President Biden’s choice to lead the Labor Department is the deputy to the incumbent, Martin J. Walsh, who is leaving the administration.

After barring Starbucks from firing any U.S.-based worker over labor activity, a federal judge said he had erred and limited the action to one store.

The National Labor Relations Board said severance pacts requiring confidentiality and nondisparagement violated a law on collective worker activity.

A nationwide injunction restrains the company from dismissing labor organizers and could help reinstate ousted workers more quickly.

Martin J. Walsh, a former mayor of Boston, was regarded as an unusually visible labor secretary.

The ruling, on charges brought by the National Labor Relations Board, involved actions at two Staten Island warehouses before union votes last year.

The tech giant will assess its compliance with its official human rights policy, according to a federal filing.

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.

The outcome, involving about 300 employees, is one of organized labor’s biggest victories at a major U.S. tech company.

Many union leaders say the Biden White House has delivered on its promises. But its handling of a freight rail dispute has given rise to...