More federal appeals courts are primed to threaten the National Labor Relations Board’s power to establish labor policy through individual case decisions, potentially disrupting the way the agency has operated for more than 90 years.
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A strike in one of the country’s biggest beef packing plants poses the latest risk to the nation’s meat supply at a time when US consumers are already struggling with record beef prices.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer returns to Washington, DC on the heels of her year-long America at Work tour as an isolated agency leader facing mounting challenges to impart her mark on the department.
A federal district court properly denied a preliminary injunction sought by two tax preparation firms that challenged the IRS’s screening program for a Covid-19 tax credit because the firms lacked standing, the Ninth Circuit held Tuesday.
Nurses at a southeastern Michigan hospital system voted to authorize a strike, a move that adds to a growing number of labor disputes in the health-care sector.
State and local health department efforts to promote vaccinations face fewer hurdles after a federal judge halted the Trump administration’s overhaul of immunization guidance.
More than half a million federal student loan borrowers are waiting for the Department of Education to approve them for more affordable repayment plans as millions of borrowers find themselves in default.
Colorado would overhaul its 2024 AI decision bias law to remove audit requirements and focus on transparency notices, under a legislative framework that Gov. Jared Polis (D) endorsed Tuesday.
A bill that would make it harder for workers to sue companies over their benefits plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act passed through the House Education and Workforce Committee.
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Ohio State University shut down a medical school associate professor’s sex discrimination and equal pay claims when a federal judge ruled the worker lacks sufficient evidence to go to trial.
The federal government’s private-sector pension insurer is relaunching its opinion letter program to provide guidance in response to public inquiries about how it would apply the law in individual cases.
A Chinese-American engineer passed over to lead the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s water treatment plant failed to convince the Tenth Circuit that his claims of race and age bias should be revived.
High profile unionization efforts at companies like Amazon and Starbucks have drawn renewed interest in labor laws. In this video, we look at what’s legal and what isn't when a company's employees want to unionize.
A federal judge appeared skeptical that President Donald Trump may build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House after demolishing the East Wing to make way for it, criticizing the government’s “brazen interpretation” of his legal authority.
Former Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark, who was part of President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, has joined a right-leaning watchdog group.
The New Jersey Supreme Court pressed attorneys Tuesday over whether the state’s landmark public official protection statute violates the First Amendment.
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The Senate confirmed a litigator who challenges the terms of class action settlements to fill a Louisiana trial court seat that’s been open for more than two years.
Weil Gotshal & Manges’ Barry Wolf will hand over the reins to private equity partner Ramona Nee next year, the firm said Tuesday.
Arbitrator Lise Gelernter sustained the grievance brought by Kendall Club Police Benevolent Association and the Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association that the City of Jamestown failed to pay its firefighters holiday pay for those who worked on Juneteenth 2024. City of Jamestown, Arb., A2024-142, L. Gelernter, 3/3/25
MV Transportation, Inc. didn’t violate the collective bargaining agreement nor the National Labor Relations Act when it discharged the grievant for allegedly violating a rule prohibiting inappropriate verbal conduct towards coworkers, Arbitrator Lee Hornberger ruled. MV Transportation, Inc. , 2025 BNA LA 328, Arb., FMCS No. 240329-04880, L. Hornberger, 11/28/25
An Illinois federal district court granted prejudgment interest but denied liquidated damages and front pay in an FMLA case where the former Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Behring employee had already secured comparable employment and the company demonstrated good faith. Bynum v. Bandza, 2026 BL 85376, C.D. Ill., 20-CV-2343, 3/13/26
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