The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) newest recommendations, allowing people vaccinated for COVID-19 to stop wearing masks in many situations, raise numerous questions for employers. They include...
Employment Law Letter
Nondisparagement agreements, particularly if all parties are represented by legal counsel, have teeth and are enforceable in Iowa via court action. For example, the Iowa Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion about...
The "cat's paw" theory of liability applies when a biased supervisor who lacks decision making power uses the formal decision maker as a dupe in a deliberate scheme to trigger a discriminatory employment action. The U.S...
After much anticipation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released updated guidance on COVID-19 vaccination issues raised under the federal equal employment laws. How we got here In early 2020...
Finally, the time has arrived when most or all of your employees may safely resume on-site work. After discovering how effectively many of them can work remotely, however, some of you are rethinking your workforce...
An Ohio appellate court has issued a decision addressing what appears to be a novel issue: whether an employer can be sued for breach of contract for disparaging remarks about a former employee when a settlement...
Does a broken toe amount to a serious health condition under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? It depends on the circumstances. But an Ohio federal district court recently held an employee's FMLA interference...
Q Our employee has filed an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) request with her psychiatrist to work from home permanently. Do we have to accommodate her? She already has performance issues, and no one else on her...
FedEx was sued by a current employee who alleged she was sexually harassed by a male team “lead.” The female employee alleged the individual was her supervisor and that the employer should therefore be held to a higher...
A Texas federal district court recently ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by more than 100 Houston Methodist Hospital employees who claimed they were unlawfully subjected to a COVID-19 vaccination policy as a...
Q For employees working from home, we currently dont provide reimbursement for furniture without a doctors note stating a need for an ergonomic chair or desk. If we require someone to work from home more than half the...
As we "go to press," the bipartisan infrastructure bill is looking like much of the nation's infrastructure: teetering and at risk of completely crumbling. By a strict party-line vote on a required procedural measure...
Many employers were planning to reopen this summer and fall without requiring employees to be fully vaccinated. Unfortunately, with a significant number of individuals refusing to get vaccinated and the rapid spread of...
On the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued new guidance (https://bit.ly/36TSnUG) for employers, including a new...
The Senate confirmed Jocelyn Samuels for a second term on Wednesday, July 14, which will end in 2026. Vice Chair Samuels was first confirmed last September, but her term was to end in July. Before joining the Equal...