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Unions Can't Sue Over Canceled Columbia Funds, Judge Says

A New York federal judge on Monday dismissed two unions' challenge to the Trump administration's decision ending $400 million in funding to Columbia University, saying the unions cannot sue over funding that was never theirs.

X Workers Say Musk Personally Liable In Severance Spat

Elon Musk should be held personally liable for workers' unpaid severance benefits claims, the former X Corp. employees told a Delaware federal court, saying he retained so much control over the social media company that the company alone cannot be at fault.

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High Court Won't Revisit Landmark Religious Freedom Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated and remanded a case from a Roman Catholic diocese in New York on Monday, bypassing for now the chance to overturn a landmark ruling that restricts First Amendment religious freedom challenges.

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5 Insurance Claims That Could Emerge After NCAA Settlement

Sarah Abrams

Following the recent NCAA class action settlement that will allow revenue sharing with college athletes, there may... (more story)

8th Circ. Ruling Highlights Complicated Remote Work Analysis

James Looby and Michael Considine

The Eighth Circuit’s recent opinion in Kuklenski v. Medtronic USA demonstrates that the applicability of employmen... (more story)

Philly Law Initiates New Era Of Worker Protections

Eric Kim and Sydney Baxter

A new worker protection law in Philadelphia includes, among other measures, a private right of action and recordke... (more story)

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NLRB's SF Office Accuses Amazon Of Illegal Threats, Firings

Amazon violated federal labor law at a San Francisco warehouse in response to organizing with the Teamsters, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors alleged, claiming the e-commerce giant upped management's... (more story)

General Motors Says Precedent 'Eviscerates' EEOC Bias Suit

General Motors urged an Indiana federal judge Tuesday to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it discriminated against older workers by reducing disability benefits if they also re... (more story)

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WaPo Cleared Of Illegal Firing Claim Over Reporter's Tweets

The Washington Post lawfully fired a reporter who spoke up about a co-worker's retweet that she found sexist, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Monday, finding the journalist's remarks on social med... (more story)

9th Circ. Backs Class Cert. In Suit Over Diabetes Drug Risk

The Ninth Circuit refused to disband a class of third-party payors who claim Takeda Pharmaceutical and Eli Lilly & Co. hid their anti-diabetes drug's bladder cancer risks, finding no issue with a lower court's... (more story)

Teamsters Local Defends Handling Of Bakery Driver's Firing

A Teamsters local has urged an Ohio federal judge to toss a lawsuit filed by a former driver for a Midwest regional bakery, saying the worker can't back up his claim that the union failed to fight hard enough ... (more story)

5th Circ. Must Nix NLRB's Rerun Vote Order, Starbucks Says

Federal labor law is not a "get-out-of-jail-free card" for union activists who violate an employer's policies, Starbucks argued to the Fifth Circuit, saying the National Labor Relations Board lacked evidence o... (more story)

Petroleum Co. Owes $21M In Withdrawal Liability, Fund Says

Petroleum company Sieveking Inc. was hit Monday with a $21 million withdrawal liability suit in Illinois federal court by a pension fund that says the company should be paying off its balance while it asks an ... (more story)

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HHS Says Trump Orders Merit Ending Trans Health Rule Case

The federal government urged a Mississippi federal court to end a lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that protected gender-affirming care under the Affordable Care Act, arguing the Republican attorneys gener... (more story)

NFL Coach's Lawyer Faces Scrutiny Over NY Practice Claims

A federal judge on Tuesday chastised a lawyer defending a former NFL coach in his discrimination suit against the league, ordering him to show why he claimed he could practice in the Southern District of New Y... (more story)

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EEOC Says Survey Sent In Walmart ADA Suit Is Privileged

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shouldn't have to turn over communications with potential class members and third parties in its suit alleging Walmart used a training test to disqualify worker... (more story)

Packaging Co. Ex-Worker's Genetic Privacy Suit Dropped

A former employee claiming a food packaging company unlawfully asked her and other prospective workers about their family medical history have agreed to drop a lawsuit alleging her ex-employer violated Illinoi... (more story)

UMB Says It Granted Ex-VP's Request For More Cancer Leave

UMB Financial Corp. said an ex-executive's suit claiming she was illegally denied leave to recover from chemotherapy treatments can't stay in Colorado federal court, telling a judge her request to extend her m... (more story)

Ex-Stone Hilton Employee Adds Sexual Harassment Claim

A onetime executive assistant has expanded a federal lawsuit against her ex-employer Stone Hilton PLLC — founded by former top prosecutors in the Texas attorney general's office — to include a sexual harassmen... (more story)

Fuel Co. Says Fired CEO's 'Incompetence' Dooms Bias Suit

A Michigan-based petroleum distributor urged a federal judge to toss its ex-CEO's suit claiming she was fired from the family-run business out of gender and disability bias, arguing that her claims fall flat a... (more story)

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Health Insurance Co. Owes Workers OT Wages, Suit Claims

Humana Inc. and Humana Government Business Inc. were hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court on Tuesday over allegations they failed to pay registered nurse case managers proper overtime wages.

Northwestern Can't Evade Volunteer Coach's Wage Suit

Northwestern University cannot show that a volunteer baseball coach wasn't technically an employee eligible for wages, an Illinois federal judge ruled, saying the worker was performing the duties of three full... (more story)

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GOP Lawmaker Praises DOL IG's Law Firm Agreements Audit

The chair of the Republican-led U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Tuesday praised a U.S. Department of Labor watchdog for investigating the agency over allegations it shared confidential i... (more story)

Healthcare Worker's Wage Collective 'Amorphous,' HCA Says

A respiratory therapist's proposed collective is far too expansive and "amorphous" and is based on scant evidence that HCA Healthcare Inc. illegally manipulated workers' time sheets, the company told a North C... (more story)

Nationwide Mutual Unit Didn't Pay For Time Spent Booting Up

Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance failed to pay remote workers for the time they spent booting up and logging into their computers before their scheduled shifts, a proposed class action in California state court claims.

Waldorf Astoria Resort Can't Trim Spa Workers' Wage Suit

Spa workers accusing a Waldorf Astoria resort of misclassifying them as independent contractors adequately supported their claims for unpaid wages, unjust enrichment and retaliation, a Hawaii federal judge rul... (more story)

PepsiCo Makes Workers Undercount Hours, PAGA Suit Says

PepsiCo instructs hourly paid employees to only document their scheduled hours and not the time they actually spend working, causing workers to lose out on overtime wages and not receive pay for skipped meal b... (more story)