A judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has granted Amazon.com, Inc.’s motion to stay a lawsuit alleging that the company wrongfully withheld tips from contract delivery drivers.
The court determined that a decision in
A Georgia federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of Tift Regional Medical Center in a suit involving claims of racial discrimination and retaliation in firing a former employee. Brian Edwards alleged that Tift had fired him after complaining about
N3 LLC, a subsidiary of Accenture LLP, has reached a settlement with a group of inside sales employees to resolve allegations that it unlawfully withheld overtime pay from them. The parties reported to the U.S. District Court for the Northern
The U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. National Women’s National Team Players Association failed to meet a March 31 deadline to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The parties need to reach a new agreement that equalizes pay between female
A Hong-Kong based company has filed a motion to dismiss an employment discrimination lawsuit based on unequal pay. Turkish employees allege that Imperial Pacific Casino paid them less than their Taiwanese counterparts under company policies.
In Genc et al. v.
A federal judge has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction by the Roosevelt Hotel, which sought to avoid paying its laid-off workers while challenging a law requiring them to do so. The ruling came in the case of RHC
Landmark verdicts and settlements already have occurred in widespread opioid litigation against big pharmaceutical companies. That trend continues as those companies brace for yet another massive wave of trials in upcoming weeks. Calendars from March to May in some of
The Coca-Cola Co. has confirmed that it will not move forward with a controversial diversity initiative that would have required its outside counsel to apportion some work to Black attorneys and attorneys from other underrepresented groups.
Bradley Gaston, former general
President Biden recently revealed his $5.8 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal year, which includes $14.6 in discretionary spending for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and mandatory funding. Much of this spending is devoted toward developing new policies to
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has reversed a pair of major rulings by a California federal district court. Those rulings would have required UnitedHealth Group Inc. to reprocess thousands of mental health and