by Mark Travis | Jun 26, 2023 | Arbitration, Labor Law
In Advantage Veterans Services of Walterboro, LLC v. United Steel Workers (4th Cir., No. 22-1268, 06/15/2023), the employer challenged an arbitration award in favor of the union stemming from the discharge of a union-represented employee. The trial court affirmed the...
by Mark Travis | May 23, 2023 | Title VII
In Levine v. DeJoy (6th Cir., No. 22-1388, 04/10/23), Levine sued the United States Postal Service (USPS), alleging discrimination by failing to promote her based on race. The Sixth Circuit reversed the trial court’s summary judgment for the employer. Levine, an...
by Mark Travis | Feb 5, 2023 | FMLA
In Milman v. Feiger & Feiger, P.C. (6th Cir., No. 21-2685, 01/25/2023), Milman sued the employer law firm, alleging the employer violated the FMLA when it terminated her immediately after she requested unpaid leave to care of her son. The Sixth Circuit reversed...
by Mark Travis | Dec 21, 2022 | Retaliation and Whistle-Blowing, Title VII
In Blount v. Stanley Engineering Fastening (6th Cir., No. 22-5356, 12/15/2022), Blount sued his employer for race discrimination and retaliation under the Kentucky Civil Rights Act. He had been fired for using his cell phone while sitting in an idling forklift –...
by Mark Travis | Dec 18, 2022 | Arbitration
In U.S. Department of the Army and National Federation of Federal Employees, 73 FLRA No. 70 (Dec. 8, 2022), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (“the Authority”) reversed a Trump-era standard for interlocutory appeals of arbitration awards under The Federal Service...
