By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Supervisor's promise that employee's position would be available following employee's maternity leave was sufficient to create property interest supporting a claim for violation of procedural due process rights. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
By Marcia Coyle | June 16, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday reversed its position in a key labor case, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that workplace agreements that ban class actions do not run afoul of federal labor law.
By C. Ryan Barber | June 16, 2017
Watson comes to Wall Street. There might be fewer financial regs to comply with in the coming months. Draft federal legislation would block states from setting driverless car rules. Uber faces more regulatory and labor compliance headaches. An AARP lawyer wants regulators to take a fresh look at mandatory retirement policies at big firms. This is a roundup from ALM and around the web.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 15, 2017
A JPMorgan Chase specialist alleges the company is discriminating against new fathers over paid-leave policy. In the charge, Derek Rotondo is seeking changes to the company's parental leave policy to make it equitable between mothers and fathers, as well as monetary relief for him and other fathers who have lost out on paid leave. He is represented by the ACLU and Outten & Golden.
By Josefa Velasquez | June 14, 2017
"Uber did not employ an arm's-length approach to the claimants as would typify an independent contractor arrangement," a state Department of Labor administrative law judge wrote, finding three Uber drivers, and "similarly situated" others in New York City, are entitled to unemployment benefits.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 14, 2017
Company policies such as mandatory retirement—a common practice adopted in partnership deals at major law and accounting firms—should be scrutinized as a possible violation of age discrimination laws, an AARP in-house lawyer told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 13, 2017
Court Finds Workers Sufficiently Stated Claims For Violations of FLSA, WCL
By Erin Mulvaney | June 12, 2017
An appeals court ruled Monday that a West Virginia coal mining company interfered with a worker's religious beliefs after the evangelical Christian likened the company's biometric hand scanners to clock in and out to the "Mark of the Beast," as described in the Book of Revelation.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 9, 2017
Failure to Eliminate Triable Issues Denies Dismissal of Labor Law §200, Negligence Claims
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 9, 2017
Retirement benefits properly suspended where there was no break in service because employee was immediately hired back as an independent contractor to perform many of the same duties as her old position. Order of the Public School Employees' Retirement Board affirmed.
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