The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a new dispute involving gay and religious rights, leaving in place a lower court ruling against a Hawaii bed and breakfast owner who turned away a lesbian couple, citing Christian beliefs, according to Reuters. The justices refused to hear an appeal by Phyllis Young, who runs the three-room … [Read more...]
NJ Bill Expands Paid Family Leave Provisions
There’s good news for New Jersey employees after Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a bill expanding the state's paid family leave program on February 19. Only New Jersey, Washington D.C., California, Rhode Island, and Washington State even offer paid family leave to employees. The main provision of the bill is that it allows workers to take 12 … [Read more...]
Democrats Push for Mandatory Arbitration Ban
On the last day of February 2019, Democrats in Congress introduced House and Senate bills to prohibit companies in the United States from enforcing mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust disputes. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR) of 2019 is the most recent effort to undo the … [Read more...]
U.S. Soccer Sued By The Entire U.S. Women’s National Team For Equal Pay
28 members of the United States Women’s National Team have filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer. The lawsuit comes three months before they begin their World Cup defense in France, says Deadspin. The team is suing U.S. Soccer for paying the men’s team more than the women’s team. Since the USWNT won the 2015 World … [Read more...]
Wells Fargo Denies Wrongdoing, Reaches Settlement Over Bogus Accounts
Wells Fargo executives and directors have reached a $240 million settlement with U.S. shareholders over the creation by bank employees of millions of unauthorized customer accounts, according to Reuters. It resolves claims that the officials breached their fiduciary duties by knowing about or consciously disregarding the bogus accounts, and … [Read more...]
Fourth Circuit Temporarily Delays Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump
(Photo Credit: Bin im Garten - CC 3.0) The Trump Administration won a temporary victory in December when the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a stay in a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general alleging that Donald Trump is illegally profiting from his private business interests while serving as President. The Fourth Circuit's ruling … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson, U.S. States Settle Hip Implant Claims For $120 Million
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states over the company’s metal-on-metal hip implants. Attorneys general of 46 U.S. states announced the settlement agreement in statements on Tuesday. They alleged DePuy engaged in unfair and deceptive … [Read more...]
Where’s the Promised Paid Family Leave?
Ivanka Trump spoke on behalf of her father before the 2016 election and said that if Donald Trump were elected President of the United States, all people qualifying for paid family leave would receive it. The then future President Trump said the program “would pay for itself” (though many were and are still unsure what he meant by that). Fast … [Read more...]
Kentucky Supreme Court: Employers Can’t Condition Employment on Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
The mandatory arbitration agreement is one tactic large companies use to limit their liability and control an employee or customer's access to the court system. A mandatory arbitration agreement requires the signing parties – which can be a consumer or an employee, though this post will focus on employment contracts – to surrender their rights to … [Read more...]
Workers Exposed to Coal Ash Face Long Road to Compensation
Workers responsible for cleaning up a catastrophic coal ash spill in Tennessee will have the opportunity to prove their illnesses were the result of their exposure to the coal ash after a federal jury found Jacobs Engineering did not exercise reasonable care for their health. However, the workers have a difficult task in making their case, and … [Read more...]
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