Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he would vote for a sweeping package of pro-labor reforms approved by the House last month, a development that offers unions hope as they work to break a Senate logjam holding up their top legislative priority.

Ohio employers may continue to shorten the time workers have to sue for job discrimination under state law if the employee agrees, after the Ohio Supreme Court declined to review a case arguing that allowing them to do so violates Ohio public policy against sexual harassment and other sex bias.

An Edison International Inc. employee on Monday lost her appeal seeking to hold two executives liable for a decline in stock price that allegedly hurt the company’s retirement plan, when the Ninth Circuit held that the employee failed to identify a viable alternative action the executives should have taken.

Cadia Healthcare LLC must face trial on a nursing manager’s claims she was forced to work while on medical leave for a facial nerve condition and fired because the company was unhappy her leave coincided with an unscheduled state inspection, the District of Delaware ruled.

The broad sweep of the Biden administration’s $2 trillion jobs plan and overhaul of the nation’s infrastructure has rekindled the debate about what actually is infrastructure, and whether and how his proposal’s objectives can be met while maintaining its stated commitment to racial equity.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is seeking public comment on ways the agency can reduce administrative and other barriers for immigrants applying for benefits.