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Q How can we discipline a new employee who takes unplanned, unexcused days off for sickness, family emergencies, etc.? We don’t currently have a policy on how many unexcused days off are allowed. Wisconsin employers have...
Q We have an employee who took four days off to tend to his daughter in the hospital after she received a C-section and another who wants to take three weeks off to assist her sibling going through chemotherapy. Would...
Small dollar cases are a problem because the cost of attorneys’ fees can often dwarf the remaining areas of liability. In addition, pain and suffering damages are a wildcard that makes a case evaluation difficult. But...
A mediocre sheriff with a history of performance warnings wasn’t promoted and tried to get that reversed by a California trial court. When that didn’t work, he went to the court of appeal and asked for his case to be...
Because arbitrations are creatures of contract, ordinarily a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement cannot invoke its terms. But an exception exists when that rule proves just too unfair. Courts can’t countenance...
Donald Trump and the Republicans’ sweeping victory promises to bring equally sweeping changes to the federal government. This issue of FELI will examine the likely impact of the new administration on each of the major...
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make major changes to the federal government in his second term, including an overhaul of the workforce enforcement agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated President Joe Biden’s $15 federal contactor minimum wage, finding the president doesn’t have the authority under the Procurement Act to issue an Executive Order (EO)...
There are many uncertainties about the actions of President-elect Donald Trump. One thing is certain: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo will be fired at once. In this (perhaps...
Companies that demand employees provide medical records or family medical history during pre-employment physicals or fitness-for-duty exams are being challenged under the federal Genetic Nondiscrimination Act of 2008...
In Texas v. DOL, a federal district judge granted summary judgment (dismissal without a trial) for the state of Texas and various trade groups and blocked the Biden administration’s overtime rule on a nationwide basis...
There’s something different about this period of transition. As we have learned to expect with matters involving Donald Trump, he has exerted a kind of gravitational pull on the levers of government. It’s almost as if...
On November 11, 2024, a top-secret operation by Santa’s Detective Division discovered the Grinch in a makeshift lair, using a voice-to-text application to draft the following memorandum to himself. The division is...
Race discrimination and retaliation claims under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 have no cap on the damages that can be awarded. In a recent case from the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings...
With the presidential election just behind us, it’s no surprise that political tensions are high and citizen campaigning continues to permeate the workplace. With a record number of employees donning “Make America Great...
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