Cases — December 7th through 18th

admin - December 18, 2014 - Arbitration, Discrimination, Labor Union, Tenth Circuit, Utah Court of Appeals, Wages, Workers Compensation

Defamation

Singer v. Steidley (10th Cir., December 18, 2014) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction questions of defamation as well as qualified and absolute immunity)

Discrimination

Hartigan v. Utah Transit Authority (10th Cir., December 10, 2014) (upholding summary judgement in favor of the UTA on Hartigan’s Title VII claims for gender discrimination and retaliation)

Workers’ Compensation

Estate of Brett R. Reitz v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., December 11, 2014) (affirming denial of benefits despite the possibility that “another conclusion from the evidence is permissible”)

Labor Unions

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Public Service Company of Colorado (10th Cir., December 9, 2014) (affirming denial of stay and arbitrability of collective bargaining agreement under the FAA—excellent discussion of jurisdiction and the FAA, as well as a cogent dissent)

Wages
Integrated Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk (U.S., December 9, 2014) (Fair Labor Standards Act—Employees’time spent waiting to undergo and undergoing security screenings is not an activity intrinsic to their employment, and thus is not compensable under the FLSA)