?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: The department’s ability to show that the pension plan was rationally related to a legitimate government purpose was instrumental to their success on appeal. Government employers should ensure that they can... 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 »
?The chief executive/chief financial officer of a company that owned rental property in California could be held personally liable for the company’s failure to pay wages to two tenants who were performing... Read more »
?Union election petitions rose 58 percent between Oct. 1, 2021, and June 30, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other... Read more »
[Updated] As more businesses are requiring their employees to be vaccinated in order to return to the workplace, they continue to face vaccine card fraud by workers. “Similar to fake IDs used... Read more »
?On July 19, a state judge in Michigan’s Court of Claims held that the state legislature violated the Michigan Constitution in 2018 when, during a lame-duck session, it overhauled revisions to Michigan’s... Read more »
?Employers must comply with federal and state laws on alerting employees about impending layoffs, but the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of remote work are making compliance more difficult.... Read more »
?The U.S. House of Representatives on July 14 passed several labor-friendly amendments as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023. The amendments now move to the Senate,... Read more »
