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by John T. Below and Cameron D. Ritsema, Bodman PLC

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Nebraska Supreme Court rules on COVID-19 workers’ compensation claim

In a recent decision, the Nebraska Supreme Court overturned the denial of a woman’s workers’ compensation claim for a COVID-19 infection. Nurse contracts COVID-19 Christine Thiele contracted COVID-19 in April 2020 while...

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

DOL’s final overtime rule increases salary threshold for exempt employees

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule that raises the minimum salary threshold of the standard exemption from the minimum wage and overtime protections under the Fair Labor...

Jul 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

July 2024 Q&A Roundup

Q Must we keep an employee if they provide two weeks’ notice, or are we able to end their employment early? Like many payroll questions, this may depend a bit on your state law. In general, with employment at will you...

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

Read all about it: Here’s EEOC’s enforcement guidance on harassment

Most employers understand the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires them to have an effective harassment policy. However, the EEOC hasn’t provided any guidance on the content of these policies...

Jul 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

5th Circuit: Follow salary basis test or lose FLSA overtime exemptions

On May 24, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans (which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) upheld a district court’s decision that two highly compensated IT engineers were not properly...

Jul 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

Here’s what employers should know when adapting to FTC’s noncompete rule

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) noncompete rule deals a death blow to traditional noncompete agreements. Assuming challenges are unsuccessful, the rule will go into effect in August and will negate all existing...

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

Biden administration workplace regulations challenged

Since the Obama administration, federal workplace regulations have been under attack, with many being blocked by injunctions issued by federal judges in Texas or Louisiana and upheld by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of...

Jul 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Supreme Court rules lack of animus irrelevant to discrimination violation

When I was in active practice, I would hear this plaintive protest from managers accused of unlawful discrimination: “I don’t hate [the employee] because they are [fill in blank protected classification]. So how can I be...

Jul 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

Noah’s Ark Processors let boat sink on NLRB negotiations

Collective bargaining issues and unfair labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) continue to dominate headlines and changes in the law. We have previously noted the increased initiatives by National...

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

U.S. Supreme Court to decide key exemption issue

On June 14, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide an important Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) question—namely, whether an employer claiming an exemption from overtime needs to prove it by “clear and convincing”...

Jul 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

EEOC files lawsuits over corporate failure to file EEO-1 reports

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed 15 lawsuits against companies it claimed hadn’t filed EEO-1 Reports for 2021 and 2022. After filing the lawsuits, the EEOC reported settlements with a hospitality...

Jul 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Determining whether NDAs are enforceable in sexual harassment cases

Like all good legal questions, the answer to whether a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) is enforceable in sexual harassment cases is “it depends.” An NDA or confidentiality agreement is a signed legal document that...

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

FMLA allows for intermittent parental leave with employer approval

Q If an employee takes Family Medical and Leave Act (FMLA) leave to bond with his new child, would he be able to take additional bonding time later the same year if he still had FMLA time available? The FMLA has some...

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