Termination, Public Employers

FMLA Doesn’t Shield Employee From Dismissal Due to Misconduct Prior to Leave Request, District Court Rules

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/10/2024

On April 29, 2024, in McBeath v. City of Indianapolis, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Indianapolis on a plaintiff’s claims for Family and Medical...more

New SCOTUS Case Augurs Toward More Prayer in Public Employment Settings

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 6/29/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a blockbuster school prayer decision Monday in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The case involved a public high school football coach who was fired for praying on the field after each game,...more

Can they Resign? Privacy Issues for Iowa Public Employers

Dentons on 8/31/2017

In a post last week, we covered some of the implications of allowing an employee to resign rather than be terminated. House File 291, signed into law earlier this year by Governor Branstad greatly impacts public employers and...more

First Circuit Refuses to Recognize a Section 1981 Private Right of Action for Damages Against State Actors

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/7/2017

In a recent decision, Buntin v. City of Boston, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is no implied private right of action for damages against state actors under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981. In reaching that...more

Disciplinary Investigations of Employees – Three Names to Know

Pullman & Comley - School Law on 7/15/2015

Whenever an employer is considering disciplining an employee for misconduct, three names from 1967, 1975 and 1985 continue to be associated with employer investigations and interrogations, in much the same way that Mr....more

Do Federal Employees Have a ‘Right to a Job’? The Supreme Court to Decide

Bennett Jones LLP on 7/14/2015

The Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal in Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Federally regulated employers hoping that this important decision from the Federal Court of Appeal was the final word on the law of...more

Facebooker–Good Citizen or Fired?

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 1/27/2015

Can an employee’s Facebook post be grounds for termination? The Fifth Circuit says, “Yes.” Graziosi v. City of Greenville Mississippi, No. 13-60900 (5th Cir. January 9, 2015). A police officer posted on her Facebook page and...more

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