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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By Christian Petrucci | March 28, 2024
The claimant did an excellent job of demonstrating the error in the board's opinion that had reversed her success before the WCJ in a termination petition. As the court determined that the case was "precedential" a review is warranted.
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By Chris O'Malley | March 28, 2024
The Department of Labor fined Morristown, Tennessee-based Tuff Torq $296,951 and secured a court order requiring it to disgorge $1.5 million—a month of profits—after a January inspection found 10 illegally employed children as young as 14 subjected to "oppressive" conditions.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 27, 2024
"I urge the court, there are a myriad of cases cited here, to please follow the verbs," counsel to the plaintiff, Richard I. Scharlat, a partner with Fox Rothschild said. "All the verbs talk about selection, appointment, the right to hire and fire. The verbs really do not extend to a defamatory statement post employment."
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By David Urban and Gabriella Kamran | March 26, 2024
It is well known that the law protects employees from harassment and discrimination based on race, gender, age, and disability, among other protected…
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By Allison Dunn | March 26, 2024
Iriel Jones, a trial attorney with the commission, filed the civil rights complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of Jerrell McGirt against Iron Hill Brewery's Buckhead location, as well as the owners of the craft brewery and restaurant, which have 20 locations across Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Georgia.
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By Emily Cousins | March 26, 2024
"They stood their ground despite threats of discipline, and continued to speak out," plaintiff counsel Roland Goff said.
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By Colleen Murphy | March 25, 2024
"An initial scan of Section 27 reveals a series of difficult to decipher and contradictory sentences contained in a single arbitration clause," Judge Morris G. Smith said in his written opinion for the court. "The clause contains 887 words in thirty-six unbroken lines. A closer reading shows that the run-on paragraph harbors within it mutually inconsistent means for dispute resolution."
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By Roland Juarez, Elizabeth Sherwood and Christopher Pardo | March 25, 2024
Given the rocky terrain and uncertain footing, California employers should consult their attorneys regarding the best strategy to employ in the face of PAGA claims.
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By Stephen A. Antonelli | March 25, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision in Salsberg v. Mann that could help to ensure that employment litigation will continue to have the "best" fact patterns for years to come, when it ruled that plaintiffs can maintain a cause of action for intentional interference with an at-will employment relationship against third parties.
8 minute read
By Charles Toutant | March 22, 2024
A legal dispute over accommodation of Tourette syndrome in a job involving interaction with the public is a particularly "tricky" type of disability dispute, said plaintiff-side employment lawyer Andrew Moskowitz.
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