

Sony Illegally Interfered With Leafleting In Calif., CWA Says

A Sony subsidiary violated federal labor law by attempting to restrict leafleting activity at a video game studio in Los Angeles, the Communications Workers of America alleged in an unfair labor practice charg... (more story)

NLRB Official Greenlights New Union Vote At Ambulance Co.

Workers at a Michigan ambulance services company may vote on whether they want a new union representing them, a National Labor Relations Board official concluded, finding the company's existing contract with a... (more story)

Post-Gazette Opposes Paying Strikers' Healthcare Costs

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette should not have to cover its striking workers' healthcare costs as punishment for alleged bad-faith bargaining, the newspaper argued to a Pennsylvania federal judge, saying it alrea... (more story)

Starbucks, Union Seek OK Of Settlement Over Store Closings

Starbucks and Workers United asked a National Labor Relations Board judge to approve their settlement to allegations that the company closed nearly two dozen stores to stifle union organizing, urging the judge... (more story)

Teamsters Say Costco 'Blatantly' Violated Labor Law

Costco illegally banished Teamsters representatives from stores and changed bulletin board locks, the union alleged Wednesday, saying it filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Bo... (more story)

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Kraft Heinz, Ex-Worker Settle 'Miami Vice' Costume Firing Suit

The Kraft Heinz Co. has settled a free speech lawsuit by a terminated white manager and school board candidate accused of jeopardizing the company's reputation by wearing blackface before his employment during... (more story)

San Antonio Beats Former Police Officer's Bias Suit

San Antonio defeated a former police officer's lawsuit claiming she was fired because she is an Armenian and Lebanese woman in her 40s, with a Texas federal judge finding it was an off-duty altercation with co... (more story)

A deaf package handler who alleged that UPS failed to provide interpreters for important meetings has reached an agreement with the delivery company to resolve his ADA claims. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, FIle)
UPS Settles Deaf Worker's Suit Over Denied Interpreters

UPS has reached a deal with a deaf package handler to shutter his suit filed in Wisconsin federal court claiming the delivery company wouldn't provide interpreters for important meetings and blocked him from s... (more story)

Tesla Can't 'Pretend' Dismissal Was Stay Order, 9th Circ. Says

A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday doubted Tesla's arguments that a California federal court had jurisdictional authority to enforce its arbitration win against an ex-Tesla engineer's defamation claims, with on... (more story)

Black Corrections Worker Says Bias Cost Him 5 Promotions

A Black and Nigerian-born Ohio prison worker in his sixties accused the prison he once worked in of discriminating against him for his race, his national origin and his age Thursday, claiming in a new lawsuit ... (more story)

Jury Backs NYC In Worker's ADA Battle Over Surgery Leave

A federal jury sided with New York City in an administrative hearing officer's lawsuit claiming supervisors messed with her work assignments because she requested time off for kidney-related surgery, finding s... (more story)

Gossip, Not Pregnancy, Got Secretary Fired, Court Told In Ga.

A Georgia county and the chief judge of its juvenile court are asking a Georgia federal court for an early dismissal of a suit alleging they fired a secretary because she became pregnant, arguing she was inste... (more story)

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Judge Recommends Axing Some Claims In X Severance Suit

A Delaware federal judge on Thursday recommended pruning of a 14-count suit filed by six former Twitter employees accusing the company now known as X and Elon Musk of contract breaches and other claims in conn... (more story)

5th Circ. Tip Rule Order Doesn't Apply To Restaurant Pay Suit

A Colorado federal judge on Thursday kept alive a suit by tipped servers accusing a steakhouse chain of underpayment, rejecting the chain's invitation to rely on the Fifth Circuit's decision striking the U.S. ... (more story)

A Georgia law professor lost her bid to unseal a settlement between P.F. Chang’s and 6,000 tipped servers who accused the restaurant chain of cheating them out of wages. (Sipa via AP Images)
Law Professor Can't Unseal PF Chang's Wage Deal Amounts

A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday that a Georgia law professor can't intervene or unseal a settlement restaurant chain P.F. Chang's and more than 6,000 tipped servers struck, saying doing so would hurt the parties.

Yard Co. Workers End Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

Employees of a yard management company who accused their former employer of failing to pay them overtime wages despite requiring them to work more than 50-hour weeks have ended their proposed class and collect... (more story)

Police Commissioners Want Officers' Withheld OT Suit Tossed

Current and former Philadelphia Police Department commissioners and human resources directors urged a Pennsylvania federal court to throw out a proposed class action by ranking officers alleging that the depar... (more story)

11th Circ. Won't Reopen Security Worker's Pay Bias Case

The Eleventh Circuit refused to revive a security officer's lawsuit claiming she was paid less than male colleagues and removed from her post after she complained, saying many co-workers she identified had mor... (more story)

Worker Claims Four Seasons Cheated Employees On Wages

A former Four Seasons employee said the hotel chain cheated Los Angeles employees out of wages, telling a California state court that employees weren't paid for all hours worked.