Employment Law Letter

4th Circuit recognizes gender dysphoria as a disability under ADA

The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to employers in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia) became the first federal appellate court to rule that gender dysphoria is...

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Encouraging diversity while avoiding divisiveness

Employer focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), however well intentioned, needs to be handled properly, or it may have a detrimental effect on the workforce. While many employers promote DEI as “the right thing...

2022 PUMP Act expands lactation protections to exempt employees

Any person who has nursed an infant knows the time and energy that goes into breastfeeding. Working and nursing mothers need workplace accommodations to allow time, space, and grace to express milk during the workday...

How ‘friendly’ is your workplace, and what does it matter?

Friendships at work once seemed so natural. Because people spent long hours together in the same place working toward the same goals, they frequently formed strong bonds—bonds that contributed to their own well-being and...

2022 saw ups for unions, but successes can’t reverse decades-long trend

If you follow labor news, even casually, it would be easy to assume everything is coming up roses for unions. But 2022 may not have been the banner year it appears to have been at a glance. Looking good Just going by the...

Mar 31, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Massachusetts

The Supreme Court rules daily-rate employees are entitled to overtime compensation

In a case from February, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision regarding whether highly compensated employees paid on a daily-rate basis were entitled to overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards...

Newest forms of AI putting HR pros on notice: It’s a brave, new world

The buzz about ChatGPT has been swirling for a few months now. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot capable of composing answers to all kinds of questions effortlessly and instantly is being touted as the iPhone...

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Pilot program offers improvement in H and L employment-based visa renewal process

A major improvement in U.S. immigration processing is on the horizon for employers. The U.S. State Department just announced a pilot program to once again offer visa renewals by mail without traveling to a U.S. consular...

NLRB rules overbroad employee severance agreements violate the NLRA

In a recent ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it offered furloughed employees a severance agreement that included overbroad...

You will never see this ad—Wanted: employees to do bare minimum

You can tell a lot about people’s attitude toward work by the phrases they use. For a long time, the workplace promoted what was popularly known as “the Puritan ethic”—success comes from keeping your nose to the...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Shove at a bar after work leads to potential federal assault case

While at a bar at the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, Sana Kappouta was shoved by a drunk coworker but wasn’t injured. After she reported the incident, her employer tried to transfer her to a different position...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Police reform dodges a bullet

In this George Floyd era, the country at large is grappling with many areas in which police reform is needed, including use-of-force policies, disciplinary practices, overly technical legal impediments to holding errant...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Please stay home: PAGA swallows paid sick leave

In 2003, California passed the Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA), which allows employees to file claims as a ‘proxy’ for the state to collect civil penalties. The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (HWHFA)...

Mar 28, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Dangers in a dubious discharge

One solid way to avoid liability for disability discrimination is showing the termination occurred before the employer was aware of any disability. That, in turn, may hinge upon when the termination decision was made and...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Courts wrestle with when labor code violation is willful, knowing, or intentional

A case that made it up to the California Supreme Court is back again. Last time around, the supreme court decided meal and rest break penalties were wages. Now the issue is whether the failure to timely pay or report the...

Mar 15, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

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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