A state appeals panel has cleared the way for a class action to proceed against Paterson, ruling that firefighters who claim the city violated state wage law by failing to pay overtime after 40 hours per week can sue...
A state appeals panel has cleared the way for a class action to proceed against Paterson, ruling that firefighters who claim the city violated state wage law by failing to pay overtime after 40 hours per week can sue collectively. The New Jersey Appellate D...
A Texas federal judge dismissed a truck driver's race discrimination and retaliation claims, ruling he failed to provide evidence that white coworkers were similarly situated and that a supervisor throwing a light bulb at him constituted an adverse employme...
Chauncy Bell failed to prove he was qualified for promotions or that white colleagues were similarly situated, leading a federal judge to dismiss his Section 1981 claims against Lhoist North America of Texas, LLC.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LN) — A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a $0.75 million settlement resolving claims that Carson's Food & Drink underpaid tipped employees at three Lexington restaurants by misusing the tip credit under federal and state...
A federal judge in Syracuse has approved a class action settlement against Little Caesar Enterprises, dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice and retaining jurisdiction to enforce the agreement.
PORTLAND, Maine — A federal magistrate judge ruled that an employer’s routine legal consultations regarding workplace accommodations do not waive attorney-client privilege unless the employer relies on that advice to defend its actions, blocking a plaintiff...
A federal judge in South Carolina has allowed a former employee’s age discrimination lawsuit against Walden University to proceed, rejecting the university’s objections to a magistrate judge’s recommendation.
An appellate court reversed a lower court's dismissal of a racial discrimination lawsuit, ruling that a sergeant's comments about Black NFL players and a Black subordinate's physical size presented jury questions on whether the conduct constituted a hostile...
Security officers' overtime claims against the City University of New York were reinstated by the First Department, which held that the FLSA statute of limitations accrues with each paycheck, not on a single date.
BOSTON (LN) — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that the state’s sexual harassment statute permits victims to sue individual perpetrators directly, reversing the Appeals Court and reviving a counterclaim by a former Whitehead Institute f...
A federal judge in Florida denied fintech Sunbit's request for an emergency ex parte order to stop former employee Kathie Keil and competitors Synchrony Financial and CareCredit from using trade secrets, ruling that the company failed to prove immediate irr...
A federal judge in San Francisco allowed a former sales specialist’s age discrimination claim against Dun & Bradstreet to proceed to trial, ruling that a jury could infer the company’s reorganization was a pretext for firing him because of his age.
A federal judge in Ohio stayed an FLSA collective action against an adult entertainment club, ruling that arbitration agreements signed are enforceable and that the defendant did not waive its right to compel arbitration for opt-in plaintiffs.
A federal magistrate judge in Puerto Rico denied the Department of Veterans Affairs’ motion to alter judgment, preserving a jury’s role in deciding whether the agency’s decision to reinstate a coworker accused of harassing a female employee was pretextual,...
A federal judge in San Diego dismissed four of ten claims in a flight attendant’s employment discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines, but granted the plaintiff leave to amend his complaint to cure pleading deficiencies.
A federal judge in Oregon rejected Home Depot’s request to recalculate prejudgment interest in a putative class action over time-punch rounding, ruling the retailer must pay interest on each underpaid payday rather than waiting until the practice ended.
U.S. District Judge Robert Colville rejected a request to transfer claims from three massive Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits, ruling that plaintiffs must individually refile their misjoined overtime claims in their respective states of employment within 6...
U.S. District Judge Robert Colville severed the claims of nearly 14,300 plaintiffs across three Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits against FedEx, ordering the plaintiffs to refile their individual actions in appropriate forums within 60 days.
A G G Equipment Company agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired dozens of workers for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine without considering religious or disability accommodations.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that the Bureau of Indian Education unlawfully discriminated against three federal employees by denying their requests for religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.