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Reverse discrimination claims boosted by Supreme Court

by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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Religious accommodations: Where do we stand?

Last summer, in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court upended the analysis used to determine whether and how employers must accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs. In the year since, there have been some...

Sep 01, 2024 · 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 · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

OSHA proposes first-ever heat protection rule

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently proposed a rule that, if finalized, would establish the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma

Wisconsin municipal employees’ collective bargaining rights might be restored

When first passed on March 9, 2011, Wisconsin Act 10 restricted collective bargaining rights for public sector employees. It allowed “public safety employees” to continue to collectively bargain with their municipal...

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

Go for Bronze! Insights into career goals and job satisfaction

Readers of the newsletter are called upon to perform a variety of tasks, one of which is to counsel employees (and perhaps themselves) on performance metrics and career goals. So, along with sporadic watching of this...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Connecticut expands paid sick leave

Recently, Connecticut significantly expanded its paid sick leave law. Among other changes, the law will apply to more (and eventually all) Connecticut employers and will allow employees to use paid sick leave for...

Sep 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont

Harm doesn’t have to be significant: What to watch for in promotion and demotion

During its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case in which a police sergeant alleged she was transferred from one job to a less desirable job in the police department because of her sex. About the case...

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

Uber takes its foreign agent for a ride

The remedy for the breach of an employment contract is limited to actual damages, and California law is generally strong in protecting an employer that wrongfully terminates an employee from tort (wrongful act) damages...

Aug 26, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California

Injured in a jet tank, but employee doesn’t break the bank

An employee of a subcontractor for an engineering company fell off a ladder at the San Francisco International Airport while in the process of inspecting a jet fuel tank. What steps must the employee take to hold the...

Aug 12, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · California

Supreme Court ends ‘Administrative State’

In a trio of decisions at the end of its term—Loper Bright v. Raimondo, SEC v. Jarkesy, and Corner Post v. Board of Governors of Federal Reserve—the U.S. Supreme Court skewed the balance between the three branches of...

Aug 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider