Is an employer liable when its employee causes a motor vehicle accident? What if he caused the death of another motorist? What if he was intoxicated at the time of the accident? What if the employer knew in advance about...
Employment Law Letter
Although many of us know the impact domestic violence can have on a family, we may not think about its workplace repercussions. Under Maine law, victims of violence (or those whose family members are victims) are...
Employees are entitled to workers' compensation benefits only if they're injured while they're performing employment services. However, that standard can be satisfied even when an employee suffers an injury during a...
The 8th Circuit recently affirmed that employers facing discrimination charges don't need to prove they were right to prevail—they merely need to show they acted in good faith. Employee admits a little misconduct A...
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...
Q We are a local county government, and we require that all job applicants have a high-school diploma. Is there a reason not to have a minimum education requirement? For example, would we be in trouble for requesting...
Life may be a meme—or at least it may seem that way sometimes, especially after a meme embodying intergenerational conflict recently worked its way into arguments in an age discrimination case before the highest court in...
Last month, we discussed the sigh of relief you can breathe now that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has held employers may require confidentiality during workplace investigations (see "NLRB approves of...
First detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a respiratory virus that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization has declared a...
The Hawaii Legislature opened its 2020 session on January 15 with a heavy focus on increasing the state's minimum wage, which currently sits at $10.10 an hour. Governor David Ige said one of his priorities will be to...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit recently affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in a case brought by a military veteran against his former employer under the Uniformed...
A key aspect of most antiharassment policies is the employer's promise to “maintain the confidentiality of employee complaints to the extent allowable by law to conduct a thorough investigation.” Employers often ask...
At the European Employment and Social Policy Council, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on December 10, 2019, ministers of several European countries held a public debate on the future of the continent's gender...
On February 10, 2020, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued an order deeming the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) collection of Component 2 pay data closed. In response, the EEOC announced on its...
Is it just me, or did JLo and Shakira's halftime performance at the Super Bowl receive more attention than the game itself? As with so many other issues these days, we are a country divided. Some believe the performance...