While many of us were distracted with GoT (for those of you that somehow don’t know what that means, it stands for Game of Thrones) and preparing for Avengers: Endgame (including myself), Uncle Snoop Dogg flew in and left a cloud of Mary Jane over New York when he left. Though not involved with the enactment of a recent bill in New York City, it seems like ...
Last Monday, the United States Supreme Court accepted for review appeals of three cases that involve similar questions about whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBT works from workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Title VII is the federal law that bans discrimination in the workplace ...
I know you all have been waiting on pins and needles. No? Just me? Well, nonetheless the day has finally come. No I’m not talking about the apocalypse or the end of the world, though what I’m about to say may seem like it for some employers. I’m talking about the EEOC’s announcement regarding the current EEO-1 reporting period.
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It should be no surprise by now that a certain circuit (I’m looking at you Ninth Circuit) makes its own rules. So much so, the Supreme Court recently had to inform them of the shocking truth that dead judges can’t write opinions. If you are seeing the quote “…federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity” around a lot lately ...
Well…we finally have some indication from the DOL on how it intends to update Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) regulations covering overtime exemptions for employees who fit into the “white collar” exemptions for Executive, Administrative and Professional employees. The overtime threshold, currently at $23,660/year or ...
Julie R. Pugh & Lee P. Geiger
Yesterday, March 4, 2019, a federal D.C. Circuit judge ordered the EEOC’s pay data collection initiative to be reinstated. As a refresher, generally all private employers with more than 100 employees and all federal contractors (with 50 or more employees and a contract with the federal government worth more than ...
In August 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio found that insurance agents working under independent contractor agreements for a major insurance company were employees for purposes of pursuing pension and other benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974.[1] Recognizing ...
In what has become an all-too-familiar sign of our times, the news was filled last week with reports of yet another workplace shooting. Five employees were killed and six police officers injured before the shooting ended. Companies are left wondering how to protect their employees.
While we can’t prevent all workplace shootings, there are ...
A recent case in Indiana federal court is a good illustration of the potentially long arm of the law prohibiting retaliation in the workplace.
Rachael Barter worked for AT&T until her termination in March, 2015. In April, she began working for NexLink Communications, which is a third party solutions provider for AT&T. In May, Barter filed a charge ...