Labor and Employment
Merely 10-15 percent of U.S. employers provide paid parental leave for fathers. This post addresses some of the practical and legal principles that a company considering paid parental leave should take under consideration.
The rise in non-competes can be confusing, as most states treat them differently, making it difficult to determine how standard form language may be viewed in multiple jurisdictions, says Sye Hickey with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP. An outline of where many key states stand on interpreting the issues.
A math professor was lawfully fired for not agreeing to take an independent medical examination to determine if he was fit for duty after displaying worrisome and intimidating behavior, a California appeals court ruled.
More states are trying to legislate a solution to a problem that has become acute since the downturn.
A former advisor to UBS hired Samantha Lambui as an assistant, then began offering expensive shoes and purses in exchange […]
Four female bank tellers in a Reno, Nev. Wells Fargo will receive $290,000 from the bank to settle a same-sex […]
Three separate lawsuits have pitted the National Labor Relations Board’s authority against the sovereignty of Native American tribes. The cases […]
The Eight Circuit Court of Appeals is set to take up a case that could set important precedence on whether or not a whistleblower must appeal directly to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to receive protections under Dodd-Frank, an issue split in lower courts.
Using an Oklahoma case as an example, Charlie Plumb with McAfee & Taft explains how to avoid unwittingly becoming an employer for another company’s employees.
The owner of a medical clinic that improperly deducted the cost of H-1B visas and J-1 waiver fees from wages of foreign workers was found personally liable for back pay and fines by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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