Medical marijuana delivery drivers pursuing overtime pay claims failed to establish that a group of pot growers and processors were either related to each other or were employers with control over workers, the companies told a Pennsylvania federal court.
Food delivery app EatStreet asked a federal judge to stay deadlines to notify workers of a $1.2 million settlement in a tip misappropriation and expense reimbursement action, telling the court it no longer had the cash to fulfill its promises.
SkyWest Airline called on a California federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action brought by a pilot who alleges the company offers insufficient meal and rest breaks, arguing that federal regulations preempted California state worker protections.
A New York federal judge denied a bid by Amazon to have the Second Circuit review a decision preserving claims that the e-commerce company discriminated against military reservists by failing to provide paid leave for time workers spend on active duty.
California's application of a worker-friendly independent contractor test to political canvassers but not door-to-door salespeople was not illegal, speech-based discrimination, the Ninth Circuit concluded Tuesday in a case challenging the state's A.B. 5 classification law.