Legal Challenges Could Hamper U.S. Rule to Limit Independent Contracting October 12, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Business groups will almost certainly file lawsuits in an attempt to delay or derail a rule proposed by the Biden...
McDonald’s Defeats Black Franchisees’ $1B Bias Lawsuit, For Now October 4, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner McDonald’s Corp. has temporarily beat back a lawsuit by 52 Black former franchise owners who claim the fast-food giant set...
Labor Board to Expand Companies’ ‘Joint Employer’ Liability September 7, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. labor board on Tuesday moved to make it easier for workers and unions to hold companies liable for...
Judge Orders New Trial in Tesla Worker’s Race Bias Lawsuit June 28, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge in California on Monday ordered a new trial on the damages Tesla Inc. owes to a Black...
Legal Clashes Await U.S. Companies Covering Workers’ Abortion Costs June 27, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A growing number of large U.S. companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave their...
Tesla Worker Rejects $15M Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit June 23, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award in...
Tesla Worker in California Rejects $15M Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit June 22, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc.’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million award...
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Southwest Airlines Cannot Force Wage Suit Into Arbitration June 7, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner Southwest Airlines Co. cannot force a baggage handler’s class action lawsuit over overtime pay into private arbitration, the U.S. Supreme...
Do Claims Against Musk Raise a Legal Issue for His Companies and Twitter Deal? May 24, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals A report saying Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s company SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment claims by a flight...
Judge Finds Tesla Liable to Black Former Worker Who Alleged Bias, but Slashes Payout April 14, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel and Daniel Wiessner A federal judge said on Wednesday Tesla Inc. was liable to a Black elevator operator who said the electric car...