The Connecticut Appellate Court recently affirmed the dismissal of a former employee’s claim he was terminated in violation of the state’s “public policy” for opposing a plan to use telephone poles that contained...
Employment Law Letter
Effective July 1, 2022, New Mexico joined 15 other states in requiring private employers to provide paid sick leave under its Healthy Workplaces Act (HWA). The Act requires them to provide up to 64 hours of paid sick...
Vaccinations are proceeding apace in Colorado and across the United States. But as workplaces get set to resume full in-office operations, there’s a movement to limit mandatory vaccination policies and employer...
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...
Under the Arkansas workers’ compensation statute, injured employees may receive an award for their loss of wage-earning capacity. One alternative is for the employer to make a bona fide job offer that will pay at least...
Over the last five years, an unceasing wave of lawsuits and demand letters alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has argued that failing to provide websites accessible to individuals with...
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) forbids pregnancy bias in any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, or any other term or condition. Although the Act was signed into law...
Reversing long-standing precedent, the Alaska Supreme Court recently lowered the burden of proof employers must meet to establish an exemption under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act (AWHA). The court held employers must...
With more workers being invited back into the workplace as the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be subsiding, you can expect an uptick in requests for disability accommodations to continue working remotely in some capacity...
The 11th Circuit (which has appellate jurisdiction over federal trial courts in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) recently issued an important decision about when an employee is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA...
Maintaining a diverse workforce is increasingly necessary for companies to be competitive and successful in the global marketplace. But what happens when diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives collide head-on...
Disney's newest movie, Cruella, tells the story of Cruella de Vil, the puppy-stealing psychopath who uses the animals' fur for her over-the-top sartorial splendor. She's deranged and unapologetically wicked, the villain...
The U.S. Supreme Court's Bostock decision extended the protections against discrimination and harassment under Title VII to gay and transgender persons. The landmark 2020 ruling, however, in no way lowered the legal...
Governor Kay Ivey recently signed Alabama's new medical marijuana law, joining more than 30 other states to permit physician-prescribed use of the drug for certain medical conditions. Although the legislation...
Not everyone gets to park outside their office's front door and be at their desk within two minutes of turning off their ignition. In fact, in a recent case from the 5th Circuit, the workers were required to ride a bus...