Concerns that clients, customers, or business associates could sue them over claims they were exposed to COVID-19 have made some businesses reluctant to reopen. We’ve already seen lawsuits filed against retail stores and...
Employment Law Letter
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Michigan and Ohio as well as Kentucky and Tennessee) recently reversed the dismissal of a disability discrimination claim against an employer. The employee had...
Q We fired an employee because of theft, and he is currently incarcerated. Do we have to offer COBRA due to these circumstances? A You are not required to offer Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)...
Many employees were allowed to telecommute temporarily during the COVID-19 crisis. Others were furloughed or laid off. As some of them begin to return to the workplace, employers may be considering whether to conduct...
An employer’s informal background check on a new hire via Google didn’t support a race discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers North...
Under the New York Forward (NYF) reopening plan, employers are required to screen for COVID-19. While NYF’s guidance on reopening is largely based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced a second phase of industries can start preparing to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the process, the state released detailed guidance and a safety plan...
Q Several employees forced to work from home during the pandemic say they prefer it to working in the office and actually feel more productive. Should we be preparing to extend and expand our telecommuting options even...
On March 31, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all New Jersey employers) affirmed the district court’s dismissal of discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims filed by an ex...
The ban on sex discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or transgender identity, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an unexpected 6-3 decision...
A supermarket cooperative isn’t considered the employer of individuals who work for its member stores and cannot be found liable for the age discrimination claims of an employee of one of its members, the Appellate...
Will New Hampshire employers be liable to employees who contract COVID-19 on the job? Governor Chris Sununu’s economic reopening task force recently posed the question to Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald. Employers...
As Phase Two of Nevada’s COVID-19 recovery brings even more employees back to work, many people may show up still emotionally charged from recent racial tragedies across the nation as well as the protests and riots that...
Many employers were eager to take advantage of a provision in federal coronavirus relief legislation that provided loans to help businesses meet payroll and cover certain other costs during the COVID-19 crisis. Those...
Is age simply a number? One man in the Netherlands thought so and tried to get a court to drop his age by 20 years. But regardless of how the legal battle turned out (spoiler alert: it didn't end well for him), Dutch...