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Employment Law

Supreme Court deadlocks in union dues case

04/01/2016
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued, at least temporarily, a reprieve from a potential death sentence for public employee unions.

Can we require employees to provide advance notice that they will need FMLA leave?

04/01/2016
Q. One of our employees notified us that he will need to take leave under the FMLA. Can we require employees to give us more advance notice?

City asks judge to toss out discrimination suit

04/01/2016
A city in Texas has asked a federal judge to dismiss a race discrimination suit filed by a black police lieutenant who heads a group of minority police officers.

Police chief faces harassment charges

04/01/2016
A former Police SWAT team member has leveled sexual harassment charges against the chief of police.

Equal pay lawsuit? Explain the real reasons why you pay some employees more

04/01/2016
Employers facing Equal Pay Act claims have a basic defense: That pay differentials an employee says are based on sex are actually the result of other factors.

Failure to provide FMLA notice doesn’t necessarily mean employers will pay in court

04/01/2016
If a worker provides information that puts the employer on notice she may need and qualify for FMLA leave, the employer must notify the worker how to exercise her FMLA leave rights.

Fired without explanation? No extra EEOC filing time

04/01/2016
Former employees generally have just 300 days to file an EEOC complaint alleging that their firing amounted to a discriminatory act. But, under some circumstances, that time period can be extended.

DOL sues firm, 3 bosses for harassing whistleblowers

03/30/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a Georgia foam manufacturer and three of its managers for suspending and terminating employees who reported workplace hazards in violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

How to comply with new DOL rules on anti-union ‘persuaders’

03/29/2016

A new Department of Labor rule will limit employers’ ability to use “persuaders” to convince workers to resist union organizing efforts, critics say.

Judge: Repeated demands for drug test can be harassment

03/29/2016
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that a former housekeeper can collect unemployment compensation even though she quit after a bottle-waving boss badgered her to take drug tests.