Erin Mulvaney
Bloomberg Law
Washington, DC, United States
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Uber, Lyft Optional Masking Puts Risk Calculus on Drivers (1)
Uber Technologies Inc.‘s and Lyft Inc.‘s decision to end masking requirements after a judge halted a federal mandate for airplanes, trains, and other public transportation is now putting drivers in the position of deciding whether they want to pick up maskless passengers. → Read More
EEOC Weighs Tracking Nonbinary Worker Data at U.S. Companies
The EEOC said it wants to track nonbinary workforce data, along with other categories such as race and national origin, joining other agencies acknowledging the gender fluidity increasingly present in the workplace. → Read More
Uber Will Pay $8.4 Million to End Years-Long Driver Class Action
A proposed $8.4 million deal reached between Uber Technologies Inc. and more than 1,300 California drivers, who alleged they were misclassified as contractors, would end one of the gig economy court battles that predate the passage of Proposition 22. → Read More
Pay Equity Disputes Are Flourishing, and Expect More in the New Year
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected soon to announce whether the justices will hear a dispute over whether employers can use an applicant's prior salary to justify paying men and women differently. → Read More
Civil Rights Groups Question DOJ's 'Drastically Changed' Stance in EEOC Case
“It bears emphasizing that the department’s abrupt shift in position on disparate impact liability is exactly that: abrupt and in tension with its own recently held views including in this very case” civil rights lawyers said in an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit. → Read More
Transgender Professor, Denied Reinstatement After Jury Win, Plans to Appeal
“We think the court was wrong” Ezra Young said. “This was a situation where Dr. Tudor had a rare job a tenure-track job where you don’t lose it no matter what. They tried to strip her of that and a jury agreed.” → Read More
NLRB vacates 'joint-employer' decision
The National Labor Relations Board on Monday retreated from its drive to overturn the Obama-era expanded "joint employment" standard. → Read More
EEOC resists judge's deadline for new wellness program rules
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal judge Tuesday that the court does not have the power to force the agency to comply with any deadline, or direct the agency to adopt any new rules in the first place. → Read More
'Joint-employer' definition, handbook policies and more updates from the NLRB
The Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board moved quickly last week to overturn a host of Obama-era panel decisions. → Read More
PwC can't keep secret would-be class size in age discrimination suit
PwC doesn't want the number of potential plaintiffs in an age discrimination lawsuit to be revealed. → Read More
8 Employment Law Cases In-House Attorneys Should Think About
Strategic tools and news that general counsel need to better manage their legal departments and fully understand the business risks companies face today. → Read More
Monster.com Post Snarls Company in Hiring Dispute With the U.S. Labor Dept.
Strategic tools and news that general counsel need to better manage their legal departments and fully understand the business risks companies face today. → Read More
How Companies Are Reacting to Overtime Rule Uncertainty
Strategic tools and news that general counsel need to better manage their legal departments and fully understand the business risks companies face today. → Read More
EEOC workplace wellness rules: 'Intentions could change'
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lost a fight in court over workplace wellness rules but there are still questions lingering over a solution—particularly given the Trump administration’s new leadership at the agency could shift intentions. → Read More
CVS Can't Boot Suit Challenging Website's ADA Compliance
Strategic tools and news that general counsel need to better manage their legal departments and fully understand the business risks companies face today. → Read More
Trump's Labor Nominees Face Pointed Questions at Senate Hearing
Three Trump administration nominees to key labor posts took to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for their confirmation hearings, moving them closer to holding power... → Read More
Trump Extends Kirkland & Ellis Pipeline in Pick for Labor Department Solicitor
A Kirkland & Ellis employment litigation partner in Washington and daughter of a federal appeals court judge is on tap to be the U.S. Labor Department's ... → Read More
Ethics Pledges Get Close-Up at NLRB Amid Leadership Changes
The National Labor Relations Board, now under Republican leadership, is facing early pressure from employee advocates to confront ethical issues associated w... → Read More
Key Labor Case at the US Supreme Court Could Affect Millions of Workers
Strategic tools and news that general counsel need to better manage their legal departments and fully understand the business risks companies face today. → Read More
Revising Workplace Wellness Rules Poses Conundrum for EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lost a fight in court over its workplace wellness rules but there are still questions lingering over a solut... → Read More