New England Biz Law Update

A federal lawsuit filed in Florida is raising familiar and uncomfortable questions for HR teams about performance management timing and leave-related retaliation risk. In the case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a former ...

A technology company is facing a proposed class action that could redefine how federal consumer protection law applies to AI-driven hiring tools.

Employers are advised to take proactive steps as workplace enforcement activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to draw attention nationwide.

A federal court in Washington, D.C., recently ruled that a former employee’s lawsuit against a national media company can proceed to trial on several key workplace accommodation and retaliation claims.

Operators of an Oklahoma medical clinic have agreed to pay $90,000 and implement policy changes to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a waste management company is a joint employer of workers supplied by a staffing agency, reaffirming its 2015 decision after more than a decade of litigation. The Browning-Ferris decision follows instructions from ...

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued new opinion letters addressing several recurring questions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, offering employers additional guidance on employee classification and overtime exemptions.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit alleging that Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast violated federal civil rights law by excluding male employees from a company-sponsored networking event.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a subpoena enforcement action in federal court seeking to compel Nike, Inc. to produce documents as part of a systemic discrimination investigation.

A Utah jury has awarded a former human resources worker more than $5 million after finding that her former employer retaliated against her for raising workplace concerns.