Employees can be held accountable for not complying with an employer’s call-in notice requirement, even when the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may apply.
In Koch v. Thames Healthcare Group, LLC, the employer had an...more
When hiring new employees – especially those who are currently employed or who recently have been employed by a competing company or organization – it’s always a best practice to ask them if they are subject to an employment...more
9/24/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Breach of Contract ,
Casino Employee ,
Casinos ,
Confidential Information ,
Damages ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Racketeering ,
RICO ,
Solicitation ,
Tortious Interference ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unfair Competition
A lawsuit filed April 16, 2020, in federal court in Pennsylvania may be the first suit filed over the new federal law created in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Stephanie Jones, a single mother of a school-aged son, claims...more
It was a close call, but a court recently denied an employee’s Americans with Disabilities Act claim that her employer had improperly refused a request to continue working from home as an accommodation. With the growth of...more
8/20/2019
/ American Airlines ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Aviation Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Duties ,
Mergers ,
Qualification Standards ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Remote Working ,
US Airways
Employers often have policies that require applicants or employees to disclose the lawful use of prescription drugs that could impair job performance or potentially pose a safety concern. If you’re one of those employers, you...more
8/21/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Damages ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Settlement
Some companies may believe that projecting a youthful and energetic image is important to their brand. Two recent court cases, however, show that employers who focus their hiring policies and practices too much on young...more
5/1/2017
/ ADEA ,
Age Discrimination ,
Consent Decrees ,
Disparate Impact ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
FEHA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Millennials ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Settlement
In employment law, including association discrimination cases, timing is everything.
When Terry Booker was fired from his job of 22 years at Delfasco, a manufacturing facility in Greene County, Tennessee, in March 2012,...more
5/6/2015
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Associational Retaliation ,
Discrimination ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Medical Expenses ,
Retaliation ,
Self-Funded Health Plans ,
Wrongful Termination