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The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Friday announced a lawsuit against Starbucks for the alleged illegal termination of Austin Locke, a barista and union organizer. DCWP filed a complaint in the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, the city’s central, independent administrative law court. The DCWP, formed by the NYC [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced it settled an employment discrimination case against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), a regional public transportation authority based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a result of the settlement, SEPTA committed to implementing anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policies and providing training for its employees in addition to almost $500,000 [...]

Microsoft Wednesday announced four new employee workforce initiatives including changes to US-based policies and practices related to noncompete clause enforcement, confidentiality agreements in dispute resolutions, wage transparency across hiring practices and the initiation of a civil rights audit. The four new initiatives are aimed at empowering employee mobility, fostering a safe space for concerns, increasing [...]

A California judge has approved video game company Activision Blizzard’s settlement Tuesday with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settling the federal lawsuit against the entertainment giant. Within the settlement, which was first announced in September,  Activision Blizzard agreed to create an $18 million fund to compensate employees who experienced sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. [...]

Following a three-year investigation, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued Tesla Motors and fifty representatives Thursday, alleging its work environment violated the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and other laws with regard to Black employees. In a complaint filed at the Alameda County Superior Court, the DFEH alleged “unchecked racism” in [...]

In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, the legal doctrines shielding law enforcement from accountability have become increasingly scrutinized, with qualified immunity by far the most well-known (and most controversial). But on November 5, the Supreme Court announced it will hear at least one of three cases that address another form of immunity for [...]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced Monday that it recovered over $56 million and that over 6,000 workers were offered reinstatement during the 2021 fiscal year, which was a dramatic increase from the previous fiscal year. The NLRB Office of Public Affairs confirmed that it recuperated $56,801,407 between October 2020 and September 2021. This [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held Wednesday that workers in California will not be forced into arbitration as a condition of employment. In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 51 (AB51), to limit workplace arbitration agreements. It prohibits employers from requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. Violations [...]

“Labor lawyers such as myself must change our view toward providing valuable solutions for clients. As a result, we need to learn how to think and act efficiently, and then rely on technology to support that shift.”  – Larry Bridgesmith ‘Innovation’ is one of the most trending words nowadays, as we need to find new [...]

New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday formally announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. The announcement comes at the end of a five-month investigation led by former federal prosecutor Joon Kim and employment attorney Anne Clark. The investigation, which included interviews with 179 people, revealed that “Cuomo’s administration was a [...]