Attempts to enforce a new paid-leave law for workers affected by the coronavirus are colliding with the reality that the majority of the workforce isn’t eligible for the benefits.
Only a few months ago, employers knew mental health conditions impacted the workforce, but the discussions Evarts had with them were “soft.” The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has brought the issue to the fore.
The Labor Department has finalized a regulation to give employers more flexibility and legal clarity by allowing them to incorporate bonuses when using an alternate method to calculate overtime pay for workers with irregular schedules.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco by Outten & Golden LLP and Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), alleges that SoFi systematically denies and limits DACA recipients’ access to lending and refinancing opportunities and that such restrictions are unlawful under federal and California civil rights law.
A Pennsylvania federal judge is refusing to pare down a proposed class action accusing American Airlines of giving military reserve pilots the short shrift on benefits, finding the dispute at issue was not outside the court's bounds.
Two NYC job applicants to Fresh Direct, one who had already performed the work of the job for approximately five months, filed a class action lawsuit against the grocery delivery service alleging that they and others who were otherwise qualified to work for FD were illegally rejected based on the companies criminal history screening process in violation of the New York City Human Rights Law FreshDirect has “instituted a sham process for evaluating applicants’ criminal histories,” it says. The complaint alleges violations of New York State and City civil rights laws requiring an...
Michael Bloomberg has agreed under pressure to provide healthcare coverage for members of his now-defunct presidential campaign through the month of November if they need it.
Mike Bloomberg is agreeing to pay for health care through November for the more than 2,000 campaign staffers he laid off after suspending his presidential bid as he faces public pressure and multiple lawsuits over allegations he let go of workers he’d promised to keep employed through the 2020 election.
Federal wage enforcers are responding to a growing number of complaints from workers who say they’re being stiffed on their paychecks entirely, despite logging regular hours during the pandemic.
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Velodyne Lidar Inc. was accused in a lawsuit filed Friday of cutting 140 jobs improperly with only one day's notice and using the COVID-19 pandemic as cover for shifting jobs overseas.