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Q. We have 140 employees working remotely across many states, and as a result, they meet three of the four Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requirements but not the requirement...

Are Cell Phone Policies Practical for the Modern Workplace?

As reported by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly last week (subscription required), late last year a Middlesex County jury found a defendant company liable for over $1.3 million in damages to the plaintiff competing company in a case involving the plaintiff's former employee.

In "Royal v. CCC&R Tres Arboles, LLC", the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals revived an employee’s retaliation claim where she was fired shortly after she complained about coworkers subjecting her to sexually suggestive sniffing.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that, in fiscal year 2015, 44.5% of the charges it received alleged retaliation. That makes retaliation the most popular charge it received by a large margin.

Labor & Employment Co-Chair Tony Oncidi was recently interviewed for the Lexis Practical Guidance podcast (links below)...

A New Jersey federal district court held (in an unpublished opinion) that a former plan participant’s same-sex spouse who never enrolled in the benefit plan did not have standing to assert a claim.

In her bylined article for the San Diego Daily Transcript titled "Five workplace law predictions for 2019," Darcey Groden previews five workplace law issues that employers can expect in 20

San Francisco employers with twenty or more employees should review their parental leave policies in light of the new city ordinance.

In the article, "SCOTUS Decision Impacts Employers" featured in the Memphis Business Journal, Rob Ratton discusses how the recent decision in the Green v. Brennan case will affect employers moving forward.

Bucalo v. Shelter Island Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 10-CV-1516 (2d Cir. Aug. 10, 2012): The Second Circuit allowed an employer to rely upon circumstantial evidence to prove its legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring an applicant when the sole decision-maker and only person with direct knowledge of the decision became terminally ill and then died prior to being deposed.

The Second Circuit recently ruled that a plaintiff must plead a claim for failure to pay overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with some specificity. According to the court, plaintiffs are "required to do more than repeat the language of the statute."

Plaintiff Lisa Aber sued her employer and two of its employees, alleging that the employees had sexually assaulted her.

Seyfarth's annual Workplace Class Action Report was featured in "Crystal Ball Department: Law Firms Line Up to Offer 2017 Litigation Predictions," a January 19 story by Am Law Litigation Daily.

Seyfarth's annual Workplace Class Action Report was featured in "New Report Examines Trends in Wage and Hour Class Action Suits, Settlements," a January 23 story by HR Daily Advisor.

Seyfarth's annual Workplace Class Action Report was featured in "Expert: Wage and hour class action suits dipped slightly in 2016, but expect 2017 uptick," a January 23 story by HR Dive.

Seyfarth's annual Workplace Class Action Report was featured in "Top 5 ERISA settlements in 2016," a January 23 story by Treasury & Risk.