(Reuters) - Here are some upcoming events of interest to the employment law community. All times are local unless stated otherwise.
Tuesday, Nov. 9
9 a.m. - A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether Oregon law requires Amazon.com Inc to pay warehouse workers for time spent going through security screenings at the end of their shifts. A federal judge said the time was not compensable because the screenings were not an integral part of the workers' jobs. Named plaintiff Lindsey Buero says in the appeal that the judge wrongly applied the standard under federal wage law, while Oregon law provides broader protections to workers.
The case is Buero v. Amazon.com Services Inc, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 20-35633. For the plaintiffs: Lisa Hunt of Law Office of Lisa T. Hunt. For Amazon: Michael Kenneally of Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
9:30 a.m. - A Pennsylvania hospital operator will ask a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to require a Black doctor to arbitrate claims that she was sexually harassed by a female supervisor who then falsely accused her of sexual assault, leading to her firing. Prospect CCMC LLC says a judge was wrong to find that because the company was not a party to an arbitration agreement between plaintiff Dina Abdurahman and a "sister" company that operated the hospital where she worked, it could not compel arbitration of her discrimination and retaliation claims.
The case is Abdurahman v. Prospect CCMC LLC, 3rd U.S....
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