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NLRB encourages regional offices to thoroughly pursue make-whole relief
In an April memo, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo emphasized that make-whole relief — down to resume-printing costs and gas money — doesn’t end with employees who have sought to organize.
By Caroline Colvin • April 22, 2024 -
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Employer groups ask court to vacate DOL independent contractor rule
The department’s rule “injects new inconsistencies and incoherence into the analysis of independent contractor status,” the groups said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
By Ryan Golden • April 19, 2024 -
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Sheetz unlawfully rejected Indigenous, Black candidates due to criminal records, EEOC alleges
The candidates experienced a “significant disparate impact” from Sheetz’ criminal justice history probe, the agency argued.
By Caroline Colvin • Updated April 19, 2024 -
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Chipotle agrees to nearly $3M settlement over alleged paid leave and scheduling violations in Seattle
The settlement is the largest since the Secure Scheduling Ordinance went into effect in July 2017, the Seattle Office of Labor Standards said.
By Ginger Christ • April 18, 2024 -
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Freddy’s franchisee must pay $119K for allowing teens to work longer, later than law allowed
The operator of seven Freddy’s locations in Alabama employed 149 children under 16 years old to work longer hours than permitted by law.
By Julie Littman • April 18, 2024 -
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Workday should face lawsuit alleging its AI screening tool is biased, EEOC argues
An individual alleged the company’s software catered to the prejudicial preferences of the employer-client, according to an amended complaint.
By Kate Tornone • April 17, 2024 -
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SCOTUS: Employees do not need to prove ‘significant’ harm in discriminatory transfer claims
The justices’ ruling settles a divide among federal circuit courts on how to interpret Title VII.
By Ginger Christ • April 17, 2024 -
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Staffing firm BaronHR pays $2.2M to settle claims it acquiesced to biased client requests
The company steered candidates toward certain positions based on sex and rejected certain applicants based on race and national origins, EEOC alleged.
By Emilie Shumway • April 16, 2024 -
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Drexel executive with PTSD alleges mandatory Zoom meeting violated ADA
The plaintiff's manager allegedly refused her request to meet by phone instead to discuss a complaint lodged against her, the lawsuit claimed.
By Laurel Kalser • April 16, 2024 -
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Jackson Hewitt will pay $10.8M to settle ‘no-poach’ allegations
The proposed settlement resolves allegations that the tax preparation firm required franchisees to agree not to solicit or hire employees from other franchises.
By Laurel Kalser • April 15, 2024 -
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EEOC finalizes pregnancy accommodation rule
The much anticipated regulation includes abortion under the list of related medical conditions covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
By Ryan Golden • Updated April 15, 2024 -
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Recent ban-the-box law study finds no effect on lower-educated young men
Lack of enforcement combined with limited private-sector applicability may help explain the results, a University of Chicago researcher told HR Dive.
By Ryan Golden • April 15, 2024 -
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Centralized HR can reduce racism in hiring, study shows
Researchers submitted 84,000 applications using racially distinctive names and found that racism was more prevalent when callbacks came from individual hiring managers and local stores.
By Carolyn Crist • April 15, 2024 -
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SCOTUS: Drivers outside transportation industry may be exempt from arbitration
The 2nd Circuit erred when it compelled truck drivers for Flowers Foods to arbitrate wage-and-hour claims because they worked in the bakery industry, a unanimous court held.
By Ryan Golden • April 12, 2024 -
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Advocates call for age discrimination exemption for mandatory arbitration
If arbitration is easier, faster and cheaper, “why is it forced?” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin asked.
By Ginger Christ • April 11, 2024 -
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Senate slams embattled joint employer rule
This time, the Senate — not a federal court — moved to block the National Labor Relations Board’s standard for determining if an organization is a joint employer of another employer’s employees.
By Caroline Colvin • April 11, 2024 -
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Final overtime rule clears White House review
DOL’s proposed rule, if adopted, would increase the minimum annual salary threshold that determines overtime pay eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act from $35,568 to $55,068.
By Ryan Golden • Updated April 11, 2024 -
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Post-Bostock case law takes shape as courts weigh transgender bias claims
Major employers have seen claims alleging discrimination based on gender identity in recent months, including Progressive Insurance and Chick-fil-A.
By Kate Tornone • April 10, 2024 -
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‘Love is Blind’ producer can’t force arbitration in sexual assault case
The court cited the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which was signed into law in March 2022.
By Ginger Christ • April 10, 2024 -
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Virginia governor vetoes state’s paid family, medical leave bill
SB 373 would have covered 80% of eligible employees’ weekly wages for up to eight weeks over a 12-month period.
By Ryan Golden • April 8, 2024 -
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Dartmouth basketball vote shows unionization ‘can happen anywhere,’ attorney says
The Ivy League school’s saga isn’t over yet, but the potential wage-and-hour implications of the vote are vast.
By Ryan Golden • Updated April 10, 2024 -
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Q&AGretchen Carlson heads back to Capitol Hill — this time taking aim at age discrimination
The worker advocate and former Fox News host talked to HR Dive about the next battle in the fight against forced arbitration and nondisclosure agreements.
By Emilie Shumway • April 5, 2024 -
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Employer pays $50K after allegedly firing employee who stopped wearing wig
EEOC has taken the position that discrimination on the basis of personal characteristics associated with race — hair texture included — is race discrimination in violation of Title VII.
By Ryan Golden • April 5, 2024 -
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Ye accused of racial discrimination, antisemitism and retaliation
A former worker sued, saying he witnessed hate speech and experienced harassment during his time at Yeezy and Donda Academy.
By Caroline Colvin • April 4, 2024 -
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OSHA finalizes employee walkaround rule
The May 31 change reverts to a long-standing practice that gives employees the right to select a third-party advocate to accompany an inspection.
By Zachary Phillips • April 4, 2024
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