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Employment Law

Fresno temp agency settles EEOC complaint for $24,500

03/29/2017
United Staffing in Fresno has agreed to settle charges it retaliated against an employee for filing a discrimination charge.

Class-action members must share common grievance

03/29/2017
When a worker files a lawsuit seeking class-action status, he must show the court that other workers are similarly situated to join the group.

New hire wasn’t qualified? Disability is irrelevant

03/29/2017
A disabled worker has to prove that he would be otherwise qualified.

A few isolated sexual comments don’t make a workplace a hostile environment

03/29/2017
Isolated sexual comments over many years just aren’t enough to warrant a lawsuit, even if more than one employee alleges it happened to her.

Automotive service advisors not exempt from federal wage-and-hour law

03/29/2017
Service advisors are not exempt under the auto salesperson exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Was that a legit termination–or retaliation?

03/29/2017
If you terminate an employee almost immediately after she has filed an internal discrimination complaint, understand the risk.

Boss’ comments direct evidence of bias

03/29/2017
If you learn that a supervisor who wants to fire an employee has made sexist comments about her, think twice about that termination.

Acosta floats $33,000 OT threshold

03/29/2017
Labor Secretary-designate Alexander Acosta refused to be pinned down on whether he would back the Obama administration’s never-enacted $47,476 overtime salary threshold rule.

Snapshot: Who should receive paid family and medical leave?

03/29/2017
Americans overwhelmingly support paid family and medical leave.

Just doing your job? That’s not whistleblowing

03/23/2017
If reporting wrongdoing is part of an employee’s job, then that doesn’t constitute whistleblowing.