Littler issues latest report on EEOC developments
National labor and employment firm Littler Mendelson has just issued a valuable resource for employers: its latest Report on EEOC Developments. The management-side law firm’s annual report—its sixth...
View ArticleRule 23: A primer
One of the fun parts of my job is collaborating with the smart people at Jackson Lewis on its Class Action Trends Report. The newest issue has just been released. It’s a primer of sorts on Rule 23...
View ArticleFiring employee for expletive-laced Facebook post violated NLRA
An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it fired an employee because of comments he made on social media arguably disparaging his supervisor’s mother, the Second Circuit Court...
View ArticleWhen an employee requests a religious accommodation, take it on faith that...
I’m not sure what the employer was thinking, with this one. The case had drawn considerable attention because the facts were novel. And as religious accommodation cases go, the employer’s defense was...
View ArticleTop labor and employment developments for June 2017
The Supreme Court closed out a rather anti-climactic term, employment law-wise, in June. However, the month offered numerous significant developments, including a steady stream of welcome news for...
View ArticleClass Action Trends Report deep-dives into minimum wage claims
“Rare indeed is the employer that is unaware most employees must be paid at least an hourly wage that does not fall below a minimum rate set by law. Equally rare is the employer that, cognizant of this...
View ArticleTop labor and employment developments in April 2018
By Lisa Milam-Perez, J.D. In case you missed Employment Law Daily’s in-depth coverage, here’s a brief recap of some of the key developments in the L&E community for April (with a straggler or two...
View ArticleSCOTUS: No right to class actions under NLRA
In one of the most significant employment decisions in years–and a critical blow to employees seeking to resolve employment disputes on a class or collective basis, or in a court of law, for that...
View ArticleAn Epic infringement on the ‘right to work’
This is gnawing at me, as we sit here sandwiched between two significant Supreme Court labor decisions. The Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis decision issued earlier this week emphatically allows employers...
View ArticleTop labor and employment developments for August 2019
By Lisa Milam, J.D. In case you missed the in-depth coverage of Employment Law Daily for August, here’s a recap of some key developments in the L&E community. Highlights from the August 2019 recap...
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