Q Several employees forced to work from home during the pandemic say they prefer it to working in the office and actually feel more productive. Should we be preparing to extend and expand our telecommuting options even...
Employment Law Letter
On March 31, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all New Jersey employers) affirmed the district court’s dismissal of discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims filed by an ex...
The ban on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or transgender identity, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an unexpected 6-3 decision...
A supermarket cooperative isn’t considered the employer of individuals who work for its member stores and cannot be found liable for the age discrimination claims of an employee of one of its members, the Appellate...
Will New Hampshire employers be liable to employees who contract COVID-19 on the job? Governor Chris Sununu’s economic reopening task force recently posed the question to Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald. Employers...
As Phase Two of Nevada’s COVID-19 recovery brings even more employees back to work, many people may show up still emotionally charged from recent racial tragedies across the nation as well as the protests and riots that...
Many employers were eager to take advantage of a provision in federal coronavirus relief legislation that provided loans to help businesses meet payroll and cover certain other costs during the COVID-19 crisis. Those...
Is age simply a number? One man in the Netherlands thought so and tried to get a court to drop his age by 20 years. But regardless of how the legal battle turned out (spoiler alert: it didn't end well for him), Dutch...
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order (EO) designed to ease federal agency enforcement actions against employers attempting in good faith to comply with the host of new statutes, regulations, and guidance...
Q If an employee on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave submits a letter signaling her intent to resign at the end of her leave, do we have to wait until her leave is over, or can we terminate her employment now? A...
For more than 30 years, Minnesota courts have followed federal law in ruling hostile work environment sexual harassment is actionable (or pursuable in court) only if the behavior is severe or pervasive enough to alter...
Michigan employers must proceed with caution before disciplining an employee for refusing to work during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order (EO) 2020-36. What governor’s EO...
Bars, restaurants, and retailers have been tremendously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government-mandated limits. On Monday, May 18, however, Michigan took its first major step towards reopening when...
Unemployment benefits previously expanded by Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-24 (EO 24) were set to expire recently. Just before that happened, however, she issued EO 2020-57, which rescinds EO 24 and...
After 10 weeks of a statewide lockdown, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed Executive Order (EO) 2020-110, partially lifting Michigan’s coronavirus stay-at-home order. What is opening Under the new EO, which expressly...