Employment Law Letter

5th Circuit rejects discrimination, hostile work environment claims

A former employee failed to establish she was subjected to a hostile work environment and discriminated and retaliated against by her former employer, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (which covers Texas...

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When and how you can require notice of FFCRA paid leave during pandemic

As COVID-19 continues to affect the workplace, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is trying to provide guidance on how employers should implement the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). You may be wondering...

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Year's end means key COVID-19 relief measures expiring

Back in March, when a rapidly proliferating pandemic forced workers across the country out of their offices and into their homes, most thought the arrangement would be short-lived—a few weeks, maybe a month or so. As the...

Combating isolation just one more priority for employers during COVID era

Privacy is more than simply updating your website

Business owners and employers know they need to comply with privacy laws, but the scope of compliance has expanded. In the past, organizations created general privacy policies, posted them on their websites, and went...

Balancing safety and return to work: discrimination in age of COVID-19

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 42% of the U.S. workforce now works from home, and 33% of workers are unemployed. Many employers are eager to get their current employees back to the office and hire new ones, but they...

Nov 30, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Trump order pulls back on race, sex stereotyping training

President Donald Trump recently signed an Executive Order (EO 13950) that seeks to "combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating" and end so-called "divisive concepts" covered in certain...

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Trump NLRB poised to exterminate Scabby the Rat

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has special provisions that limit the pressure tactics a union can use in trying to force an employer to recognize the union. One of the major limitations is a prohibition against...

Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Can Lyft make the drive to arbitration? 'Piqued' CA appeals court says no

Last issue, we reported on a scathing California Court of Appeal decision against Uber and Lyft approving a broad injunction that required them to treat their drivers as employees. The giant transportation companies were...

Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Arbitrator's powers curbed by public policy

One of the most basic rules of arbitration is that an arbitrator's ruling won't be overturned for an error of law, even if the error creates an injustice—this is to preserve the finality of arbitration and honor the...

Nov 22, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Prop 22 allows Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as independent contractors

A California Court of Appeal issued a ruling October 22 strictly applying the ABC independent contractor test and upholding a preliminary injunction requiring Uber and Lyft to stop classifying drivers as independent...

Nov 09, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

You can't force arbitration over whether claimant is 'aggrieved employee'

The California Court of Appeal recently held that an employee's class action suit under the state's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) couldn't be separated into individual and representative components. The plaintiff...

Nov 08, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

When in doubt, check it out: Make sure you have sound reasoning for termination

They say the primary rule of journalism is, "If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out." Similarly, a primary rule of HR management, particularly before taking an adverse employment action, should be, "When in...

Nov 08, 2020 · Employment Law Letter · California

Q - A: What to do if employee breaks policy against drug or alcohol use at work

Q We have an employee who definitely showed signs of being on drugs or alcohol at work. We want to let him go per our handbook policies, but he has now stated he is getting help for his problem. Is he protected since he...

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DOL revises paid leave requirements under FFCRA

On September 11, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) revised the regulations implementing the paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The...

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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