Karim Salehpoor was an engineering professor at New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (NM Tech). Salehpoor taught under a series of annual employment contracts. As the 2011-12 academic year came to an end, he was...
Employment Law Letter
PNC Bank and its parent company were hit with two class action suits for unpaid time in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state laws in 2019. In late January 2020, they agreed to settle the combined...
Oklahoma remains one of about only a dozen states that recognize common-law marriages. Despite the legislature's sporadic attempts to effectively abolish such marriages, the Oklahoma Supreme Court has recently determined...
When seeking to establish a prima facie, or minimally sufficient, case of discriminatory discharge, an employee must prove he (1) is a member of a statutorily protected class, (2) was discharged, (3) was qualified for...
On February 3, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Director Craig Leen to become the inspector general of the Office of Personnel Management...
Q Our organization has four separate entities with their own distinct handbooks. Is it advisable to create a drug testing policy for one entity, but not the others? Does the work environment make a difference (e.g., a...
On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store and Kathy Johnson upholding employers' ability to instruct employees involved in workplace...
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) recently announced significant revisions to the state's overtime rules for the first time in 40 years. The new rules will go into effect beginning July 1, 2020...
On December 12, 2019, the Montana Board of Personnel Appeals (BOPA) adopted a new rule permitting the certification of a labor organization as an exclusive collective bargaining representative of Montana public employees...
Nevada Attorney General (AG) Aaron Ford and his counterparts in Virginia and Illinois recently filed suit to have the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) added as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. At its core, the...
Each year, the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Division of the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) reports on the number and nature of workplace fatalities in the state. Unfortunately, this year's report...
Each year, the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Division of the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) reports on the number and nature of workplace fatalities in the state. Unfortunately, this year's report...
A North Carolina federal judge recently held that a formerly homeless veteran performed services as part of a homeless rehabilitation program for his own benefit, rather than for the benefit of the organization running...
Late last year, Governor Phil Murphy signed an amendment to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) banning discrimination against a person's hairstyle or texture. The amendment was designated as the Create a...
A Michigan employer filed a lawsuit claiming a union and its president tortiously interfered with its performance of a time-sensitive demolition project. The employer alleged (1) the union failed to dispatch the required...