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Recall that Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) eligibility turns on not only the length of employment (12 months/1,250 hours) but also the number of employees within a certain geographic location (employment at a...
The issue of intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) continues to bedevil Texas employers. The federal court of appeals covering Texas brought some clarity to the issue in a recent opinion. It’s...
Riddle me this: How can admitted sex discrimination not be a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? The answer: In Texas, the U.S 5th Circuit Court of Appeals follows the “adverse employment action...
In a recent decision, the Texas Supreme Court has provided guidelines for making arbitration agreements insurmountable. Facts Yvonne Cardwell was injured while working for her employer, Whataburger Restaurants, LLC. When...
A recent jury award of $7 billion proves the best course of action to take when being accused of any wrongdoing is to tell the truth. Facts On December 12, 2019, Roy James Holden, Jr., stabbed 83-year-old Betty Jo...
Q An employee who has requested Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave has been with us for only 11 months but has worked 1,908 hours in that time. Does he have to meet both the 12 months of employment and the 1,250...
Sep 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
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Q We have about 120 employees and are considering moving to unlimited paid time off (PTO). What are the pros and cons of switching to such a system? The pros and cons of unlimited PTO policies are hotly debated. Some...
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Q We’re a privately owned company with fewer than 100 employees. Do we have to follow the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act regulations in the event we decide to conduct a temporary layoff in the...
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Q An employee who has requested Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave has been with us for only 11 months but has worked 1,908 hours in that time. Does he have to meet both the 12 months of employment and the 1,250...
Sep 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter
· Great Lakes
· Illinois
· Indiana
· Michigan
· Ohio
· Wisconsin
· Mid-Atlantic
· Delaware
· Maryland
· New Jersey
· Pennsylvania
· Virginia
· Midsouth
· Kentucky
· North Carolina
· South Carolina
· Tennessee
· West Virginia
· Midwest
· Arkansas
· Kansas
· Missouri
· Oklahoma
· Mountain West
· Colorado
· Idaho
· Montana
· New Mexico
· Utah
· Wyoming
· New England
· Connecticut
· Maine
· Massachusetts
· New Hampshire
· Rhode Island
· Vermont
· Southeast
· Alabama
· Florida
· Georgia
· Louisiana
· Mississippi
· Upper Midwest
· Iowa
· Minnesota
· Nebraska
· North Dakota
· South Dakota
· West
· Alaska
· Arizona
· Hawaii
· Nevada
· Oregon
· Washington
On September 22, the EEOC is holding its third and final commission listening session to obtain public input on future enforcement priorities. The commission is asking public input on its Strategic Enforcement Plan for...
In December of 2021, Judge R. Stan Baker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction of the federal contractor vaccine mandate in the case of Georgia v...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its long-awaited proposed regulation defining the joint-employer relationship. The new rule, which reinstates an “indirect control” standard, hopes to bring an end to a...
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) for all Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal...
As the midterm elections approach and the end of a Democratic Senate looms, President Joe Biden’s key labor/employment nominees remain unconfirmed. With the number of legislative days decreasing and with many Senators...
American labor laws seem to be a way of transforming the innate antagonisms between labor and management into a more manageable form of duel: A union elected by the workers engages in collective bargaining with the...
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