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UAW's Win at VW
April 23, 2024
The UAW’s $40 million “Southern Strategy” had its first success yesterday.
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SCOTUS Eases the Standard for Proving a Discriminatory Job Transfer under Title VII
April 18, 2024
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a split in the circuits as to whether an employee is required to show a “significant” injury or harm in connection with a job transfer to meet the threshold for proving an adverse employment action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Supreme Court Decision: Employees May Challenge Unwanted Job Transfers as Discriminatory, Even if Transfers Don't Involve Significant Disadvantage
April 17, 2024
Earlier today the Supreme Court held that a police sergeant’s suit about her involuntary transfer to another division with less prestige and fewer perks was sufficiently injurious to allow her to sue for sex discrimination
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The EEOC Releases Onerous Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 16, 2024
On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a Final Rule and Interpretive Guidance to implement the relatively new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
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Pregnant Worker Fairness Act Final Regulations and Guidance: Potentially Turning the PWFA Into the Most Significant Employee Entitlement Since the FMLA
April 16, 2024
On April 15, the EEOC issued its final rule, with no substantial changes, turning this sleepy little statute into the most significantly burdensome expansion, on a per-case basis, of employee entitlement since the FMLA itself.
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New Employment Laws in Maryland – Changes to Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance, Wage Range Posting Requirements, New Discrimination Protections and More
April 10, 2024
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2024 session ended at midnight on Monday, April 8. A number of employment bills that were passed will have a significant impact on employers.
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New Minnesota Paid Leave Reporting in 2024
April 4, 2024
The state of Minnesota is starting a new Paid Leave program for employees.
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Wisconsin Legislature Increases PPD Rate, Clarifies Statute of Limitations, and Allows for Voluntary Advancement in PPD
April 4, 2024
On March 22, 2024, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed into law 2023 Wisconsin Assembly Bill 1073.
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Are Reasonable Accommodations Required for an Employee’s Commute?
April 3, 2024
According to some courts, no.
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OSHA Opens Your Doors to Union Reps
April 1, 2024
On Friday, March 29, OSHA issued its final revisions to its “walkaround rule” to allow non-employees to participate in OSHA inspections.
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Chamber of Commerce v. NLRB and the Reimplementation of the 2020 Joint-Employer Rule
March 29, 2024
On March 8, 2024, in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. National Labor Relations Board, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker of the Eastern District of Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s 2023 rule determining the standard for joint-employer status and the NLRB’s rescission of the 2020 joint-employer rule.
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You Know That Destroying Evidence Can Get You in Trouble, Right?
March 29, 2024
Our admonition against destroying (bad) evidence goes both ways – as shown in a recent case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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