By Ben Hancock | September 6, 2017
The first court trial to test whether "gig economy" workers should be treated as independent contractors or employees got underway Tuesday.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 31, 2017
The destruction wreaked by Hurricane Harvey on Houston and greater southeast Texas will close businesses for an undetermined amount of time and potentially leave out of work tens of thousands of people stuck in shelters or grappling with flooded homes.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 30, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will revisit a pay-equality ruling that federal officials and advocacy groups argued would widen and institutionalize practices that allow women to be paid less than men based on past salaries.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 30, 2017
The Trump administration, rolling back an Obama-era regulation to boost pay-data transparency among companies, garnered praise from businesses that complained the rule would impose onerous new reporting requirements and admonition from civil rights groups that said the effort would help expose compensation discrimination.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 24, 2017
Wells Fargo, represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, mounts an appeal to challenge the wrongful-termination claims of a former branch manager in California who alleged she was fired after blowing the whistle on bankers opening new accounts without proper authorization. OSHA ordered the bank to reinstate the whistleblower, and pay $577,500 in back pay and damages.
By Marcia Coyle | August 23, 2017
Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who exposed in a blog post her claims of a hostile work environment, tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a key workplace challenge that class action waivers in arbitration agreements unfairly allow companies to eliminate legal risks associated with systemic, illegal employment practices.
By Marcia Coyle | August 22, 2017
The biggest workplace challenge in the coming U.S. Supreme Court term will require a delicate dance to divide up argument time in three consolidated cases with six lawyers, including two stars of the high court bar, and a U.S. Justice Department that has changed positions.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 21, 2017
A former National Labor Relations Board compliance official pleaded guilty Monday in Washington to charges he used his position to steal more than $400,000 in back pay that was meant for victimized employees.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 8, 2017
The United Parcel Service Inc. agreed to pay $2 million to resolve a long-running nationwide dispute with former and current employees who claimed the company's inflexible leave policy unfairly positioned disabled workers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 4, 2017
The employment community will continue to await a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision on the fate of a National Labor Relations Board standard for what constitutes a joint employer relationship. A ruling Friday in CNN's dispute with the NLRB touched on the issue but did not come to a conclusion.
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