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Employment Law

Feeling excluded isn’t an adverse action

04/14/2016
Not every perceived affront amounts to discrimination.

Beware rewarding employees who testify on your behalf

04/14/2016
Rewarding employee who testified on your behalf can lead to retaliation suit

Discipline sexist supervisors–and keep them far away from any disciplinary decisions

04/14/2016
Sexist statements simply have no place at work

Short-circuit desperate employee’s lawsuit by tracking every step of disciplinary process

04/14/2016
Tracking an employee’s discipline process from beginning to end can can head of retaliation claim

No unemployment benefits for union objector

04/14/2016
Refusing to pay dues or agency fees may amount to misconduct. And those who commit employment misconduct don’t get benefits.

Job descriptions key to ADA accommodations

04/14/2016
A job description with essential tasks makes it easier to establish when a disability cannot be accommodated

Why employees steal, and how to handle it

04/13/2016
It can be as small as office supplies or as big as an embezzlement scheme, but your employees are likely stealing something from your company.

Take prudent steps to protect trade secrets

04/13/2016
In most states, employers can prohibit current and former employees from sharing trade secrets. But, for something to become a trade secret, it must be treated as confidential in the first place.

Proposed regs issued for fed contractors’ paid sick leave

04/08/2016
Last fall, President Obama signed Executive Order 13706, requiring most large federal contractors and subcontractors to provide at least seven paid sick days per year to employees working on federal contracts.

OFCCP sues NYC’s B&H Foto & Electronics

04/08/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Com­pliance Programs is suing Manhattan-based B&H Foto & Electronics alleging the company discriminated against workers at its Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse.