A D.C. federal judge wondered Wednesday whether he had the authority to force the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue probing disparate impact discrimination claims after an April executive order stopped all such investigations in their tracks.
A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday of the revised test underlying the National Labor Relations Board's ruling that Starbucks illegally forbade roastery workers to wear union T-shirts but appeared to buy that the agency's reviews of employers' dress codes generally deserve deference.
New Jersey officials and lawmakers seem likely to continue efforts to combat independent contractor misclassification after Democrats won top offices and statehouse seats, though the level of activity could change, attorneys in the Garden State said.