Employment
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Employers shouldn’t be allowed to use the threat of immigration enforcement against workers who call out labor law violations, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday as she announced a legislative proposal to combat such retaliation… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Home Depot USA Inc. asked new job applicants for permission to check their credit histories using forms that violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to a proposed class action in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Buffalo Wild Wings will pay $30,000 to resolve the claims of three men who alleged they were passed over for bartending jobs at the sports bar franchise on account of their gender, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A class of former employees of the Neiman Marcus Group asked a California federal court on Monday to give final approval to a $4.4 million settlement deal aimed at resolving claims the department store company systematically violated minimum wage and overtime laws… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Ninth Circuit appeals panel on Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a state-backed California insurer doesn’t have to defend pornography studios in suits brought by actors who say they contracted HIV on set because the underlying claims are subject to policy exclusions… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 