California Employment News: Considerations for Employment Termination (Podcast)
California Employment News: Considerations for Employment Termination
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 9: Best Practices for Employers with John Saxon, Plaintiff’s Labor & Employment Attorney
#WorkforceWednesday: Termination Meetings on the Record - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? Professional Breakup Advice: Convey Your Reason for Separation (or Termination)
Patient Steering and Charting
Employers: Benefits Considerations Post-Pandemic [More with McGlinchey Ep. 3]
I-21 – Sexual Harassment (Still), Political Tweeting, and Intersectional Discrimination
Episode 24: EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum Part I: Employers' "Superstar Harassment" Problem
I-17 – Engaging Your Employees in Today’s Workplace, Featuring Rick Turner at Whirlpool Corporation
I-16 – Kneeling, Indefinite Leave, DC Updates, Non-Compete Consideration, and Pretty as a Protected Class
K&L Gates Triage: Avoiding the Risks Associated with Mandatory Vaccination Programs
I-13 – Policies, Policies, Policies, and Microchips Embedded in Employees
Day 22 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-10 Questions to Better Operationalize Compliance
Day 15 of One Month to Better Compliance Through HR-Employment Separation Issues
Episode 11: Legal and Business Issues Stemming From Employees' Out-of-Work Conduct
Warning Signs that Signal You Might be Terminated from Your Job
Friedman: Abramson Dismissal a 'Teachable Moment' for Companies
What is Wrongful Termination in Arizona?
Protecting Trade Secrets When Employees Depart
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court’s recent decision in Zaragoza v. Union Pacific Railroad (“Zaragoza”) has highlighted key issues in class action lawsuits and the application of tolling principles. The plaintiff’s previous...more
On July 1, 2024, in Huber v. Westar Foods, Inc., in a 2–1 decision, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals departed from the “honest belief” defense recognized by the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Circuits (and U.S....more
ATM Service Provider Resolves Federal Lawsuit Charging That It Failed to Accommodate And Fired Employee Because of Disability - HOUSTON – Cash Depot, LTD, a privately owned, independent ATM service provider headquartered...more
Federal Agency Charges Home Health Care Company With Firing Therapist with Seizure Disorder Because She Could Not Drive - DETROIT – Providers of home health care services Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), and...more
Settles Federal Agency Charges Pizza Chain Failed to Accommodate and Fired Blind Employee Because of Disability - ATLANTA – Papa John’s Pizza, an international chain of pizza restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, will...more
Federal Agency Charges That Grocery Chain Subjected Employee to Sexual Harassment and Fired Her for Refusal to Cooperate with Illegal Medical Examination and Disability-Related Inquiries - HARRISBURG, Pa. – Weis Markets,...more
Settles Federal Charges Employee Was Subjected to N-Word, Did Not Accommodate Her Disability, and Then Fired Her - GREENVILLE, S.C. – Georgia-based Community Loans of America, Inc. and its subsidiary, Carolina Title Loans,...more
Settles Federal Charges Hospital Failed to Transfer Injured Nurse to a Vacant Job She Could Perform, and Terminated Her Instead - INDIANAPOLIS – Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc., doing business as Community...more
Company Fired Employee Who Fasted for Lent and Was Regarded as Having a Disability, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. will pay $40,000 and provide other relief to settle an employment...more
Auto Recycler Fired Employee During Treatment for Cancer After Denying Her Requests for Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS – Tyler, Texas-based K&L Auto Crushers will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to...more
An employee who is categorically unable to comply with an employer’s valid workplace safety requirement is not a “qualified” individual under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), even if the safety requirement is not...more
The rise in opioid use and addiction in the United States has raised complicated issues for employers. On August 5, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) addressed some of these issues by issuing...more
Company Fired Certified Rigger Due to Epilepsy, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - A Bellingham, Wash.-based company formerly doing business as Diamond B Constructors, Inc. and its successor, Harris Companies, will pay...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an EEOC disability discrimination lawsuit alleging that an employer failed to accommodate and then wrongfully terminated a laundry technician with anxiety, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District...more
This certainly sounds futuristic. (Pun intended.) Still, in a case just decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, EEOC v. STME, LLC, the EEOC espoused precisely this position. The EEOC sued STME for disability...more
Communication Company's Inflexible Leave and Attendance Policies Deny Employees Reasonable Accommodations, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Oceanic Time Warner Cable LLC, doing business as Spectrum, violated...more
On Aug. 24, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed and remanded the district court's decision in favor of the employee in the case of Linda Rowlands v. United Parcel Service-Fort Wayne, No. 17-3281...more
In July the EEOC announced the terms of a consent decree settling claims of systemic disability discrimination against a global metal products manufacturer. Pursuant to the terms of the decree, the employer will pay $1...more
On September 20, 2017, the Seventh Circuit held a "long-term leave of absence," in addition to 12 weeks of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, is not a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that an employer's refusal to offer an employee a two- or three-month medical leave of absence following his exhaustion of his Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)...more
On September 20, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion addressing the most difficult question employers encounter when faced with a request for leave as an accommodation for a disability –...more
As employers throughout the country know, what constitutes a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) can be a difficult and very fact-specific inquiry. Frequently, employers are faced with...more
Today’s employers must run their businesses within the competitive environment in which they operate while affording employees an ever-increasing array of leaves. Yet, running a business without a full complement of employees...more
Predecessor Bank Refused to Accommodate Bank Branch Employees' Disabilities and Put Them on Involuntary Leave, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit today...more
The 7th Circuit, in a short opinion issued April 6, zapped a plaintiff’s claim that he was terminated in violation of the ADA based on his condition of being overexposed to electromagnetic voltage at his job. Mr. Hirmiz, a...more