The D.C. Circuit vacated on Tuesday a National Labor Relations Board order requiring Google and contractor Cognizant to bargain with a union representing YouTube Music workers, saying the end of the tech giant's contract with Cognizant mooted the dispute.
Washington state troopers can sue their employer directly in superior court over alleged minimum wage violations before exhausting the grievance process under collective bargaining agreements, an Evergreen State appellate court said Tuesday, distinguishing the challenged policies from the union contracts.
A Sixth Circuit panel's recent disagreement on the breadth of a federal law curbing employers' use of mandatory arbitration provisions for workers' sexual harassment and assault claims stems from unusual language in the statute that has and will continue to spawn confusion, experts said.