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Employment Law

Run-of-the-mill gripes don’t justify lawsuits

02/22/2019
Courts require employees to have fairly thick skins. Ordinary annoyances aren’t reason enough to quit.

No absolute requirement to notify laid-off workers that their jobs are open again

02/22/2019
Sometimes, workers who are laid off are told they’re eligible for rehire. But absent a specific promise to call if there’s a job opening, employees can’t wait months or years to complain about discrimination when they discover the job was open and someone else filled it.

MHRA mandates 45 days to file complaints, but court opts to give employees much longer

02/22/2019
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota has made it a bit easier for employees to sue for discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

Indefinite leave not reasonable accommodation

02/22/2019
Under the ADA, employees who are disabled and have used up all available leave (such as sick leave and FMLA leave) may be eligible for more time off as a reasonable accommodation. But the right to additional unpaid leave isn’t unlimited.

Guthrie Theater wins arbitration case alleging unfair hiring

02/22/2019
The renowned Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis has prevailed in a case alleging two employees were unfairly denied job opportunities.

Find out if your website is accessible to the disabled; such lawsuits tripled in 2018

02/22/2019
For employers, part of complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act involves making their workplace accessible to disabled customers. But if you serve the public online, the ADA also requires you to make changes to your virtual workplace.

Harassment training has changed in the #MeToo era

02/21/2019
The #MeToo movement has resulted in a sharp increase in the number of employers doing preventative training to head off sexual harassment claims, says a Bloomberg Law report.

OT rule details could be revealed in March

02/21/2019
The Trump administration is signaling that rules setting a new white-collar overtime threshold are imminent.

Ask these questions when considering unlimited PTO

02/19/2019
The benefits of unlimited paid-time-off policies are obvious. But many of the legal risks they create are not.

Bill would raise nationwide minimum wage to $15 per hour

02/19/2019
Congressional Democrats, buoyed by their new majority in the House of Representatives, have introduced legislation that would raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour in every state.