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Pizza Hut franchisee to settle delivery drivers’ FLSA dispute for $4.75M
The drivers alleged their actual payment fell below minimum wage, due to unreimbursed gas costs, vehicle upkeep and more.
By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 22, 2024 -
DOL employees ordered back to the office, despite union’s resistance
The agency’s largest employee union is “extremely disappointed” in the RTO announcement, its president said.
By Ginger Christ • Oct. 22, 2024 -
Trendline
Inside the rapidly changing world of compliance
The HR landscape is ever-shifting, leaving compliance professionals to meet today’s requirements while keeping an eye on the future.
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FTC appeals Texas noncompete ban decision to 5th Circuit
This marks the commission’s second such appeal in as many months.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 21, 2024 -
Customer service company TTEC faces lawsuit alleging labor violations
The class-action lawsuit claims that remote customer service agents had to purchase their own equipment without proper compensation, resulting in lost overtime wages.
By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 21, 2024 -
Lack of doctor visits dooms bus driver’s FMLA claim, 3rd Circuit holds
The court said the employee failed to show that his condition — migraines — was a chronic serious one.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 21, 2024 -
Court: HR generalist laid off during medical leave has no ADA claim
Credit One Bank provided a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason when it eliminated the plaintiff’s position, according to the 9th Circuit.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 18, 2024 -
Opinion
How HR can avoid algorithmic discrimination when using AI
HR leaders can take proactive steps to establish organizational standards and processes for using AI in hiring, writes Melanie Ronen, partner at Stradley Ronon.
By Melanie Ronen • Oct. 15, 2024 -
TransUnion settles job applicant’s claim that firm’s background check was bogus
The plaintiff sought a Chick-fil-A delivery driver role, but two false misdemeanor convictions on TransUnion’s report tanked his candidacy, he alleged.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 14, 2024 -
San Diego Wave maintained toxic culture, lawsuit alleges
The professional soccer team’s top management failed to properly address complaints and fired or forced workers to resign, according to court documents.
By Laurel Kalser • Oct. 14, 2024 -
NFL to settle ex-reporter’s race bias lawsuit with donation to scholarship fund
Former NFL Media sports writer Jim Trotter alleged the league retaliated against him after he asked officials about a lack of Black representation in management.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 11, 2024 -
Employer resolves EEOC allegations that it fired pregnant visa holder, sent her to Mexico
Title VII’s discrimination prohibitions apply to all workers regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, the commission has said.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 11, 2024 -
Jury may decide whether SHRM conducted sham bias investigation
The association’s HR department allegedly prepared an employee’s termination paperwork before investigating her retaliation claim. SHRM said it is prepared to “vigorously” defend the lawsuit.
By Kate Tornone • Oct. 10, 2024 -
Moldy motel rooms, unlicensed drivers: DOL bans Washington labor contractor from H-2A program
Among other violations, Harvest Plus LLC transported H-2A workers in “dilapidated” vehicles without seatbelts.
By Caroline Colvin • Oct. 10, 2024 -
Column
‘The Silence of the Lambs’ may be decades old, but the FBI allegedly still treats trainees like Clarice
Gender discrimination, particularly at work, is a real-life “American Horror Story.”
By Caroline Colvin • Oct. 9, 2024 -
Home Depot named in negligent hiring lawsuit alleging security guard fatally shot customer
Reasonable employment practices should not have led to hiring the security guard and placing him as an armed guard in a high-risk location, the complaint alleged.
By Laurel Kalser • Oct. 8, 2024 -
Indeed lawsuit claims ZipRecruiter poached customers, spread misinformation
“It is surprising they have taken this step rather than work to address the industry-wide confusion on the implications of their policy changes,” a ZipRecruiter spokesperson told HR Dive.
By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 8, 2024 -
Construction firm suggested woman worker take night shift after enduring slurs, harassment
A woman worker was given the choice to switch to the night shift or hand in her keys after cooperating with an internal investigation, according to the complaint.
By Joe Bousquin • Oct. 7, 2024 -
NLRB hits Amazon with joint employer lawsuit, deepening drivers’ union saga
The company discriminated against unionizing employees and refused to collectively bargain with them, the board said in a Sept. 30 complaint.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 7, 2024 -
As SCOTUS’ new term begins, an ADA battle awaits
HR Dive spoke to the lead counsel for a retired firefighter whose disability discrimination case is set to be argued before the high court.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 7, 2024 -
Lack of resources may account for EEOC’s ‘surprisingly sluggish’ year, Seyfarth says
After a strong 2023 fiscal year, the agency filed a mere 96 merit lawsuits in fiscal year 2024 — one of the lowest numbers in decades.
By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 4, 2024 -
3 requests that probably aren’t ADA accommodations
There are a few workplace modifications that generally are not reasonable, according to Daniel Stern, member of the firm at Dykema.
By Kate Tornone • Oct. 4, 2024 -
Column // HR Chartables
Generative AI still absent from most employer policies — even as executives fear being sued for using it
In this first edition of HR Dive’s new data series, we take a closer look at how executives view emerging tech and its role in workplace policy.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 2, 2024 -
California passes fall flurry of laws on paid leave, discrimination and job posts
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several proposals in September’s final days.
By Ryan Golden • Oct. 2, 2024 -
Theater company terminated health insurance when workers turned 65, EEOC alleges
New Mexico-based Allen Theatres, Inc. also “mandatorily retired” a 72-year-old worker in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the agency said.
By Emilie Shumway • Oct. 1, 2024 -
Transgender employee harassed on first day of work and fired the next day, EEOC claims
The lawsuit alleged that owners of a Holiday Inn Express franchise failed to remedy a hostile work environment created by a housekeeping supervisor.
By Ryan Golden • Sept. 30, 2024