Labor Days
Finding Employer Can Require Employees to Cooperate in Internal Investigation, Federal Court Tosses Executive Severance Suit
On January 26, the Southern District of New York dismissed claims for severance and stock benefits brought by two former executives of professional services firm Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., arising out of their…
Court of Appeals Rules that Even Rigorous Timekeeping and Reporting Policies Cannot Overcome Imputed Knowledge of Overtime
On January 15, The Eleventh Circuit rejected an oft-used defense in employment cases – that an employee’s violation of company policy should relieve the employer from liability under the equitable defense of “unclean…
Sex and Power: Lessons from a Boutique Law Firm and an Ivy League University
Two seemingly unrelated news items today impart a lesson that, while not new, bears repeating. First, as reported by Law360, the long-running lawsuit by a female associate against her former law firm, Faruqi and…
The Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Causation in a Claim for Retaliatory Discharge
The Illinois Supreme Court recently clarified the element of causation in its ruling in Michael v. Precision Alliance Group, LLC, 21 N.E.3d 1183 (Ill. 2014). In Michael, employees who reported about certain practices…
Recent EEOC Settlements Serve as Reminder to Employees to Offer Reasonable Accommodations for Employee Drug Tests
While drug testing policies are becoming commonplace, employers must remember that they can violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if reasonable accommodations are not provided, as a recent decision in a…