Employment Law Letter

Monitoring employee social media

Social media is ubiquitous. With our use of social media at an all-time high, employers must take extra care to protect company information. In a world in which employees are live streaming their “everything” on social...

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HI Supreme Court issues landmark noncompete, nonsolicitation decision

On February 17, 2022, Hawaii’s Supreme Court established guidelines for employers to follow to ensure enforceable noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements. In the case, a real estate sales coach left her employer to...

Appellate Division upholds employer requests, not commands, to keep probes confidential

An investigator’s request for confidentiality in a discrimination or harassment probe is valid and doesn’t violate an employee’s right to free speech or the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), the Appellate...

Federal #MeToo bill signals end of forced arbitration of harassment, assault claims

On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021,” commonly referred to as the “MeToo” law. The act, which amends the Federal...

IA public employers must restrict certain lodging reimbursements

Effective January 1, 2022, Iowa public entities, including public hospitals and schools, must ensure that any lodging provider they pay or reimburse with public funds for lodging, conferences, meetings, or banquet space...

Federal contractors: It’s time to register for contractor portal

While change over the last couple of years has been focused on COVID issues, agencies continue to assess new ways to manage their core responsibilities. As one such change, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance...

Risk of employees’ losing exempt status rises during times of short-staffing

In times of short staffing, it’s important to remember exempt employees may lose their exempt status if they spend too much time performing nonexempt work. A recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of...

Back to basics: No retaliation claim if no protected activity

Retaliation claims are among the most numerous types of employee claims processed through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state EEO agencies. Central to the claims is whether an employee engaged in...

You can no longer force employees to arbitrate sexual harassment claims

Inspired by the #MeToo movement, the U.S. Senate recently passed H.R. 4445, an amendment to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), also known as the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of...

Countdown underway for contractors to comply with OFCCP verification initiative

March 30, 2022, is the deadline for federal contractors and subcontractors to register in the contractor portal recently launched by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Then they will have until...

Back in office or not? That question looms as pandemic subsides

As COVID-19 levels continue dropping across the country, employers are trying to plan out what the office environment will look like for the rest of the year. While many people have returned to school, restaurants, and...

Are employer vaccine mandates legal? 5th Circuit weighs in, sort of

As employers have continued to grapple with workplace challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number have implemented mandatory vaccination policies. United Airlines instituted a policy, and employees...

Summer hiring season is almost here! Time to plan for employing minors

With summer approaching, many employers will be turning their attention to staffing up for the season. The summer workforce includes a substantial number of minors. So, this is a good time to consider the issues involved...

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Getting a handle on conflict and annoyance in the workplace

In a perfect world, coworkers would work in harmony and creativity and productivity would soar. No one would have to deal with outright hostility or even petty annoyances. But as every HR professional knows, it’s not a...

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Tips for getting women back in the workforce after COVID-triggered disruption

To call what COVID-19 has done to the workforce a disruption is certainly an understatement. But now in the third year of the pandemic, employers and employees are going ahead with efforts to return to the workplace—at...

Arkansas Stephen W. Jones of Jack Nelson Jones, PLLC, and Audra Hamilton and Nathan Read of Mitchell Williams
Kansas Boyd A. Byers, Teresa L. Shulda, and Tara Eberline of Foulston Siefkin LLP
Missouri Robert A. Kaiser, Jeremy Brenner, and Ida S. Shafaie of Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Oklahoma Charles S. Plumb, Courtney Bru, Paul Ross, Philip Bruce, and Jacob Crawford of McAfee & Taft

Delaware Lauren Russell of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Maryland Steven E. Bers and David M. Stevens of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
New Jersey John C. Petrella and Dina M. Mastellone of Genova Burns LLC
Pennsylvania Dena Calo, Lisa Koblin, Carolyn Pellegrini, and Zachary Kimmel of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Virginia Jonathan Mook and Bernard J. DiMuro of DiMuroGinsberg PC

Illinois Steven L. Brenneman and Kelly Smith-Haley of Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP
Indiana Brian R. Garrison of Faegre Drinker
Michigan Gary S. Fealk and John T. Below of Bodman PLC
Ohio Fred G. Pressley, Jr., Jourdan D. Day, and John M. Stephen of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Wisconsin Saul Glazer, Troy D. Thompson, Michael J. Westcott, Leslie A. Sammon, and Heath Straka of Axley Brynelson LLP

Kentucky Richard S. Cleary, John T. Lovett, Robert D. Hudson, and Kathleen Biggs Wright of Frost Brown Todd LLC
North Carolina Richard L. Rainey of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
South Carolina Richard J. Morgan, James K. Gilliam, Jonathan C. Eggert, and Chandler E. Aragona of Burr & Forman LLP
Tennessee Kara E. Shea and David Johnson of Butler Snow LLP
West Virginia Larry J. Rector and Allison B. Williams of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Alabama Albert L. Vreeland and David J. Middlebrooks of Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C.
Florida G. Thomas Harper of The Law and Mediation Offices of G. Thomas Harper, LLC, Lisa Berg and Andrew Rodman of Stearns Weaver Miller, and Robert J. Sniffen and Jeff Slanker of Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.
Georgia Raanon Gal of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Glianny Fagundo of Thompson Hine LLP and Chris Butler of the Chris Butler Firm
Louisiana H. Mark Adams and Jennifer Kogos of Jones Walker LLP
Mississippi Martin J. Regimbal of The Kullman Firm

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