by Girish Anand | Oct 29, 2011 | Federal Labor Law
Female employees of Wal-Mart outlets in California have joined in a class-action lawsuit against the firm in an effort to elude the restrictions placed on such efforts by the Supreme Court in its Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision. In that case, the court ruled that a...
by Girish Anand | Oct 24, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law
With its recent announcement that it had entered into a National Mediation Agreement with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now helping more than 200 firms nationwide resolve disputes with their employees...
by Girish Anand | Oct 18, 2011 | DOL, Federal Labor Law
On the heels of its time-keeping smartphone app for tracking hours worked, the Department of Labor (DOL) is now introducing a smartphone app to measure the heat index at a work site. It is available now for Android operating systems, with apps promised soon for the...
by Girish Anand | Oct 10, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
In the first week of its 2011-2012 session, the United States Supreme Court heard a case involving a church and its actions in terminating an employee who took disability leave and was asked to resign as a result. When she refused to resign and threatened to sue, she...
by Girish Anand | Oct 5, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has postponed the implementation date for its new employee rights notice-posting rule by more than two months in order to allow for enhanced education and outreach to employers, particularly those who operate small- and...
by Girish Anand | Oct 3, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
A recent court case sets a precedent that an employer who fails to return phone calls from employees on FMLA leave may be liable for FMLA retaliation claims. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows qualifying employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to...