?A federal court in Pennsylvania recently ruled a discharged nurse’s disability discrimination claim can proceed to trial, based on her request for an accommodation during her interview and alleged comments by her... Read more »
?Takeaway: An employer must make a good-faith effort to assist an employee who seeks a reasonable accommodation for a disability. Under applicable 3rd Circuit law, an employer can demonstrate that it participated... Read more »
?Takeaway: To show that an employer’s asserted reason for an employee’s discharge is a pretext for discrimination, an employee must do more than point to inconsistencies in the narrative or the use... Read more »
?Employees in the U.S. are notorious for not taking their allotted, employer-paid vacation time. Even when they do take time off, they often use some of that time to work and check... Read more »
?Looking for ways to encourage employees to unplug while on paid time off? Read on for tactics ranging from asking employees to ‘solemnly swear’ they will not think about work while on... Read more »
?U.S. employees are notorious about not taking their allotted, employer-paid vacation. Even when they do take time off, they often use some of that time to work and check e-mail. Fifty-four percent... Read more »
?The millions of surplus jobs in the U.S. continue to drive a candidates’ market, empowering job seekers to ask more of potential employers, notably in the areas of compensation and flexibility. But... Read more »
?On July 15, the U.S. Department of Labor published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the nondisplacement protections under Executive Order 14055 for employees of large... Read more »
?While the 3.6 percent unemployment rate is just a tick above the lowest rate in the last 50 years, the signs of an impending recession are mounting—if the country isn’t in one... Read more »
?Takeaway: While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that courts cannot require “pretext-plus” to establish discrimination, there may still be cases in which evidence of pretext alone is not sufficient to send a... Read more »
