Today: July 02, 2024
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Biden administration wins partial nix of court pact on child migrant detention

A federal judge in Los Angeles partially terminated a nearly 30-year-old settlement agreement that established minimum standards for housing unaccompanied migrant

Biden administration wins partial nix of court pact on child migrant detention
Business|Economy|Political

Texas wins court block on Biden overtime pay rule

A federal judge in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule from taking effect that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million salaried U.S.

Texas wins court block on Biden overtime pay rule
News

US court blocks Florida law barring Chinese citizens from owning property

A U.S. appeals court has blocked Florida from enforcing a ban on Chinese citizens owning homes or land in the state against two Chinese nationals who were in the process

News

US labor board tees up union election for Dartmouth College basketball players

A U.S. labor board official on Monday said men's basketball players at Dartmouth College, an Ivy League school in New Hampshire, are the school's employees and can vote

News|Political

US Supreme Court ruling curbing agency powers could hobble labor board

A U.S.

US Supreme Court ruling curbing agency powers could hobble labor board
Business|Technology

Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers foreign workers over US citizens

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a software engineer's proposed class action claiming Meta Platforms refused to hire him because it preferred to give jobs to

Meta must face lawsuit claiming it prefers foreign workers over US citizens
Business|Economy|Political

US judge blocks Biden wage rule for construction projects

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule expanding the cases in which construction contractors are required to pay workers prevailing

US judge blocks Biden wage rule for construction projects
Business|Technology

Uber beats lawsuit alleging race bias in driver ratings

A U.S. appeals court on Monday tossed out a proposed class action claiming Uber Technologies' policy of terminating drivers with low passenger ratings is racially

Uber beats lawsuit alleging race bias in driver ratings
Business|Economy|Political

US judge skeptical of Biden overtime pay rule

A federal judge in Texas on Monday seemed likely to stop a Biden administration rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to 4 million U.S. workers from taking

US judge skeptical of Biden overtime pay rule
Economy

US Supreme Court ruling on agency powers may impact Biden ESG investing rule

An impending U.S.

US Supreme Court ruling on agency powers may impact Biden ESG investing rule
News|Political

Iowa immigration law blocked in Biden administration lawsuit

An Iowa federal judge has temporarily blocked the Republican-led state's law allowing for the arrest and prosecution of people who are in the U.S. illegally, in a win

Iowa immigration law blocked in Biden administration lawsuit
Business|Economy|Technology

Amazon fined $5.9 million over warehouse worker quotas in California

Amazon.com has been fined $5.9 million by a California labor regulator who says the online retail giant failed to properly inform workers of productivity quotas at two

Amazon fined $5.9 million over warehouse worker quotas in California
Health|News|Political

US states lose challenge to legal protections for workers who get abortions

A federal judge in Arkansas has tossed out a legal challenge by 17 Republican-led states to a U.S. agency rule giving workers who had abortions the same legal

US states lose challenge to legal protections for workers who get abortions
Education|Opinion|Political

Biden administration loses bid to revive legal protections for LGBTQ students

A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by President Joe Biden's administration to revive its directive that schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms and

Biden administration loses bid to revive legal protections for LGBTQ students
Business

Tesla appears unlikely to nix US suit alleging bias against Black workers

A federal judge in California on Thursday appeared poised to reject Tesla's bid to toss out a U.S. agency's lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of tolerating rampant

Tesla appears unlikely to nix US suit alleging bias against Black workers
Business

SpaceX forced workers to sign illegal severance agreements, US agency claims

Elon Musk's SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite maker to sign unlawful

SpaceX forced workers to sign illegal severance agreements, US agency claims
Business

U.S. judge blocks US labor board's rule involving contract and franchise workers

A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S.

U.S. judge blocks US labor board's rule involving contract and franchise workers
Business

US trade groups sue over Biden rule on 'gig' work, contracting

Major U.S. business groups on Tuesday filed the latest lawsuit challenging a Biden administration rule that would make it more difficult for companies to treat some

US trade groups sue over Biden rule on 'gig' work, contracting
Business

Home Depot ban on worker's Black Lives Matter apron was illegal, US agency rules

Home Depot violated U.S. labor law by barring a retail worker from wearing an apron that said "BLM" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, a federal labor board

Home Depot ban on worker's Black Lives Matter apron was illegal, US agency rules
Business

Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconstitutional

Amazon.com has joined rocket maker SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe's in claiming that a U.S. labor agency's in-house enforcement proceedings violate the U.S.

Amazon joins companies arguing US labor board is unconstitutional
Business

First Citizens claims HSBC execs knew of plot to poach Silicon Valley Bank workers

First Citizens BancShares claims in a new court filing that executives at HSBC Holdings, including CEO Noel Quinn, condoned a plan to steal employees and confidential

First Citizens claims HSBC execs knew of plot to poach Silicon Valley Bank workers
Business

SpaceX probed by California over sex bias, retaliation claims

SpaceX is being investigated by a California civil rights agency over allegations that the rocket and satellite maker and CEO Elon Musk have failed to address rampant

SpaceX probed by California over sex bias, retaliation claims
Business

Walmart engaged in illegal union busting at California store, U.S. agency says

Walmart has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of using a series of illegal tactics to deter unionizing at a California store.

Walmart engaged in illegal union busting at California store, U.S. agency says
Business

Walmart settles lawsuit over refusal to promote mother of young children

Walmart will pay $60,000 to an employee at an Iowa store who says she was denied a promotion to a management position because she has young children, under a settlement

Walmart settles lawsuit over refusal to promote mother of young children
Business

Google must bargain with YouTube worker union, US labor board rules

Alphabet Inc's Google violated U.S. labor law by refusing to bargain with a union representing contract workers for YouTube Music, a federal agency has ruled.

Google must bargain with YouTube worker union, US labor board rules

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