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2003-2
Supreme Court Rules Hospital Illegally Stopped
Union Distribution To Nurses
The U.S. Supreme Court held a hospital violated federal
labor law by restricting a union's distribution of bargaining literature
to nurses at hospital entrances, which were nonworking and nonpatient-care
areas. Brockton Hosp. v. NLRB
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Influential Co-Worker Can Be Decisionmaker
In Bias Case
A federal appeals court held employment decisions tainted
by bias of a decisionmaker's subordinate result in liability for discrimination
unless the decisionmaker exercises independent judgment following an independent
investigation. Hill v. Lockheed Martin Logisitics Management, Inc.
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Federal Worker Challenging Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission Ruling Cannot Limit Issues
The Tenth Circuit held an employee challenging an EEOC
decision is not entitled to litigate only those portions believed to be
wrong, while ignoring portions resolved in the employee's favor. Timmons
v. White
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Employer's Health Plan Excluding Infertility
Treatments Does Not Discriminate
A federal appeals court held an employer's health plan
that did not cover infertility treatments did not discriminate against
women because infertility is a gender-neutral medical condition. Saks
v. Franklin Covey Co.
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Employee's Unsworn Letter To Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission Qualified As Timely Harassment Charge
A federal district court held an ex-employee's letter
to the EEOC, although not signed or sworn to until after the time limits
for filing expired, qualified as a timely charge of sexual harassment.
EEOC v. I-Sector Corp.
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Supervisors Have Duty To Report Co-Worker
Harassment
A federal district court held a former factory worker
may proceed with her claims of co-worker sexual harassment because she
complained to supervisors who had a duty to report their knowledge to
the company but failed to do so. Brunson v. Bayer Corp.
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Truck Drivers Are Exempt From Overtime Requirements
Of State Wage Law.
A California appeals court held certain truck drivers
are exempt from the overtime requirements of a state wage law under an
Industrial Welfare Commission wage order. Collins v. Overnite Transportation
Co.
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Unilateral Change To Hiring System Was Unfair
Labor Practice
A federal appeals court affirmed an NLRB order, ruling
a trade show contractor committed an unfair labor practice by unilaterally
changing its hiring referral system while a union postponed bargaining
over the matter while it resolved a separate dispute. NLRB v. Brede,
Inc.
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