A bid by husband and wife lawyers to add to their sex discrimination lawsuit against Jones Day a new claim alleging post-suit retaliation is the “apex of absurdity,” the law firm told a federal court in Washington, D.C., Wednesday.

Two Californians can’t proceed with claims alleging a clinic that conducted medical screenings of them as part of their application for jobs with potential employers violated their job, privacy, and other rights by asking them to divulge irrelevant health-history information, a federal judge ruled.

Textron Aviation Inc. won dismissal Wednesday of a Black employee’s racial discrimination claims, after the Tenth Circuit found his supervisor’s alleged racial animus couldn’t be imputed to the entire team that decided to place him on unpaid leave.

The U.S. Supreme Court struck two blows for religious rights, including a decision that upholds Trump administration rules giving employers a broad right to refuse to offer birth control through their health plans.

Phillips 66 Co. doesn’t owe severance benefits to a longtime employee who said he was fired because the company incorrectly suspected he had a drug problem, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Wednesday.

Federal workers who join unions but later decide to quit can opt out of paying union dues anytime after their first year of membership and not just during a specified period each year, under a final rule issued by the agency that oversees the labor relations program for government employees.

Religion and LGBT rights in the workplace will continue to clash in light of U.S. Supreme Court rulings on LGBT job protections and religious defenses to bias claims, and an upcoming First Amendment case the justices will tackle next term involving same-sex foster parents.