Federal courts recently confirmed that FMLA leave status is not a shield from termination for an employee when legitimate performance issues are uncovered. Read More
On August 9, 2013, a federal district court judge in Maryland dismissed a Title VII suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission… Read More
In April 2013, I reported that the United States Supreme Court had agreed to hear arguments in a case in which a Texas… Read More
On March 18, 2013, the United States Supreme Court agreed to determine whether state and local government workers may file constitutional claims of… Read More
On April 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments from a Texas hospital asking the Court to raise the burden… Read More
In a January 25 unanimous decision in the case of Noel Canning v. NLRB, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit… Read More
Employers are well advised to audit and tighten their pay and recordkeeping practices as the US Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour… Read More
In November 2011, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a new effort to audit… Read More
We recently reported that in March of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as the Health Care Reform Bill)… Read More
In May of 2008, Congress enacted the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). This Act was enacted as a result of concerns that advancements… Read More
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