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Reverse discrimination claims boosted by Supreme Court

by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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NLRB has expanded its scrutiny of nonsolicitation agreements

The landscape surrounding nonsolicitation agreements is undergoing significant transformation, driven in large part by recent actions and interpretations from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). At the heart of...

Oct 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · New York · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Positive drug tests can be cause for termination in Wisconsin

Q If we have a drug-free workplace policy and implement random testing, can we fire an employee who tests positive even if the employee simply used marijuana outside the workplace and wasn’t impaired? The short answer is...

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

SCOTUS order signals it may invalidate some EEOC harassment guidelines

In August, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an injunction to the Department of Education’s recently issued rule implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any...

Oct 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · 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 · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Time to brush up on employment law basics for employers

As we find ourselves in the last half of 2024, we felt it was right to go back to the basics for those navigating the complex landscape of employment law. Understanding these laws helps to protect your business from...

Sep 12, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California

I shocked the sheriff: 9th Circuit rules private texts aren’t protected speech

One of the nightmares of HR professionals is to be told about a workplace problem “privately as a friend.” Whether something is an informal chat between friends or public notice of a problem is very hard to determine...

Sep 12, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

NLRB under pressure in presidential election year

The current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Joe Biden has been heavily involved in moving forward the administration’s prolabor goals. But as the Biden administration draws to a close, the Board...

Sep 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Loper Bright already affecting Biden regulations

With its 2024 Loper Bright decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the long-standing doctrine of Chevron deference, under which courts deferred to federal agencies’ interpretation of a statute when the text was...

Sep 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Highlights from the 2024 National ILG Conference

The annual National Industry Liaison Group (ILG) Conference was held in Orlando this year from July 29 through August 1. While there wasn’t much new because it’s an election year, here are a few highlights: Acting Office...

Sep 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Congress responds to Supreme Court rulings

The recent Supreme Court decisions eliminating Chevron deference and granting presidents all-but blanket immunity have prompted responses from Congress, both to support and invalidate the rulings. No Kings Act In...

Sep 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC contemplates furlough

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is considering a furlough for all the agency’s staff for a day in late August to stay under its operational budget. On July 30, 2024, EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows...

Sep 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

View from K Street: Back to work in the Information Age

We have lived through a few weeks none of us has ever experienced: an assassination attempt on a former president who is a current candidate; a presidential withdrawal from the campaign; a Black-South Asian woman as...

Sep 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Scope of Texas Labor Code is on the line

On August 2, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appeals court covering Texas) asked the Texas Supreme Court to consider whether the Texas Labor Code preempts—that is, displaces and requires dismissal...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

A moment of AI sanity

Yes, I know artificial intelligence (AI) is a big deal. But let’s not forget that old school still works. Recently the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Texas) rejected a special AI rule for written briefs...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas