The recent weeks have been busy ones in the world of employment law. In this post, we highlight some of the most interesting cases that have surfaced over the past weeks. We check in on how the Affordable Care Act has impacted small business and firms as well as a…
From Josh: I haven’t issued a formal announcement yet, but I have joined the board of a great organization, Open Arms Housing. A more formal announcement will be forthcoming, but there’s a bit of news I wanted to share. We have been included in the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington.…
We get a lot of phone calls and emails. On most days, we hear form eight to twelve potential clients asking about discrimination, harassment, non-compete clauses, severance agreements, failure to pay overtime, and other employment issues. Those calls range from local issues in Arlington, Fairfax, Alexandria, and other areas in northern…
According to the Chicago Tribune, shoe retailer DSW, Inc. has agreed to settle an age discrimination suit brought by the Chicago District Office of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of seven managers and approximately 100 other employees, all of whom claimed to have been terminated…
Jeff Wilpon, the Chief Operating Officer of the New York Mets and son of Mets owner Fred Wilpon, runs his front office department about like his father runs the baseball team: Leigh Castergine, former Vice President of Ticket Sales, recently filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York…
Have you ever had to deal with an unpleasant person at work? When does the inappropriate conduct of someone at work rise to a civil rights violation by your employer? A recent decision by the Fourth Circuit may help answer these questions. The Fourth Circuit upheld racial and sexual hostile work…
Being terminated from your job almost always comes with a huge amount of stress and emotion. There’s a lot to process, and people often want to do that processing very quickly in order to get back up and running. Every day, we see people who have lost their jobs and are understandably…
In Part 1 of our 2 Part series on the EEOC’s new Guidelines on Pregnancy Discrimination, we discussed the first five things you should know about this recent and important guidance. Here are tips six through eleven: 6) Title VII prohibits an employer from offering a health insurance plan that…
On July 14, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published guidance on laws governing pregnancy-based discrimination for the first time since 1984. Charges of pregnancy discrimination are rising largely due to common and persistent misconceptions about pregnancy in the workplace. The two of the main federal laws concerning pregnancy-related discrimination…
The excellent Ask A Manager blog recently responded to a reader question about whether it is legal for publications to not pay their volunteer writers. As always with legal questions, AAM addresses the underlying issues, but avoids offering legal advice. We’ve decided to expand on legal issues here. As readers…