Post on Jul. 20, 2010
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that employers may impose length-of-service requirements on maternity leave if the same length-of-service requirements are imposed on all other types of leave. McFee v. Nursing Care......
Post on Jul. 20, 2010
Employers with New York State operations must ensure they understand the New York State Department of Labor's current position as to new hire notices and wage......
Post on Jul. 20, 2010
In a case involving retailer Dollar General, another federal judge has refused to hold as a matter of law that a retail store manager is an overtime-exempt “executive” for purposes of the FLSA. Judge James Jones......
Post on Jul. 15, 2010
An employee who fails to reveal to his employer that he was under treatment for depression has no claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act when he is fired for excessive absenteeism, the federal appeals court in St.......
Post on Jul. 15, 2010
A long-awaited decision from the Minnesota Supreme Court on the state’s whistleblowing statute has addressed the question of how an employee’s job duties must be taken into account in determining whether he or she......
Post on Jul. 15, 2010
Departing National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Ronald Meisburg, addressing whether class/collective action waivers in mandatory arbitration agreements unlawfully restrict employees’ protected concerted......
Post on Jul. 15, 2010
The duty to reasonably accommodate a disabled employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act did not require an employer to reassign the employee to a position filled by a temporary-contract worker because that......
Post on Jul. 02, 2010
The Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services have jointly issued interim regulations on the grandfathering provisions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) as amended......
Post on Jul. 02, 2010
When was the last time you measured the slope of the curb ramp leading from your parking lot to your facility? Do you have the International Symbol of Accessibility on your storefront and bathroom door? Does it......
Post on Jul. 02, 2010
Where a collective bargaining agreement does not define “just cause” for discipline, an arbitrator has broad authority to reject an employer’s sanction of discharge and impose a lesser penalty once such cause is......
