Employment Law Letter

Michigan permits construction, real estate, and other industries to resume work

On Friday, May 1, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order (EO) 2020-70, replacing EO 2020-59 and permitting some industries to return to work in phases. Phase One Subject to social distancing...

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With coronavirus lawsuits on the horizon, best practices are crucial

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the country, many employers responded to the unprecedented and uncertain situation by furloughing and laying off some or all of their workers. The actions already have spurred...

COVID-19 fears may give rise to growing efforts to unionize

Over the past 20 years, union membership has declined significantly, and the numbers have continued to fall despite efforts to recruit new members. Mounting employee health and safety concerns over the coronavirus...

OSHA issues revised guidance for recording COVID-19 cases

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) recently issued revised enforcement guidance for recording COVID-19 cases, effectively rescinding the previous guidance memorandum of April 10, 2020. What's...

How employee's refusal to return to work affects jobless benefits

Although Minnesota continues to reopen, some employees remain steadfast in their desire not to return to work. Some may refuse because the working conditions are unsafe or they generally fear catching COVID-19 during the...

One-year-of-employment rule doesn't apply to pregnancy, MN court says

When legislators add new provisions to existing laws, it's often difficult to determine how the new language interacts with the preexisting statutory scheme. Case in point: The existing rule requiring workers to be...

Title VII prohibits LGBTQ discrimination, Supreme Court rules

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination against employees because of race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited...

Q - A: Determining the validity of a wage garnishment notice

Q We received a wage garnishment notice for an employee who has been laid off temporarily, but the documents don't look legitimate. What do we look for to confirm if this is a legitimate wage garnishment we need to...

You've been WARNed, but are you covered?

Undoubtedly, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) has popped up on your radar during these times of economic uncertainty arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Any number of articles, posts...

How to avoid discrimination claims while protecting employees from COVID-19

It’s unclear when various states and localities will lift their stay-at-home orders. Whether it happens in the next few weeks or sometime thereafter, employees will be returning to their physical workplaces, and...

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500-day journey to the new normal at work

I hope all of you are safe and secure, wherever you are working or sheltering. With our persistent joint efforts and with all the help we can get, we will get through the coronavirus crisis. When will America's...

Reviewing OSHA's guidance for employers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Over the last few months, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has provided guidance addressing workplace safety concerns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April alone, OSHA released...

Q - A: Multiple compaint reporting avenues can help avoid liability

Q Can an employee bypass her supervisor and go straight to HR just because she has been written up previously? Although the question of whether an employee can bypass a supervisor to lodge a complaint with HR seems...

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Q - A: Paying an exempt employee for work outside his normal duties

Q If an exempt employee is asked to help on a proposal (not part of his normal job duties) and he expected to be compensated but wasn't, is that an issue? Someone also asked him to track his time. Can we pay him a bonus...

No FMLA retaliation because employee failed to meet monthly deadlines

A worker fired for failing to complete required monthly reports in a timely manner cannot continue with her Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claims, a federal court in Louisiana recently ruled. The court found she had...

Arkansas Stephen W. Jones of Jack Nelson Jones, PLLC, and Audra Hamilton and Nathan Read of Mitchell Williams
Kansas Boyd A. Byers, Teresa L. Shulda, and Tara Eberline of Foulston Siefkin LLP
Missouri Robert A. Kaiser, Jeremy Brenner, and Ida S. Shafaie of Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Oklahoma Charles S. Plumb, Courtney Bru, Paul Ross, Philip Bruce, and Jacob Crawford of McAfee & Taft

Delaware Lauren Russell of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Maryland Steven E. Bers and David M. Stevens of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
New Jersey John C. Petrella and Dina M. Mastellone of Genova Burns LLC
Pennsylvania Dena Calo, Lisa Koblin, Carolyn Pellegrini, and Zachary Kimmel of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Virginia Jonathan Mook and Bernard J. DiMuro of DiMuroGinsberg PC

Illinois Steven L. Brenneman and Kelly Smith-Haley of Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
Indiana Brian R. Garrison of Faegre Drinker
Michigan Gary S. Fealk and John T. Below of Bodman PLC
Ohio Fred G. Pressley, Jr., Jourdan D. Day, and John M. Stephen of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Wisconsin Saul Glazer, Troy D. Thompson, Michael J. Westcott, Leslie A. Sammon, and Heath Straka of Axley Brynelson LLP

Kentucky Richard S. Cleary, John T. Lovett, Robert D. Hudson, and Kathleen Biggs Wright of Frost Brown Todd LLC
North Carolina Richard L. Rainey of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
South Carolina Richard J. Morgan, James K. Gilliam, Jonathan C. Eggert, and Chandler E. Aragona of Burr & Forman LLP
Tennessee Kara E. Shea and David Johnson of Butler Snow LLP
West Virginia Larry J. Rector and Allison B. Williams of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

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

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