Justices Return to Slim Docket of Employment Cases

By Kevin McGowan, Bloomberg BNA

The U.S. Supreme Court returns Oct. 3 for its new term with just one labor-related item among the 31 cases granted review so far.

“I’m struck by how quiet it is on the employment front,” said Rae Vann, general counsel of the Equal Employment Advisory Council, an employers’ association in Washington.

That could change, however, as the justices Sept. 26 began considering petitions for review that accumulated during the court’s summer break.

The justices are expected to grant review in more cases before the 2016-2017 term officially opens Oct. 3.

More than three dozen petitions are pending that seek review of appeals court ...