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Caution and deference: NJ court leaves professor’s firing undisturbed

On February 16, 2024, the New Jersey Appellate Division dismissed without a trial a former tenured professor’s complaint against a university that was filed because he disagreed with the findings of his discharge hearing...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia

Complex laws around healthcare employees get more complicated

Employers have seen an enormous number of changes recently to various rules about how they manage their employee base. This includes a notice of proposed rulemaking by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in late 2023...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · 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 · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Jury awards $1.675M to hearing-impaired applicant in EEOC lawsuit

I like to tell you about areas of deep interest to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), regardless of where the case pops up. Here’s an update from New York that still has much to teach Texas employers...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Managing implications of remote employees working in multiple states

Remote work has been all the rage in recent years. Initially, employees were working from home because offices were closed by government mandate. While working from home, employees were usually working in the same town...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

‘One pork chop! One!!’ exclaims Texas court

In 1977, Hollywood actor John Travolta’s breakout role was Tony in the movie Saturday Night Fever, set in an Italian, blue-collar Brooklyn neighborhood. Tony’s life centered on going to the disco every Saturday night. An...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Sheriff OK to fire officer who claimed disability after shooting self

A U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings cover Alabama, Florida, and Georgia employers) recently upheld the firing of a law enforcement officer who intentionally shot himself while intoxicated on duty. The...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

FMLA eligibility requires treatment within seven days of incapacity

Q One of our employees has been in and out with cold and flu symptoms, but he was recently diagnosed with strep throat. The leave originally wasn’t classified as Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, but because the...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Do’s and don’ts for preserving honest belief defense

Whether an employer is successful in getting an employment discrimination case dismissed often depends on whether it can show it had an “honest belief” in a nondiscriminatory reason for its employment decision. To...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

Worried about brain drain? Focusing on older workers can help

A recent study from Guild, a workplace education provider, explored what keeps employers up at night. Topping the list of worries business leaders named for 2024 was a loss of institutional knowledge as workers retire...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · Texas · 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

Wondering what workers want? Research gives employers some clues

There’s no denying that all the upheaval over the last few years has had an outsized effect on the workforce. Among other things, employees weathered a worldwide health crisis and its resulting economic disruption along...

Employers not required to disclose tracking on company-owned vehicles

Q Are we obligated by law to disclose that our company vehicles are geographically tracked? If so, what is the best practice when advising employees their company cars will be trackable at all times? As a general rule...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

Nondisclosure agreements: Trends to watch

Nondisclosure agreements (NDAs)—also referred to as confidentiality contracts, noncompete agreements, and restrictive covenants—can protect confidential information that, if used inappropriately, would harm your business...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

Common sense (barely) prevails in El Paso arbitration case

A recent case from West Texas reminds us yet again that lawyers representing employees fight tooth and nail to keep their clients out of arbitration—and to get their claims to a jury of their peers. Slip and fall Mary...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Complex laws around healthcare employees get more complicated

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Dartmouth basketball players deemed ‘employees’ under NLRA

Over the past few years, collegiate athletes’ rights have continued to expand, with name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals being a hot topic of conversation and a way for student athletes to obtain significant...

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