Employment Law Letter

Tips for accommodating injured worker who can no longer lift

Q We have accommodated an employee’s workers’ compensation restrictions for a year and just learned he has a permanent 20 percent loss of use that prevents him from lifting, which is an essential job function. Can we let...

Sep 30, 2021 · 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

OSHA addresses vaccine mandates

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently updated its recommendations for the actions you should take to keep your workplaces safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Throughout the pandemic, OSHA...

Assessing potential damages: What’s at stake, and why you should care

If you are found to have discriminated against, harassed, or retaliated against an employee in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, you may be liable for back pay (the difference between what an...

‘Long COVID’ and the workplace: What a long, strange trip it’s been

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many people have caught (or know others who have contracted) the virus. Most who recover from the infection do so within a couple weeks or shortly thereafter. For some, however, the...

IA Supreme Court clarifies employee's burden of proof in disability discrimination cases

The Iowa Supreme Court recently provided needed clarity in what it described as the "murky" intersection between workers' compensation and disability discrimination claims. Facts Ronald Rumsey, who has a preexisting...

What MA employers can learn from state police overtime scandal

In 2017, news broke that several Massachusetts State Police officers had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay for work they never actually performed. Since then, several have faced criminal charges...

Supreme Court ruling favors employees, limits scope of cybersecurity law

Employers can no longer rely on their contracts, policies, or industry standards as grounds for pursuing a private lawsuit against employees under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA). The U.S. Supreme Court...

Hostile work environment claim heads to trial because of employer’s delayed response

An employee who initially complained about unequal pay filed several race-based claims against his employer based on a supervisor’s alleged retaliatory actions. Although the employer was successful in having several...

NC court: Failing to investigate discrimination complaint not adverse action

A North Carolina court recently held an employer wasn't liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal antidiscrimination law, for failing to investigate an employee's discrimination complaint. The...

New NLRB GC identifies possible changes

Those of you who have watched the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—the nation's primary enforcer of labor law—over the years no doubt expect it to reshuffle its priorities when the White House changes parties. The...

Sep 30, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

It's time to think about the holidays: To party or not to party?

As fall settles in, it's time to think about the upcoming holiday season. But the continuing pandemic makes it hard to plan. Will it be safe to party in person this year? Is it OK for vaccinated coworkers to gather for...

Sep 30, 2021 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · 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

Alabama Albert L. Vreeland and David J. Middlebrooks of Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C.
Florida G. Thomas Harper of The Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC, Lisa Berg and Andrew Rodman of Stearns Weaver Miller, and Robert J. Sniffen and Jeff Slanker of Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.
Georgia Raanon Gal of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Glianny Fagundo of Thompson Hine LLP and Chris Butler of the Chris Butler Firm
Louisiana H. Mark Adams and Jennifer Kogos of Jones Walker LLP
Mississippi Martin J. Regimbal of The Kullman Firm