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Reverse discrimination claims boosted by Supreme Court

by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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EEOC issues FY2024 performance review

On March 11, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its annual performance report on fiscal year (FY) 2023. The report showed the agency recovered $665M in FY2023, more than $150M more than the...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

View from K Street: Budget bluster

Almost all of our ancestors, from all around the world, had a common dismissal of the boisterous promise followed by a pitiful result: “The mountain labored and gave birth to a mouse!” Or perhaps we should quote...

Apr 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Recent pandemic decisions embolden NLRB, OSHA collab

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on employers’ balancing of in-person policy with potential health risks, and recent court decisions have highlighted the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) and Occupational Safety...

Apr 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

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

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Reverse discrimination claims boosted by Supreme Court

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Analysis

EEOC issues FY2024 performance review

View from K Street: Budget bluster

Recent pandemic decisions embolden NLRB, OSHA collab

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

Complex laws around healthcare employees get more complicated

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

Managing implications of remote employees working in multiple states

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

Sheriff OK to fire officer who claimed disability after shooting self

FMLA eligibility requires treatment within seven days of incapacity

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

Worried about brain drain? Focusing on older workers can help

Wondering what workers want? Research gives employers some clues

Employers not required to disclose tracking on company-owned vehicles

Nondisclosure agreements: Trends to watch