In January, then-Governor Phil Murphy signed a law creating a reinstatement right that never existed before. For employers of any size. It takes effect July 17, and even employers confident they’ve got employee-leave compliance handled could be blindsided.
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A hospital and university didn’t just demote an employee over his criticism of a race-based practice. They went on social media to trash him, and that’s the bigger legal problem.
TL;DR: A federal appeals court revived a demoted academic’s retaliation
A supervisor joked about selling an employee in the red-light district. When the case reached a federal appeals court, the employer’s defense was almost as bold: don’t blame us for the emotional distress bill, she should have gotten therapy.
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If you’ve never requested a second FMLA medical opinion, you’re not alone. Most employers haven’t. A Seventh Circuit case decided last month is a useful illustration of how that process works and why the details matter. This is the second
A bus operator was fired for FMLA falsification and claimed his employer terminated him because he was transgender. The employer’s defense was simple: it fired four other employees for the same conduct around the same time. A federal appeals court
My partner just launched an employment law newsletter on LinkedIn, and I’m plugging it here for free, which tells you either how much I believe in him or how bad I am at negotiating.
His name is Matthew Korn,
An employer investigated a racial harassment complaint, offered a transfer, and watched the harassment continue. A federal appeals court just sent the hostile work environment claims to a jury.
TL;DR: A Black registered nurse from Ghana alleged that Hispanic co-workers
A school superintendent returns from FMLA leave to find herself barred from the building and placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation that, she alleges, never actually happened. A federal appeals court just held that’s enough to state an
Here’s what happens: a Title VII problem by lunch.
TL;DR: The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-5-1 to require Bible passages — including sections of Exodus for fifth graders and the Eight Beatitudes from Matthew for seventh graders —
The Supreme Court just ruled on whether transgender athletes can play girls’ high school sports. If you’re scanning this for a new Title VII rule for your LGBT employment policies, save yourself the trouble: there isn’t one.
TL;DR: The Supreme
