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US Supreme Court Examines Firings of Pro-Union Starbucks Workers

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday steps into the contentious unionization drive at Starbucks as the coffee chain challenges a judicial order requiring it to rehire seven employees at a Tennessee cafe who were fired as they pursued efforts to …

Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Sue for Job Discrimination

The US Supreme Court made it easier for employees to sue over discriminatory job transfers, siding with a St. Louis police officer who says she was shifted to a different role against her will because she is female. The justices …

Supreme Court Allows More Transport Workers to Bypass Arbitration and Sue Employers

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for more truck drivers and other transportation workers to file employment-related lawsuits in court rather than private arbitration, ruling that an exemption from arbitration extends to workers outside of the transportation …

New York Condo Group Settling with Attorney for $230K over Employee Pay

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement of nearly $230,000 with a contracting agency and the board of managers of a New York City condominium building for failing to pay workers in the building the prevailing wage required …

California Labor Commissioner Reaches $2M Settlement with Restaurant for 32 Workers

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $2 million settlement against Pearl B-Star Inc., DBA Lin’s Fusion for underpaying 32 workers. Pearl B-Star violated state labor laws governing recordkeeping, payroll timekeeping and cash pay without wage statements, according to the …

Study: Most New Doctors Face Some Form of Sexual Harassment, Even After #Metoo

More than half of all new doctors face some form of sexual harassment in their first year on the job, including nearly three-quarters of all new female doctors and a third of males, a new study finds. That’s actually down …

Medical Marijuana Law Does Not Impair Connecticut Employers’ Right to Drug-Free Workplace

A Connecticut employer has the right to terminate an employee who is impaired by medical marijuana in the workplace. The Connecticut Appellate Court on March 19 upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against a nonprofit pre-school by a teaching …

SpaceX Forced Workers to Sign Illegal Severance Agreements, Claims NLRB

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite maker to sign unlawful agreements barring them from disparaging the company and joining class-action lawsuits …

Meta Sues Former Employee Over Alleged Stolen Documents

Meta Platforms Inc. sued one of its former vice presidents for what it called a “stunning” betrayal in his defection to a “stealth” AI cloud computing startup. Dipinder Singh Khurana, also known as T.S. Khurana, had worked at Meta for …

Justice Department to Offer More Rewards to Corporate Whistleblowers

The U.S. Justice Department is expanding its whistleblower program to coax more tipsters to disclose corporate misconduct by offering monetary rewards, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said. The Justice Department is already authorized to dole out awards for information that …