Five Ways To Prevent Employment Litigation By Cris Feldman on October 8, 2018 Posted in Employment Law Have written procedures for conduct. In light of the #MeToo movement, more victims ...
Can You Fire Someone for Participating in Public Protests? By Alyson Brown on October 3, 2018 Posted in Employment Law With Colin Kaepernick back in the spotlight for his recent Nike deal, and demonstrators ...
Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Sixth Circuit Rules that Employees Need Not Return Severance Pay Before Suing By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on October 2, 2018 Posted in Employment Law When employers enter into severance agreements with departing employees ...
Fourth Circuit Sides With EEOC: Back Pay Damages Are Mandatory Under The ADEA By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on September 27, 2018 Posted in EEOC, Employment Law In EEOC v. Baltimore County, the EEOC brought a lawsuit on behalf of two retired ...
Crossroads Christian Church Owes Former Executive Pastor and Executive Assistant $3.7 Million in Retirement Benefits, Fort Worth Jury Finds By Clouse Brown PLLC on September 13, 2018 Posted in Employment Law, Labor Law Mel Dietz helped oversee church operations and multiple construction projects on ...
Future Enterprise – Workplace Safety Compliance Comes to the Forefront for Expanding Healthcare Industry By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on September 5, 2018 Posted in Employment Law Employment in healthcare occupations continues to outgrow all other industries ...
Ignorance Is No Defense: Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Workplace Harassment Complaints By Keith Clouse on August 22, 2018 Posted in Employment Law With a near-daily barrage of media reports about high-profile workplace harassment ...
Meal Breaks Must Be Free of All Work Duties By Thomas J. Crane on August 21, 2018 Posted in Employment Law “You get a rest break every four hours,” the seasoned warehouseman told me back ...
What San Antonio Employers Need To Know About New Paid Sick Time Ordinance By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on August 17, 2018 Posted in Employment Law San Antonio became the second Texas municipality (Austin) to enact a paid sick ...
Fourth Circuit Finds Former Employee Established Prima Facie Case of Retaliation By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on August 14, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law The Fourth Circuit revived the retaliation case of a former city employee who was ...
Should Employers Include “No Rehire” Clauses In Separation Agreements? By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on August 8, 2018 Posted in Employment Law When terminating an employment relationship, a separation agreement can ...
Substantial Penalties For Innocent Mistakes Regarding Final Wages Upon Termination By Billie Wenter on August 7, 2018 Posted in Employment Law The First District Court of Appeal’s decision in Nishiki v. Danko Meredith, APC reminds ...
The Eleventh Circuit Affirmed It Was Not A “Crime” To Not Compensate For Dressing and Drive Time By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on July 17, 2018 Posted in Employment Law Should we be paying our employees before their shifts start? The answer is highly ...
Employers Are Responsible for Stopping Sexual Harassment by Non-Employees By Leiza Dolghih on July 16, 2018 Posted in Employment Law A recent opinion from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed just this issue when ...
Why Executives Should Negotiate an Indemnity Clause into Employment Agreements By Keith Clouse on July 11, 2018 Posted in Employment Law, Labor Law, Litigation Indemnification is a legal concept included in many contracts whereby one party agrees ...
Tenth Circuit Reaffirms That Title VII Does Not Require Employers to Offer an Employee Their “Preferred” Religious Accommodation By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on July 10, 2018 Posted in Employment Law In Christmon v. B&B Airparts, Inc., an employee sued his former employer under Title VII ...
Predictive Scheduling: Yet Another Type of Law For Employers To Worry About By Robert G. Chadwick, Jr. on July 3, 2018 Posted in Employment Law In recent years, the rights of applicants and employees have been expanded ...
Are Employment Class Actions A Thing of the Past? By Keith Clouse on June 27, 2018 Posted in Employment Law, Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court upheld employers’ use of class action waivers in employment ...
Arbitration Agreement Unenforceable Due to Employer’s Missing Signature By Alyson Brown on June 14, 2018 Posted in Employment Law The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voided an arbitration agreement between an ...
Using Credit Histories in Employment Decisions: An Overview of Divergent State & Local Requirements By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on June 12, 2018 Posted in Discrimination, Employment Law, Fair Credit Reporting Act Over the past few years, restrictions regarding the use of credit checks by employers on ...
Pet-Friendly Workplaces – Asking Fur Trouble or a Pawsitive Purrfessional Trend? By Alyson Brown on June 6, 2018 Posted in Employment Law Who brings dogs to work? In addition to the employers who participate in ...
Ensuring that Your Employees’ Electronically-Signed Agreements are Enforceable By Drew York on May 24, 2018 Posted in Employment Law Are electronic acknowledgments just as binding as a signed document? It can be ...
U.S. Supreme Court May Have Opened the Door to Sports Wagering, But Don’t Bet on Gambling in the Workplace By Alyson Brown on May 23, 2018 Posted in Employment Law What does this ruling mean for the workplace? Informal office wagering ...
A Class Waiver Can Be A Condition of Employment By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on May 22, 2018 Posted in Employment Law In one of the most significant employment cases in memory, a sharply divided ...
