Virginia AG Jay Jones announced the creation of the Worker Protection Unit at the 44th Constitutional Convention of the Virginia AFL-CIO in Williamsburg. The unit – the first of its kind in Virginia – will be a dedicated enforcement team focused on employers’ unfair and illegal treatment of workers, including employers not paying employees overtime…

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Florida AG James Uthmeier issued an investigative subpoena to the NFL as part of his probe into whether the league’s Rooney Rule and related diversity hiring policies violate Florida law. According to reports, the subpoena commands the NFL to appear at the AG’s office and seeks documents including diversity reports, coaching census data, and demographic…

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sent CVS Health a letter warning that the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives may violate state and federal anti-discrimination laws, potentially exposing the company to Medicaid fraud liability as a Texas Medicaid provider. The letter focuses on CVS’s Supplier Diversity Program, which, according to the AG’s office, directs hundreds of…

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Florida AG James Uthmeier sent a warning letter to the NFL alleging that its Rooney Rule and related diversity initiatives violate state civil rights law by requiring consideration of race and sex in hiring and training decisions. In the letter, AG Uthmeier claims the Rooney Rule’s diverse-candidate interview requirements, draft-pick incentives tied to developing minority…

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New Jersey AG Jennifer Davenport and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) reached a $7 million settlement with PDX North, Inc. to resolve allegations that it violated the Unemployment Compensation Law and Temporary Disability Benefits Law by misclassifying delivery drivers as independent contractors. The settlement resolves four NJDOL audits from 2006 through 2019…

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