11/18/2011
When claims involve unpaid overtime or misclassification, attorneys representing employees naturally want to handle the case as a class or collective action. Some employers think that if they include an arbitration agreement in their terms and conditions of employment, a wage-and-hour claim has to go to arbitration as an individual claim. That’s not necessarily true.
10/31/2011
Some disabled employees never tell employers about their conditions—even if their disability could affect performance. And of course you know you shouldn’t treat employees as disabled unless they claim a disability. But what if you fire someone for poor performance?
