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For immunity, abuse complaint must follow statutory language

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that immunity under Va. Code § 63.2-1512 does not apply to nonmandatory reporters who bypass the Department of Social Services. The post For immuni...

No Cap! Employer Size Must be Placed at Issue for Damages Caps Under Title VII to Apply

Employment – Summary judgment doesn’t violate Seventh Amendment

The 4th Circuit affirmed summary judgment for United Airlines, ruling it does not violate the Seventh Amendment in a retaliation claim by Leslie Anthony. The post Employment – Summ...

Federal court upholds unpaid leave as accommodation

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an Ohio school district did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Family and Medical Leave Act when […] The po...

Associational disability discrimination

Read the ruling here. Source: Courthouse News Service

Federal Court Draws the Line on PIPS After Muldrow: A Win for Employers in Walsh v. HNTB

In the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Muldrow v. City of St. Louis decision, the Court expanded the legal standard for what qualifies as an “adverse employment action” by pivoting from...

Federal court allows transgender worker’s discrimination claim to proceed

A federal court in Alabama has denied a motion to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought by a transgender employee, finding that the plaintiff plausibly alleged that she was term...

Flight attendants union urges government to reject airlines’ claims on unpaid work 

TORONTO — Canada’s main flight attendants union is crying foul on airline submissions to the federal government for its probe into unpaid work in the sector, as questions persist a...

Former Spirit employees file lawsuit saying company still owes them back pay, benefits

Former Spirit employees have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the airline, claiming workers were laid off without proper notice and are still owed pay and benefits aft...

Supreme Court backs jurisdiction in FAA arbitration case

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed federal court jurisdiction to confirm and vacate arbitration awards under the FAA in Jules v. Andres Balazs Properties. The post Supreme Court backs...

DLA Piper Did Not Discriminate Against Pregnant Associate, Jury Finds

The jury found that a senior associate failed to prove that the firm was liable for discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law. The panel also said the firm was not li...

Jury Decides Mother-To-Be’s Discrimination Case In DLA Piper’s Favor

Sometimes a firing is just a firing! The post Jury Decides Mother-To-Be’s Discrimination Case In DLA Piper’s Favor appeared first on Above the Law.

Fifth Circuit Rules Employee’s Conduct, Not Pregnancy, Drove Firing

On May 11, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer on claims of pregnancy discrimination under Title VII of the Civi...

Supreme Court Says Last-Mile Delivery Drivers May Be Exempt from FAA

No Charge, No Case: Employee’s Discovery Stonewalling Dooms Title VII Claim

A federal court’s March 30, 2026 ruling in Farlow v. L3 Communications Integrated Systems LP offers a sharp lesson for employers and their counsel: a plaintiff who refuses to produ...

Employers win big in 2 disability cases

With 3 good lessons for the rest of us. Win No. 1: Weakest reasonable accommodation case ever? Probably not, alas, but it was still pretty darned weak. An employee of U.S. Cu...

Americans with Disabilities Act-Equitable Tolling-Retaliation

Ballard, a former employee of Ameren Illinois Company, was terminated in February 2018 and claimed that her discharge and other workplace actions were the result of disability disc...

WestJet flight attendants issue notice of dispute amid stalled contract talks

CALGARY — Flight attendants at WestJet have issued a formal notice of dispute after more than seven months of negotiations failed to produce what the union describes as meaningful...

Fifth Circuit: When Telework Isn’t a Reasonable Accommodation

On May 8, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that temporary COVID-era telework did not permanently alter the essential functions of an on-site job and affi...

Can Employers Host Women-Only Workplace Events? EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Over Alleged Title VII Violation

Picture this: Hundreds of your female employees are descending on sunny San Francisco for a two-day company-sponsored networking and professional development retreat. The itinerary...

Employees of US’s Spirit file lawsuit over lost wages

The employees of liquidated Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale International) are filing a class-action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, claiming that the company violat...

Employment – District court wrongly dismissed casino employee’s FMLA/USERRA suit

Where an employee sued a casino for violating federal employment laws, the district court erred when it found a Tribe was a necessary and indispensable party to this litigation. Ev...

Rehabilitation Act-Race Discrimination (Title VII & §1981)-Employment Law

The found Lewis was employed by the Indiana Department of Transportation (Department), where she managed federal relocation claim vouchers for individuals displaced by highway cons...

Title VII Accommodation May Cause Non‑Monetary “Undue Hardship” To Employer

Williams v. Legacy Health, 2026 WL 1239760 (9th Cir. 2026) Employees of Legacy Health were denied religious exemptions from the employer’s COVID‑19 vaccination policy based on the...