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Lars Olofsson was a regular route driver for Mission Linen when he informed the plant manager (Jack Anderson, Sr.) that he needed seven weeks off from work to care for his elderly mother in Sweden who was recuperating from back surgery.

In our continuing video blog series analyzing the findings in our Workplace Class Action Report, trend #2 focuses on the success factor of the plaintiffs' bar for class certification rulings in 2021.

The Fourth District joined the Second District in issuing another published decision holding that plaintiffs do not lose representative standing once their individual PAGA claims are compelled to arbitration.

Seyfarth's annual Workplace Class Action Report was profiled in "Study: Employers Should Fear Class Actions In California, New York,"...

Seyfarth's Workplace Class Action Report was featured in a January 14 story from the Cook County Record,...

As you might recall from our previous post, The 10th Circuit Grants Re-leaf to Workers Seeking Overtime Under the FLSA...

In this episode of our California COVID-19 series, Joe Beachboard and Linda Claxton discuss the state of employment litigation in California and the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, Akin Gump labor and employment practice head Bob Lian and partner Lauren Leyden discuss employer vaccine mandates related to COVID-19.

Browning-Ferris based claims against hotel franchisor Marriott International Incorporated ("Marriott") will move forward, according to an Illinois federal court.

Elizabeth D. Sigety was featured in Marketplace article "NLRB Decision Pushes 'Employee' Debate."

In case you're just back from vacation and have not kept a close eye on the business press, you may have missed the recent Browning-Ferris Industries decision issued on August 27 by the National Labor Relations Board.

Under the Biden Administration, we expect the Department of Justice to reinvigorate the policies aimed at increasing coordination between the criminal and civil divisions.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a motion to dismiss a Black legal assistant’s Title VII discrimination suit against a Florida law firm.

Members of Jones Walker's Labor & Employment Practice Group brainstormed among ourselves and with our clients to create a list of current trends and issues affecting the workplace. We created a client alert from the list to keep our readers up to date.

Jones Walker's Labor & Employment Practice Group compiled a list of key areas affecting employer operations...

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, recently ruled that the charter bus company Kraft's Coaches, Inc. (KCI) does not have to pay its drivers overtime.

In our recent blog on the second workplace class action litigation trend of 2017, we provided our readers with a comprehensive analysis of class certification statistics.

Certain to become a major factor in employment litigation, an opinion issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23, 2020 clarifies the burden for plaintiffs to meet in discrimination claims filed...