A health clinic in North Carolina must withdraw the defamation and breach of contract claims it brought in state court against employees that it illegally fired, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

Brainshark Inc. must face an Illinois saleswoman’s proposed class action alleging it collected her biometric information without her consent in violation of the state Biometric Information Privacy Act, a federal court ruled.

US Medical Staffing Inc., a Philadelphia health-care staffing company, will pay $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages after willfully denying overtime pay to 1,756 misclassified workers, according to the Department of Labor.

Lyft Inc. said it will freeze hiring in the US at least until next year, amid economic instability that’s rattled the ride-hail giant’s stock price.

An insurance company need not defend an Illinois cheese company sued for illegally scanning the hands of employees, a federal judge said Tuesday.

FedEx Ground Package System Inc. lost a bid to defeat claims it owes unpaid overtime to delivery workers in New Mexico, when a federal court rejected the company’s argument that the state’s minimum wage act never applies to hours worked out of state.