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Reverse discrimination claims boosted by Supreme Court

by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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Courts wrestle with when labor code violation is willful, knowing, or intentional

A case that made it up to the California Supreme Court is back again. Last time around, the supreme court decided meal and rest break penalties were wages. Now the issue is whether the failure to timely pay or report the...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Arbitration agreement enforceable, but court wrong in denying new claims

Employers are becoming very sophisticated in drafting arbitration agreements that comply with procedural and substantive unconscionability standards. In a recent decision, however, even a valid arbitration agreement...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Part and parcel, UPS worker delivers empty FMLA claim

A federal appeals court recently upheld dismissal of an employee’s claim that his employer interfered with his right to take FMLA leave. The court found that the worker wasn’t entitled to an indefinite, medically...

Mar 01, 2023 · 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 · 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

My former employee is sharing confidential information—Help!

As an employer, one of your worst fears may be that a disgruntled or entrepreneurial former employee may try to share your internal operations, documents, or trade secrets. What you can do to protect your business in...

Mar 01, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Beware of impersonators hijacking your company’s identity

Just when it seems consumers have caught on to one particular online scam or phishing expedition—think of the ubiquitous Nigerian prince email scam that first began making the rounds in the 1990s—a new one comes along...

Mar 01, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Regulation by roulette

Do you beat on the walls of the status quo, urgent for change? Do you cry out to tear down the barriers to your vision of the future? Can you not wait until the hidebound and the conventional are replaced? Your time may...