Employment Law Letter

Q Are there any exceptions to meal and rest break requirements, and are there meal penalties for not allowing staff to take proper breaks? Can we allow employees to waive their meal breaks if they work six hours instead...

Online retailer Amazon receives over 11.95 million orders each day and contracts with delivery service partners (DSPs) to complete its abundant deliveries. Amazon employees, technology, and operations work to fulfill...

On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc., holding it will no longer accept or approve consent orders issued by administrative law judges (ALJs) in unfair labor...

The Arizona Employment Protection Act (AEPA) establishes a presumption of at-will employment status but notes that termination may be wrongful if the employer fires an employee because the employee discloses a reasonable...

Yes, you read that right—Title VI, not Title VII. What is Title VI? It was passed as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 along with Title VII and prohibits discrimination based on actual or perceived shared ancestry or...

Employees alleging a hostile work environment must list all the facts supporting their claims. After all, employers are entitled to know all the allegations against them—it’s only fair. A new case from the U.S. 5th...

On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a press release announcing that its Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) regulations would be published in the Code of Federal Regulations in...

New Year’s resolutions: Be they professional or personal, simplistic or life-altering, the beginning of the year affords a fantastic—albeit arbitrary—opportunity to effectuate change. Whatever. I’m not great about...

Q We have an employee who took four days off to tend to his daughter in the hospital after she received a C-section and another who wants to take three weeks off to assist her sibling going through chemotherapy. Would...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a worker tracking and surveillance policy clarifying that employers that use third-party data and algorithmic scores for hiring, firing, and other employment decisions...

We all either give or receive feedback on work performance. While we say it’s important, we don’t always treat it as important. It often devolves into barroom generalities, personality-based observations, or negative...

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), nearly 8% of employers use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to make employment decisions. The prevalence of AI technology in the employment arena...

A federal appeals court in Tennessee recently upheld an order dismissing a former teacher’s disability bias lawsuit, finding his failure to engage in discussions with his employer over alternative accommodations doomed...

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana recently sided with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and allowed race discrimination and retaliation claims to proceed against an...

On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) agreed to hear a recent decision from the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all employers in West Virginia) that requires employers to produce more...