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Mastercard agrees to pay $26M to settle discrimination lawsuit
The card network entered into the agreement to settle a proposed class action that alleged it discriminated against Black, Hispanic and female employees by underpaying them.
By Lynne Marek • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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Leading meat processor will pay $4M to counter illegal child labor practices
A DOL official praised the remedial steps JBS proposed as “creative and forward-thinking.”
By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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TrendlineInside the rapidly changing world of compliance
The HR landscape is ever-shifting, leaving compliance professionals to meet today’s requirements while keeping an eye on the future.
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Court finds seafood company not on the hook for overtime in COVID lockdown case
The case highlights the complexities involved with determining compensability under the Fair Labor Standards Act, particularly when workers are kept on campus.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Attorneys: DOL is increasingly adding wage-and-hour inquiries to FMLA investigations
Items included requests for gross earnings data and information on break time and paid leave policies, among others, according to a list shared by Littler Mendelson’s Jeff Nowak.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Defense Department’s sound interview process saves it from sex bias claim, 7th Circuit says
In its interview process for a new benefits and workers’ compensation team’s supervisor position, the agency “chose the intangibles, and we will not second-guess its decision,” the judges said.
By Laurel Kalser • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Hyatt to pay $2.25M to settle ‘Housekeepers’ Bill of Rights’ lawsuit
The suit, filed by workers at Hyatt Regency Long Beach, was the first of its kind under one of several city-level regulations intended to improve working conditions for hotel housekeepers.
By Noelle Mateer • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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DOL’s independent contractor rule evades trucking company’s injunction bid
A federal judge held that the agency acted within its statutory authority in issuing the rule, delivering a regulatory victory to the Biden administration in its final weeks.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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Work permits help prevent child labor violations, think tank finds
Opponents of youth work permit requirements have generally characterized the process as onerous and unnecessary.
By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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This week in 5 numbers: Workers see minimal annual leave as a red flag
Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including stats on which artificial intelligence skills are growing in demand and which are not.
By Ginger Christ • Jan. 9, 2025 -
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‘Reverse’ discrimination claims may pose a class-action threat
DEI programs drew a “flood of claims” in 2024, Duane Morris LLP found.
By Ginger Christ • Jan. 9, 2025 -
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2 building services companies agree to end no-hire covenants
One of the deals isn’t backed by the FTC’s incoming chair, however.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 8, 2025 -
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United Airlines will pay $99K to settle claim it failed to investigate manager’s use of a slur
The airline never investigated the harassment towards a worker of Mongolian descent, according to the EEOC’s September complaint.
By Emilie Shumway • Jan. 7, 2025 -
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2nd Circuit partially upholds challenge of New York’s abortion anti-discrimination law
The court appeared to outline how employers may show that the state’s law burdens their freedom of expressive association.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 6, 2025 -
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Publix allegedly fired a pregnant employee to avoid giving her leave for childbirth
A former employee in Florida sued the supermarket chain for allegedly violating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, along with several other laws.
By Laurel Kalser • Jan. 6, 2025 -
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Dartmouth basketball players withdraw labor union bid
The decision may be connected to the incoming Trump administration, which is unlikely to back the athletes’ union petition, one attorney wrote.
By Ryan Golden • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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Southwest faces $100M lawsuit for allegedly ignoring weekly pay rules
New York labor law mandates that manual workers be paid once a week, not bimonthly.
By Caroline Colvin • Jan. 2, 2025 -
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Opinion7 tips for effective, internal workplace investigations
Well-executed investigations can protect the entity involved as well as the individuals affected by its results, writes Joycelyn Stevenson, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson.
By Joycelyn Stevenson • Jan. 2, 2025 -
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Wearables at work can break the law if employers aren’t careful, EEOC warns
A newly released fact sheet by the commission explains how employers may approach and use wearable technology, like smart watches, in the workplace.
By Kathryn Moody • Dec. 20, 2024 -
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Final rule to overhaul H-1B visa eligibility requirements takes effect Jan. 17
Employers should be prepared for potential disruption caused by the rule, attorneys for law firm Fragomen wrote this week.
By Ryan Golden • Updated Jan. 2, 2025 -
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DOL: Managers cannot take pooled tips — even if they also perform tipped work
However, managers may keep tips based on services that they directly and solely provide, U.S. Department of Labor Administrator Jessica Looman wrote in an opinion letter.
By Emilie Shumway • Dec. 19, 2024 -
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SCOTUS sends NLRB ‘successor bar’ rule case back for post-Chevron analysis
The high court said an appeals court would need to consider what effect the reversal of federal agency deference standards had on a Puerto Rico hospital’s labor dispute.
By Ryan Golden • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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Biden names Gwynne Wilcox NLRB chair
President-elect Donald Trump likely will designate his own chair of the board when he takes office in January.
By Ginger Christ • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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Trump says he intends to fire federal workers who don’t return to the office
The statement sets up the potential for a legal battle involving the administration, federal workers’ unions and workers with disabilities.
By Emilie Shumway • Dec. 17, 2024 -
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3 in 4 employers aren’t prepared for pay transparency laws
By the end of 2026, at least 14 U.S. states, four Canadian provinces and all European Union countries will have pay transparency laws in place.
By Ginger Christ • Dec. 17, 2024 -
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DOL withdraws tip credit rule
The news comes months after the 5th Circuit vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s effort to institute an “80/20” framework for dual-job workers.
By Ryan Golden • Updated Dec. 16, 2024
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