/employment?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Sat, 17 May 2025 00:11:36 +0000 /employment/articles/2338801?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2338801 A D.C. Circuit panel majority Friday sounded inclined to lift lower court restrictions on what the Trump administration contends is its lawful push to "radically downsize" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, potentially clearing the way for mass layoffs of its staff. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:49:25 +0000 /employment/articles/2341269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341269 The former chief financial officer of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has alleged that he was fired in retaliation for raising questions about the nonprofit's expenditure of donor funds and misuse of animal transport vehicles, in violation of New York's whistleblower law and New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:45:24 +0000 /employment/articles/2341550?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341550 A California federal judge on Friday agreed to certify a collective action of job applicants over 40 who claim they were illegally steered away from jobs by a Workday hiring tool, finding that whether Workday discriminated on the basis of age is a question that "cuts across" the collective. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:56:51 +0000 /employment/articles/2340832?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2340832 Zurich American Insurance Co. has sued its former New York City-based head of management liability for allegedly poaching two employees by luring them to rival Everest Insurance when he took a new gig there, in violation of a one-year nonsolicitation agreement. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:39:11 +0000 /employment/articles/2341538?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341538 NJ Transit has hit two unions with lawsuits in New Jersey federal court over a rail strike that began Friday, accusing a Teamsters unit and the American Train Dispatchers Association of violating the Railway Labor Act by refusing to cross another Teamsters unit's picket line. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:04:10 +0000 /employment/articles/2341364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341364 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins announced Friday the agency plans to review rules requiring public companies to report the earnings of CEOs and other high-level executives, highlighting a possible area of regulatory change for the now Republican-led commission. Fri, 16 May 2025 20:24:38 +0000 /employment/articles/2338714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2338714 Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with labor relations experts' take on tactics unions need as they face impacts from President Donald Trump's executive orders, a look at ongoing lawsuits from the legal strategist who pursued the U.S. Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action in college admissions and tips for handling the update to New York's frequency of pay law. Fri, 16 May 2025 20:24:29 +0000 /employment/articles/2341509?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341509 President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to pause a California federal judge's order temporarily halting agencies from implementing an executive order to plan reorganizations and reductions in force, claiming the lower court's decision has caused confusion and wasted taxpayer dollars. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:35:32 +0000 /employment/articles/2341630?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341630 National Labor Relations Board acting general counsel William Cowen instructed regional officials on Friday to exercise more discretion over the remedies they pursue when seeking to settle cases, walking back instructions from his predecessor to seek maximum remedies in settlements. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:28:37 +0000 /employment/articles/2341489?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341489 A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday grappled with the extent of the president's power to fire federal officials with the U.S. Supreme Court's views in flux, with two judges straining to pin the government's attorney down on what divides agencies Congress can insulate and those it can't. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:02:41 +0000 /employment/articles/2341330?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341330 A Michigan state judge has granted final approval to a $55 million settlement between the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency and people who allege their benefits were improperly clawed back without notice during the pandemic. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:01:30 +0000 /employment/articles/2341559?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341559 A Hanover Insurance unit urged the Seventh Circuit on Friday to revise a ruling that it must indemnify a condiment manufacturer in an underlying biometric privacy suit if notice was timely, saying the court improperly relied on a settlement that wasn't part of the trial record. Fri, 16 May 2025 18:42:18 +0000 /employment/articles/2341401?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341401 Biotechnology giant Illumina Inc. filed a lawsuit Thursday against Element Biosciences in Delaware federal court, accusing the company founded by former Illumina employees of infringing five patents related to automated gene sequencing technology. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:52:08 +0000 /employment/articles/2341378?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341378 In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's pending $2.78 billion name, image and likeness rights settlement faces another round of objections, the NFL shreds an antitrust suit accusing it of boycotting Bluesky and retail giant Dick's Sporting Goods makes a 10-figure splurge for Foot Locker. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:42:29 +0000 /employment/articles/2341568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341568 California's worker-friendly employee classification test doesn't violate the dormant commerce and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, upholding the lower court denial of a preliminary injunction. Fri, 16 May 2025 17:16:48 +0000 /employment/articles/2340971?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2340971 Companies shouldn't be so quick to eliminate anti-harassment programs in response to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's guidance cautioning against unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion programs, as recent enforcement actions demonstrate that the agency still plans to hold employers accountable for addressing sexual harassment, says Ally Coll at the Purple Method. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:37:15 +0000 /employment/articles/2341315?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2341315 A merchandising company has dropped its lawsuit against a former executive it accused of exploiting trade secrets to sabotage a $47 million deal with home improvement giant Lowe's, according to a stipulation of dismissal filed Thursday. Fri, 16 May 2025 16:10:06 +0000 /employment/articles/2340955?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2340955 The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a former police officer's lawsuit claiming an Arizona town fired him because it believed he was a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, saying his allegations weren't detailed enough to stay in court. Fri, 16 May 2025 15:31:38 +0000 /employment/articles/2340200?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2340200 Trial and appellate litigation boutique Stris & Maher LLP has expanded its Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation practice with the addition of a veteran U.S. Department of Labor attorney. Fri, 16 May 2025 14:19:05 +0000 /employment/articles/2340891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /employment/articles/2340891 An employee of Marten Transport Ltd. is suing the trucking company in Wisconsin federal court, alleging that a tobacco surcharge in its health plan violates federal antidiscrimination law.