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by Tammy Binford

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Texas court: FedEx delivers timely win in Section 1981 lawsuit

A creative FedEx policy gets the credit in beating back a $366,160,000 jury verdict in a race discrimination case arising in Houston. Read on for news you can use! Section 1981 vs. Title VII Section 1981 of the Civil...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Calculating overtime for employee with two different pay rates

Q A restaurant employee works two jobs—as kitchen help earning above the minimum wage and as waitstaff earning $2.13 per hour plus tips. He works less than 40 hours per week in each job but works over 40 hours for the...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

7th Circuit rejects manager’s work-from-home accommodation request

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were required to work from home. Did that collective experience rewrite the rules for employers’ ability to require in-person attendance at the workplace? A decision from the...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

New Jersey domestic workers gain added protections

On January 12, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act (S-723/A-822), establishing a broad range of rights and employment protections for domestic workers. Domestic workers...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia

When discussing accommodations, follow interactive process

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Massachusetts General Law Chapter 151B (Chapter 151B) both require employers to provide reasonable accommodations absent undue hardship to employees and to engage in an...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Pandemic didn’t take away right to discharge an employee who violates policy

In an unpublished opinion issued January 31, 2024, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all employers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia) dismissed a case without a trial in...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

AI attorney is no match for human attorney

A lot is being written on artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in law. A court opinion from February illuminates its “use” in an employment case and the disastrous consequences. I.O.U. instead of wages Molly Kruse...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Eastland appeals court slaps employer on social media discovery

A recent employment law case in West Texas sheds light on what an employer in an employment lawsuit can ask of the employee via written discovery (pretrial fact finding). It’s a gold mine! We will talk about it in this...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Deviation from policy on Arizona paid sick time revives retaliation claim

The Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act—aka Arizona Paid Sick Time Law—requires all employers to provide all employees a certain amount of paid sick time. An employer with at least 15 employees must provide them...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Managing artificial intelligence in the workplace

The last several years have seen artificial intelligence (AI) become mainstream in the workplace. Today, HR professionals widely use AI tools for recruiting, onboarding, and administering leave and benefits. Managers use...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

ADA accommodations may include modifying schedule for easier commute

Many factors come into play when employers set work hours for employees, including such things as operational requirements or customers’ needs. On occasion, though, employees may request a modified work schedule to...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Don’t automatically count absences against FMLA leave

Q: One of our employees is on intermittent Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave. She’s gotten sick and claims it’s unrelated to her reasons for being on FMLA leave. Can we include these days in her FMLA time and...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

Internal, external communications could be open to discovery in lawsuit

The significance of documenting employment decisions can’t be overstated and should come as no surprise to employers. Indeed, employment decisions that aren’t supported by documentation—such as poor performance reviews...

Mar 01, 2024 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin