text: High Court Hears Arguments In Dispute Over Employer, Union Agreement
  WASHINGTON, D.C. - An agreement between an employer and union regarding access to the premises, employee information, monetary support for a ballot initiative and a promise not to picket did not violate Section 302 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), an attorney representing Unite Here Local...
  Split 5th Circuit Reinstates Full Costs Award To Prevailing Employer In Wage Suit
  NEW ORLEANS - A Texas federal court judge erred in reducing an award of costs to an employer that prevailed in a wage-and-hour suit based on the difference between the employer's and employees' wealth, a split Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 12 (Steve Moore, et al. v. CITGO...
  1st Circuit: Maine County Employee Failed To Prove She Was A Whistle-Blower
  BOSTON - A former Maine county employee hired to oversee workforce development being funded by federal dollars failed to show that she was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle on the lack of a formal fiscal agent agreement, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 15, upholding a trial...
  SAN FRANCISCO - A California federal judge on Nov. 15 dismissed a class complaint filed by a retail store clerk who filed various wage-and-hour claims based on the employer's alleged failure to provide meal and rest breaks, finding that the lead plaintiff's failure to show that the lack of breaks...
  Florida Federal Judge Sends Wage-And-Hour Dispute To Arbitrator
  ORLANDO, Fla. - A Florida federal judge on Nov. 15 ordered that a wage-and-hour class complaint must be decided by an arbitrator but left the matter of whether the claims would proceed on an individual or collective basis up to the arbitrator (Ryan Jackson v. Home Team Pest Defense, Inc., No. 13-916...
  CHICAGO - A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 15 reinstated an Illinois man's complaint against an employer alleging that he was denied a position as a truck driver based on his race and age, after determining that his attempts to amend his complaint were not untimely (Eddie L....
  Class Certification Denied For 2nd Time In FedEx Independent Contractors' Suit
  TAMPA, Fla. - A Florida federal judge on Nov. 15 denied for a second time class certification in a lawsuit filed by independent contractors (ICs) alleging breach of contract and other violations by FedEx National LTL Inc. (Britt Green Trucking, Inc., et al. v. FedEx National, LTL, Inc., No. 09-445, M...
  8th Circuit Upholds Jury Verdict For Worker In Wrongful Termination Suit
  ST. LOUIS - The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 18 upheld a federal jury's verdict in favor of a terminated employee on one of his claims in his complaint alleging that he was laid off after reporting a supervisor's offensive language on the job (Tony Sayger v. Riceland Foods, Inc...
  HOUSTON - A Texas federal judge on Nov. 19 conditionally certified a class of security guards working for the same company, some as employees and some as independent contractors, in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) suit seeking unpaid overtime (Ibrahim Abdur-Rahim, et al. v. Amerom, Inc., et al., No...