Employment
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A California appeals court has upheld Shell Oil’s quick victory in a case blaming the energy giant for wage-and-hour violations, saying the gas station manager who sued Shell couldn’t show the company was his joint employer… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Tuesday criticized DLA Piper, where her husband is a partner, over the firm’s policy of requiring employees to arbitrate employment-based legal claims, after an attorney for an accuser urged the presidential candidate to condemn the practice… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots sued Boeing on Monday in Dallas County court, saying the Chicago-based aerospace giant’s misrepresentations about the safety of its 737 Max jets have cost the pilots tens of millions of dollars in lost wages… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it won’t take up a case brought by a group of Dollar Tree workers who claimed the discount chain’s practice of providing pay stubs on cash register receipts violated a California law requiring employers to provide accessible wage statements… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Tesla Inc. and its founder Elon Musk broke federal labor laws meant to protect employees’ rights to organize as a union through various actions and, in Musk’s case, a tweet, according to a ruling made Friday by a National Labor Relations Board judge… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 