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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Bayer Is Latest Large Employer to Face Gender Discrimination Class Action
Major corporations may need to establish a support group so they can commiserate over being named defendants in gender discrimination lawsuits. There’s been a spate of gender discrimination class action lawsuits filed in recent months. Yesterday, I reported on the oral argument … Continue reading
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Tagged Bayer, Cigna, class actions, gender discrimination, Publicis Groupe, Wal Mart
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Oral Argument in Wal Mart Class Action Case Again Puts Spotlight on Justice Kennedy
Can female employees of Wal Mart sue the retailer as a class claiming both that the corporate culture harbors female bias yet that individual store managers have discretion to make personnel decisions as they see fit? That is the heart … Continue reading
EEOC Issues Final ADA Amendments Regulations
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) on Friday published final regulations to implement the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). In an announcement on the EEOC’s website, the commission said “Like the law they implement, the regulations are designed to simplify the … Continue reading
GSA Raises Per Diem Travel Rates for New York, San Francisco
Federal employees traveling on official business will be able to spend more on the government’s dime starting next month in New York and San Francisco among other locations. For travel to New York City, the per diem rate will go up … Continue reading
Muslim Teacher Who Wanted Three-week Pilgrimage Leave Has Ally in U.S. Justice Department
Must a school district accommodate a Muslim teacher who has been on the job for only 9 months and then requests three weeks off for a pilgrimage to Mecca? That’s the issue raised by a suit the U.S. Justice of … Continue reading
Pilot Program Established for Job Applicants To Correct Errors Through E-Verify
In a move that may help employers, the federal government this week announced a pilot program that will give job applicants the opportunity to clean up errors in their paperwork that might otherwise cause problems when presented as proof of … Continue reading
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Tagged E-Verify, immigrants, proof of eligibility, U.S. citizens
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FLSA Forbids Retaliation for Filing Oral Complaints Too, U.S. Supreme Court Holds
Score another victory for employees from the U.S. Supreme Court, which hasn’t handed them many favorable decisions in recent years. The Fair Labor Standard Act’s protections against retaliation extends to oral as well as verbal complaints, the high court ruled … Continue reading
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Tagged Fair Labor Standards Act, retaliation, U.S. Supreme Court
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Bill Would End “Use-it-or-Lose-It Rule” for Health FSAs
Employees with leftover funds in their health flexible spending accounts at year’s end would be allowed to withdraw the money under a bill introduced recently in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a health FSA, employees set aside money each … Continue reading
