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One of the most sweeping economic changes arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic is the shift from in-person to remote working. Although many employees have returned to working on location again, factors indicate...

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Title VII doesn’t require employees to demonstrate an “objectively tangible harm,” the full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled. The landmark decision overturned the court’s...

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For the past eight years, minor league baseball players have been in litigation with Major League Baseball, seeking to void a rule capping their pay and prohibiting payment outside the baseball season. On the eve of...

Jul 24, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

Maybe it’s because I write this during the All-Star break. Maybe it’s because Major League Baseball and minor league players have entered into a settlement, but I have been thinking about umpires. Every game needs a...

Jul 24, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

For the past 50 years, school districts prevented most religious expression around students and schools to avoid giving the impression the school sanctioned a specific belief. The desire to prevent any hint of...

Jul 10, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

Are California employers required to compensate job applicants for the time and expense of taking a mandatory drug test? The 9th Circuit (which covers California) recently held a district court properly entered judgment...

Jul 10, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the New York Labor Law (NYLL) recognize that not all salespeople are created equal for overtime purposes. While “inside” salespeople (those who make sales from a brick-and-mortar...

Jun 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · New York

Texas has a whistleblower law for public employees. Like playing an accordion, the Texas Supreme Court has both expanded and contracted the statute’s scope over the last several years. On May 27, 2022, the court issued...

Jun 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

The Texas Supreme Court just issued an important opinion on the payment of commissions to employees. The employer’s failure to simply insert one extra paragraph in an offer letter resulted in a whopping verdict against...

Jun 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

The benign headline above is covering up an ongoing dispute among the 17 judges in the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Texas). The question: Should more or fewer employment cases get sent to a jury trial...

Jun 30, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · Texas