During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were required to work from home. Did that collective experience rewrite the rules for employers’ ability to require in-person attendance at the workplace? A decision from the...
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On January 12, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act (S-723/A-822), establishing a broad range of rights and employment protections for domestic workers. Domestic workers...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Massachusetts General Law Chapter 151B (Chapter 151B) both require employers to provide reasonable accommodations absent undue hardship to employees and to engage in an...
Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter
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In an unpublished opinion issued January 31, 2024, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all employers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia) dismissed a case without a trial in...
I was watching the hearing in Atlanta on efforts to disqualify the Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis from prosecuting former President Donald Trump because she engaged in a romantic affair with the person she appointed to...
A lot is being written on artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in law. A court opinion from February illuminates its “use” in an employment case and the disastrous consequences. I.O.U. instead of wages Molly Kruse...
A recent employment law case in West Texas sheds light on what an employer in an employment lawsuit can ask of the employee via written discovery (pretrial fact finding). It’s a gold mine! We will talk about it in this...
The Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act—aka Arizona Paid Sick Time Law—requires all employers to provide all employees a certain amount of paid sick time. An employer with at least 15 employees must provide them...
The last several years have seen artificial intelligence (AI) become mainstream in the workplace. Today, HR professionals widely use AI tools for recruiting, onboarding, and administering leave and benefits. Managers use...
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Many factors come into play when employers set work hours for employees, including such things as operational requirements or customers’ needs. On occasion, though, employees may request a modified work schedule to...
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Q: One of our employees is on intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave. She’s gotten sick and claims it’s unrelated to her reasons for being on FMLA leave. Can we include these days in her FMLA time and...
The significance of documenting employment decisions can’t be overstated and should come as no surprise to employers. Indeed, employment decisions that aren’t supported by documentation—such as poor performance reviews...
On January 9, 2024, the New Jersey Appellate Division unanimously affirmed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment (dismissal without a trial) in favor of an employer that had well-documented proof of an employee’s...
Deferred action is a streamlined and expedited tool that can shield vulnerable migrant and immigrant workers from threats of deportation for reporting unsafe or exploitative employers. Employers taking advantage of risky...
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) recently disclosed the first reported workplace fatality of 2024. The fatality occurred on January 9 in Ionia and resulted from the employee falling...