Benefits & Compensation

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Zino v. Whirlpool Corp.

February 15, 2019

Sixth Circuit reverses district court and holds that collective-bargaining agreements’ general durational clauses control when healthcare benefits end

Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia v. City of Philadelphia

November 28, 2018

U.S. Chamber leads coalition amicus brief in Third Circuit in support of First Amendment challenge to City of Philadelphia ordinance prohibiting employers from asking prospective employees about...

Yovino v. Rizo

October 4, 2018

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant cert. to review divided en banc decision from Ninth Circuit that Equal Pay Act precludes employers from considering applicants’ pay...

Nevada v. Department of Labor

July 13, 2018

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to reject collateral attack on scope of preliminary injunction against Obama administration’s 2016 overtime rule

Chamber of Commerce v. U.S. Department of Labor (Fiduciary Rule Appeal)

March 15, 2018

Fifth Circuit strikes down DOL's 2016 Fiduciary Rule

York Claims Service Wage and Hour Cases

March 14, 2018

Settlement reached in California Appeals Court wage-and-hour case

Transamerica Life Insurance Company v. Santomenno

February 23, 2018

Ninth Circuit reverses district court and holds that a plan administrator is not an ERISA fiduciary when negotiating its compensation with a prospective customer

CNH Industrial N.V. v. Reese

February 20, 2018

Supreme Court summarily reverses Sixth Circuit decision that adopted presumption in favor of imposing lifetime health benefits under collective bargaining agreements

Salazar v. McDonald’s Corp.

January 26, 2018

U.S. Chamber urges Ninth Circuit to reject plaintiffs’ argument that a franchisor is a joint employer of a franchisee’s workers under California wage-and-hour law

Zino v. Whirlpool Corp.

January 12, 2018

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to restore clarity and uniformity to the interpretation of retiree health-benefit plans