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Employment Law

FMLA: What to expect when they’re expecting

12/22/2016
When an employee becomes pregnant, she has the right to take leave under the federal FMLA.

EEOC targets mental health accommodation

12/22/2016
The EEOC has taken steps to inform employees suffering from common conditions like depression about their workplace rights.

Federal court permanently strikes down ‘persuader rule’

12/22/2016
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has converted a previous temporary injunction preventing implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised “persuader rule” into a permanent injunction that applies nationwide.

Ensure wellness programs comply with new EEOC rules

12/22/2016
Know the new rules regarding financial inducements in employer-sponsored wellness programs.

Foreman allegedly threatened black workers with gun, noose

12/22/2016
J.L. Schwieters faces charges it failed to investigate and stop severe racial harassment that a supervisor allegedly directed at two black carpenters.

Life Time Fitness pays $976k in back pay in 26 states

12/22/2016
Chanhassan, Minn.-based Life Time Fitness will pay nearly a million dollars in back pay and liquidated damages to resolve charges it violated the Fair Labor Stan­d­­ards Act at fitness centers nationwide.

Good records help win discrimination cases

12/22/2016
Employers that keep good records seldom lose when an employee claims he was fired for discriminatory reasons.

Document efforts to identify reasonable ADA accommodations that will work

12/22/2016
Employers that document the ADA’s interactive process and offer multiple options seldom lose lawsuits alleging failure to accommodate.

Lawsuit-proof protection: Support your harassment policy with robust training program

12/22/2016
Employers that have a solid anti-harassment policy and make sure employees understand it are far less likely to lose a sexual harassment lawsuit than those who don’t.

Trump administration may mean big employment law changes

12/20/2016
Expect both houses of Congress to use their power to reshape the employment law landscape.