7 Paycheck No-No's the Department of Labor is Focusing On
Sep 24, 2012
Here is a quick, easy-to-understand list of the top 7 law violations the Department of Labor targets as they prove to be the biggest laws employers break. Employers are always encouraged to evaluate ho...
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7th Circuit Holds Reassignment to Vacant Position is Reasonable Accommodation Under ADA
Sep 12, 2012
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued a decision holding that the Supreme Court's ruling inU.S. Airways, Inc. v. Barnett, 535 U.S. 391 (2002) overrules precedent set inEEOC v. Hu...
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NY Federal Court Allows Latino Employee's Hostile Work Environment Claim to Move Forward
Sep 11, 2012
Aformer employee, Fernando Marrero, of a moving and storage company filed claims alleging race-based discrimination, a hostile work environment, and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil R...
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Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds Employee Not Entitled to Severance Pay Under Employee Handbook
Jul 09, 2012
Iwas really looking forward to this decision because it had the potential for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to address the issue of employee handbooks creating contracts and severance agreements but t...
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Wisconsin Court of Appeals Upholds Denial of Unemployment Benefits, Employee Puts Foot in Mouth
Jul 09, 2012
Iopened up the weekly Wisconsin CaseLaw Express issued by the State Bar and came across a Court of Appeals case for an unemployment compensation appeal hearing I handled two years ago, to my surprise. ...
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6th Circuit Holds Evidence Supports NLRB's Conclusion That Charge Nurses Were Not Supervisors
Jun 26, 2012
Avery common issue under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is whether an employee is employed as a "supervisor" as supervisors are excluded from the right to unionize and bargain collectively und...
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EEOC Opines Wearing a Confederate Flag TShirt May Rise to Level of Racially Hostile Work Environment
May 31, 2012
Apostal employee in Alabama who complained for approximately two months of coworkers wearing confederate flag t-shirts in the workplace until the Postmaster finallyinstructed the supervisor to start se...
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Tips for Calculating Hours Worked for Purposes of Overtime Pay and the FLSA
May 20, 2012
BLR.com has an excellent and simpleexplanationof how to calculate employees' hours worked for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as it can be more complicated than people think, leading to...
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9th Circuit Discusses "Attendance" as Essential Function of Job in ADA Claim
May 16, 2012
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently released an opinion discussing the issue of attendance as an essential job function for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) providi...
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Arrest & Conviction Record Discrimination at the Fore (Again)
May 16, 2012
Arecentarticlein the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel profiles a woman, Yolanda Quesada, who was terminated from Wells Fargo Bank after three years with the company for a crime she was accused of 40 years ag...
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