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Northeastern Land Services v. National Labor Relations Board | No. 08-1878 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | 3/13/2009
Holding: In this employment case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the authority of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB,” or “Board”) to issue a decision by only two of its five members. In this case, petitioner Northeastern Land Services, Ltd. (“NLS”) had appealed…
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Webb v. City of Philadelphia | No. 07-3081 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 4/7/2009
Holding: In this employment discrimination case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that a Muslim officer working in the City of Philadelphia Police Department should not be allowed to wear her religious head scarf while on duty. The Third Circuit sustained appellee City’s argument that if…
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14 Penn Plaza LLC, et al. v. Pyett et al. | No. 07-581 |
U.S. Supreme Court | 4/1/2009
Holding: Reversing a 30-year labor law precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that collective bargaining agreements requiring union members to arbitrate Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) claims are enforceable. In so ruling, the Supreme Court departed from the well-established principle regarding the enforceability of arbitration provisions in collective bargaining…
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ConocoPhiilips v. Henry | No. 07-5166 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 2/18/2009
Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has upheld the validity of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act (“OSDA”) and the Oklahoma Firearms Act (“OFA”), laws that allow employees to store their guns in their vehicles on company parking lots. In particular, the Tenth Circuit disagreed with the holding of…
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EEOC v. Autozone, Inc. | No. 07-1154 |
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois | 2/24/2009
Holding: The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois has determined that a suit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) brought on behalf of a disabled sales manager (John Shepherd) could still proceed, even though the employee had already availed of Social Security benefits. In so doing, the…
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Eshelman v. Agere Systems Inc. | No. 05-4895 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 1/30/2009
Holding: In a suit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a jury award of $200,000 against Agere Systems, Inc. in an employment discrimination case filed by Joan Eshelman. In her suit, Eshelman claimed that she was terminated because Agere…
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EEOC v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. | No, 08-2483 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 1/23/2009
Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) can still proceed with its investigation on Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. (“Watkins”) although the company has already settled with the person (Lyndon Jackson) who filed the complaint for discrimination. Citing court precedent,…
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B & D Contracting v. Pearley | No. 07-60495 |
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 11/6/2008
Holding: In this petition for review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that "wages" under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA") are not limited to taxable compensation. The Fifth Circuit reasoned that the plain text of § 2(13) defines wages as the "money rate at…
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Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County | No. 06-1595 |
Supreme Court | 1/26/2009
Holding: The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that workers who cooperate with their employers' internal investigations of discrimination may not be fired in retaliation for implicating colleagues or superiors. In overturning a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Supreme Court stated that it is…
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Edward Harris v. Kellogg Brown & Root Technical Services Inc. | No. 08-2995 |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 12/1/2008
Holding: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has affirmed an arbitrator's award in favor of a former Halliburton worker who claimed he was fired from a job in Iraq because of a sexual harassment complaint that the company did not actually investigate. The arbitrator awarded plaintiff Edward…
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