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Carl Crosby Lehmann (Editor)

Minnesota Employment Law

Carl.Lehmann@GPMLaw.com
(612) 632-3234

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Carl Crosby Lehmann, Esq., of Gray, Plant Mooty in Minneapolis, has significant experience in advising employers on personnel matters, drafting employment policies and agreements, and litigating employers' interests in both administrative and judicial proceedings. Carl's practice includes advising employers in personnel-related matters, including terminations, discrimination and sexual harassment issues, defamation claims, employment and independent contractor agreements, noncompete and confidentiality agreements, wage-hour concerns, voluntary and mandatory affirmative action policies, and insurance issues.

3 factors to consider when employees use texts for business

03/11/2016
They’ve become an important medium for getting work done, so you need a policy that covers how they’re used.

Chauffeurs get $130k each for Saudi snub

03/11/2016
When Saudi Prince Abdul-Rahman bin Abdul-Aziz traveled to the Mayo Clinic in 2010 for treatment, he arrived with a large entourage.

Native American casino isn’t Title VII employer

03/11/2016
When is an employer not an employer under Title VII?

Employer gets to set harassment standards

03/11/2016
Employers have the right to set reasonable behavioral expectations for employees. This, of course, includes expecting that employees won’t sexually, or otherwise, harass employees. Feel free to make your anti-harassment policy as strict as you want.

Court: Constant racial slurs plus unequal treatment warrant a trial

03/11/2016
A few isolated comments don’t usually form the basis for challenging an otherwise legitimate employment decision.

Reasonable accommodations on the table? Put that offer in writing!

03/11/2016
Disabled employees who have medical needs that require a reasonable accommodation and don’t receive one can quit and still be eligible to receive unemployment benefits.

Sometimes, employee gets 2 shots at lawsuit

03/11/2016
An employee who had a state interference-with-contract claim dismissed—the court said he had been legitimately fired for insubordination—can still file a federal whistleblower retaliation lawsuit based on the same facts.

Beware boss backlash after complaint–you’re probably looking at retaliation

02/22/2016

It usually happens like this: An employee comes to HR complaining that her boss said something inappropriate—maybe it was a sexually explicit joke, racial slur or offensive comment about someone’s religion. Then the supervisor gets angry at the employee for complaining and retaliates.

Should we acknowledge an employee’s resignation with some form of written documentation?

02/12/2016

Q. If an employee resigns, do I need to get them to sign a resignation letter?

Pregnancy protections expand, as do compliance obligations

02/12/2016
Federal and state laws protecting pregnant employees and prospective new parents continue to expand at a rapid rate.