Reuters

A U.S. judge has ordered the Trump administration to put in writing that thousands of federal workers were not fired over their performance as agencies had claimed in terminating them en masse.

One of the largest U.S. labor unions asked a federal judge on Wednesday to block Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort from accessing the Department of Labor’s systems, which the union warned could give the billionaire sensitive information about investigations into his companies.

Charlotte Burrows, a Democratic member and former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fired by Republican President Donald Trump, has hired a pair of Washington lawyers known for pursuing high-profile employment and sexual misconduct allegations.

Mark S. Goldstein, Dylan A. Lembo and Alexandra C. Manfredi of Reed Smith LLP discuss labor and employment policies implemented by the Biden administration that are likely to be rolled back, qualified, or reversed over the course of President-elect Trump’s second term.

 The U.S. tech industry has made limited progress in diversifying its workforce over the last decade, with illegal discrimination likely playing a role in the underrepresentation of women, minorities, and older workers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Wednesday.

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class, exposing the company to millions of dollars in potential damages.

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $300,000 award for a former Walmart employee with Down syndrome who the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed was fired after 15 years with the company because of her disability.

U.S. workers are growing more sour with their employment compensation, according to a survey released on Monday by the New York Federal Reserve.

UAW President Shawn Fain condemns Trump and Musk’s actions as illegal and predictable

A U.S. appeals court on Monday said a former Chipotle Mexican Grill employee does not have to arbitrate claims that she was sexually harassed and raped by a coworker, because she sued the restaurant chain after a federal law took effect banning agreements to keep such claims out of court.

Law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by a Black ex-partner who cited offensive emails sent by the firm’s former practice leaders, court records show.

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Friday dropped its appeal of a judge’s ruling striking down a rule that would have treated many companies as employers of certain contract and franchise workers and require them to bargain with unions representing them.

A federal judge in California has rejected Workday’s bid to dismiss a proposed class action claiming that the artificial intelligence-powered software the company uses to screen out job applicants for other businesses bakes in existing biases.

BP employees must disclose any intimate relationships with colleagues or risk losing their jobs, the oil major told staff in a policy update, following the sacking of former CEO Bernard Looney for failing to do so.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday said a Texas federal judge likely lacked the power to order lawyers at Southwest Airlines to undergo “religious liberty training” after a flight attendant won a discrimination lawsuit, and kept his decision on hold.