Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Supreme court opened the door for avoiding the courts in most future employment cases
In a final twist of the battle that has been raging in the USA between the National Labour Relations Board and employers on the legality of anti-class action clauses in arbitration agreements, the Supreme Court on May 21st 2018 finally opened the door for avoiding the courts in most future employment cases …
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USA: NLRB evaluates personnel handbook for section 7 compliance and finds moonlighting policy unlawful
A court has found that an employer’s policy forbidding moonlighting without the permission of the company to be a violation of the National Labour Relations Act …
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USA: Uber ends forced arbitration agreements of sexual assault claims
Uber is one of the first major US companies to voluntarily switch its employment dispute practices from mandatory arbitration, with a built-in confidentiality clause, to a choice of mediation (with a confidentiality option), arbitration, or a court action …
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USA: University of Denver to pay $2.66 million to settle EEOC equal pay lawsuit
A pay discrimination lawsuit involving law academics at the University of Denver has been settled at the cost of US$2 …
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USA: Trade war
Retaliatory responses to the trade war initiated by the USA will do much to damage the US economy far more than any other …
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USA: Supreme court upholds workplace arbitration contracts barring class actions
The US Supreme Court has ruled that employers may use clauses in employment contracts to prevent employees from joining class action lawsuits and to require individual arbitration to resolve disputes …
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USA: Cybersecurity skills shortage
The Senate Banking Committee has been debating the shortage of cybersecurity skills across the US economy …
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USA: Google Duplex sounds human when it calls to book appointments
The latest talking Bot from Google Duplex operates with normal speech patterns, including “ums” and “ahs” …
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USA: Is a John Deere employee in China protected under the Iowa Civil Rights Act?
When a factory manager working for the US farm equipment manufacturer John Deere was transferred from China back to Iowa “under a cloud” for alleged personal misconduct and demoted he tried to take his company to court under the State Civil Rights Act …
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USA: Equal pay day
Each year a date is set for “equal pay day” …
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USA: Jury awards nearly $8 million to former restaurant manager
A Jury in California has awarded a restaurant manager $1 …
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USA: Employee status remains a major issue
Employee status remains a major issue in America as the courts struggle to find a clear line between employee and contractor …
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USA: Legal hiring data finds disadvantage for DC law grads
If you want a top legal job it is probably not a good idea to attend law school in Washington DC …
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USA: Missouri House and Senate continue drive to protect right-to-work law
The Missouri state legislature is trying to engineer the result they want from a forthcoming referendum on the euphemistically termed “right to work” …
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USA: Customs and border protection searches of electronic devices
Last year the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) searched the personal electronic devices of 32,000 entering the US, even though such suspicionless actions clearly violate the U …
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