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EEOC Must Turn Over Psych Records In Sex Harassment Case

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not rethink the dismissal of an ex-firefighter's disability bias suit alleging he was forced to retire because the city of Denver gave him work that aggravated a hand injury, leaving intact a Tenth Circuit ruling that shut down his case.

Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on how workers at The Met are adding to a unionization wave in America's museums and why employers should heed warnings set by a $39 million settlement Starbucks reached with New York City to resolve alleged predictive scheduling violations. 

The New York City Council overcame vetoes from Mayor Eric Adams to enact laws that will require companies with more than 200 workers to supply pay data to the city, clearing the way for a study that aims to identify where pay equity disparities persist in the city's economy.

A Vermont federal judge rejected Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's bid for a new trial after a jury awarded a doctor over $1 million based on a finding that the hospital broke state antidiscrimination law when it fired her after she took disability leave.

Washington's insurance commissioner slapped Regence BlueShield with a $550,000 fine, the state announced Monday, for purportedly violating reporting requirements under a federal law that says health insurers must provide the same level of coverage for mental health care as general medical care.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review the dismissal of a discrimination and retaliation suit from a Black University of Michigan Law School professor who claimed she was unfairly disciplined for complaining about race bias on campus and for taking medical leave.

A split Ninth Circuit panel said Thursday that a law firm must face a fired attorney's disability bias suit claiming she was forced to work beyond a lighter schedule that helped her manage medical conditions, ruling a jury should decide whether the business has enough employees to be sued.

A split Ninth Circuit panel said Thursday that a law firm must face a fired attorney's disability bias suit claiming she was forced to work beyond a lighter schedule that helped her manage medical conditions, ruling a jury should decide whether the business has enough employees to be sued.

The Eleventh Circuit said Friday it couldn't wade into a worker's push to revive claims that AT&T illegally faulted employees for pregnancy-related absences, finding a missing signature on a deal to end the case meant the appeals court had no jurisdiction.