Employment
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An Illinois federal judge on Friday kept alive a suit by a former McDonald’s worker over alleged no-poach provisions in the fast-food giant’s franchise agreements, saying the claims were laid out adequately and weren’t time-barred… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former executive of a Bank of New York Mellon Corp. investment unit was fired based on a “transparent pretext” after he flagged potentially unlawful business activities at the financial services company, according to a $15 million lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Roughly $73 million of $97.28 million in damages over rest breaks was put in jeopardy for a class of California-based Wells Fargo home mortgage consultants after a split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially backed the award, but said the ultimate amount rests on the Golden State’s high court’s forthcoming ruling in a separate case… Read this piece in its…
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The U.S. Department of Labor released a pair of memos Friday clarifying rules for employers reporting cases of COVID-19 and sketching out guidelines for a program meant to supplement unemployment benefits as the economy reels from the effects of the pandemic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Texas real estate company broke the law when it paid its property tax consultant employees as if the workers were exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act when they actually were not, the Fifth Circuit said Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 