https://www.law360.com/employment?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Employment Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:26:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333185?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333185 A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a group of roughly 1,000 Division I volunteer baseball coaches for their settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.5 million to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw. Thu, 01 May 2025 23:21:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333657?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333657 A Maryland federal judge Thursday declined to upend his preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from implementing the bulk of the president's executive orders aiming to slash diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the public and private sectors. Thu, 01 May 2025 23:03:50 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333266 One of two Democrats suing President Donald Trump for unlawful termination from the National Credit Union Administration warned Thursday of damaging potential ripple effects if their firings are allowed to stand, casting their decision to litigate as daunting but necessary. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:34:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333520 Several transgender service members and recruits told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to lift a federal judge's order prohibiting implementation of the Pentagon's ban on transgender military service, claiming the policy is so deeply rooted in animosity that it won't survive judicial inspection. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:30:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332768?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332768 A former construction company employee can't appeal an order denying his class certification motion in a putative wage and hour class action, a California state appeals court has ruled, finding it does not qualify under the so-called death knell doctrine because Private Attorneys General Act claims remained active when he appealed. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:27:51 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332594 The Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a Black cafeteria manager's suit claiming she was fired for complaining that her bosses at a charter school system mistreated her due to her race, ruling the suit falls flat because she was employed by an outside food service company. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:26:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332628?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332628 A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded $10.4 million to a class of truckers who sued RSP Express Inc. alleging the company and its owners skimmed off the top of their contracts, shorting drivers for freight transported across the Mexican and Canadian borders. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:02:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332934?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332934 Norfolk Southern Corp. has been sued in Georgia federal court by two longtime billing clerks who allege the company's promotion process is riddled with race and age bias and that its customer service division systematically pressures workers not to take medical leave. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:34:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2331093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2331093 Tax crimes are historically difficult to prosecute, but the Internal Revenue Services’ recent agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share taxpayer records of non-U.S. citizens could be used to enhance payroll tax-related enforcement against their employers, say attorneys at Holland & Knight. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:22:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333027?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2333027 The Fourth Circuit has voted to initially hear as a full court the government's challenge to an order blocking a probe of the Social Security Administration and keep the block in place, with a majority differentiating a similar case it recently left to a three-member panel sans injunction. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:27:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332914 The former executive sous chef at a resort restaurant in Flat Rock, North Carolina, claims in a lawsuit that he was terminated for having gender dysphoria and for requesting time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act to recover from gender reassignment surgery. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:23:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332663 A jury should determine whether landscape workers are owed overtime wages or if they fall under an exemption from the premium pay, a Kansas federal judge ruled while finding the H-2B visa applications their employer filed did not include a promise to pay the extra wages. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:36:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332754?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332754 Susman Godfrey LLP has pressed a D.C. federal court not to kill the firm's suit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, arguing that the government's "meritless" dismissal motion "goes to great lengths to distract from the indisputable truth" that the order is "blatantly unconstitutional." Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2331189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2331189 Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:18:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332493 A former Levi Strauss executive who claims she was skipped over for a senior marketing director role after announcing her pregnancy told a California federal jury on Wednesday that her boss said the position was given to a colleague because the other woman had more "capacity" to "take on more work." Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:13:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2309848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2309848 The U.S. Department of Justice told the 11th Circuit on Wednesday that a Florida federal judge was wrong to rule that the provision of the False Claims Act that lets whistleblowers bring suits on the government's behalf was unconstitutional, arguing that the judge erred in saying whistleblowers were an unappointed part of the federal workforce. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:50:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332431?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332431 SuperValu urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday not to overturn its defense win on whistleblower claims of systematic prescription overbilling, saying the whistleblowers are now making "kitchen sink arguments" with little basis. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:16:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332627?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332627 An Atlanta home healthcare service was hit with a proposed class action Wednesday over allegations it failed to pay certified nursing assistants proper overtime compensation. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:15:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332646?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/employment/articles/2332646 The Georgia Court of Appeals has backed a former salesperson in a long-running fight with the state's Department of Labor over its refusal to pay her unemployment benefits when she quit her job over her company's refusal to follow public health protocols during the pandemic.