8,397 results found

John McGrory alleged his employment was terminated because he is male and because he participated in his employer’s internal investigation.

In Benedict v. Hewlett-Packard Co., a California federal district court permitted HP to bring counterclaims against the lead plaintiff in a wage and hour class action.

Leopoldo Jorge, Jr., sued Almir Da Fonseca and his employer, the Culinary Institute of America, for injuries Jorge sustained when he was struck by a car driven by Da Fonseca.

Amanda Haverstick wrote a new article on Forbes.com discussing the recent Supreme Court decision to reverse the pro-employer, 2013 Sixth Court decision in U.S. v. Quality Stores Inc., quashing any prospect of big tax refunds to employers for their past severance payouts to laid-off workers.

The day-to-day activities of in-house counsel, in their dual roles as legal advisors and company managers, pose a broad range of employmentrelated challenges.

In the second episode of Employment Law Legends, Paul Rinnan discusses Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson and the legal movement to define sexual harassment in the workplace.

In the third episode of Employment Law Legends, Paul Rinnan discusses Griggs v. Duke Power Company, the origins of the disparate impact theory, and the legal battle to define discrimination in the civil rights era.

In the fourth episode of Employment Law Legends, Paul Rinnan examines the evolution of the famous McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework ...

When should employers be liable for the hostile work environment created by supervisors' sexually harassing conduct?

Recently, some courts in California had held that a lawsuit seeking liquidated damages for minimum wage violations were subject to a one-year statute of limitations.

In Saunders v. Apothaker Associates, Inc., a Muslim applicant was offered a position as a debt collector, contingent upon his criminal background check. Civ. No. 10-3170 (D.N.J. Apr. 17, 2012).

The Fifth Circuit recently joined four other circuits (the Second, Third, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits) in holding that the presumption of prudence applicable in employer stock fund cases is appropriately applied at the motion to dismiss stage of a litigation.

The number one class action lawsuit for several years running is FLSA claims for overtime pay.

In "Katz v. Yahoo", Michael Katz entered into a retention bonus agreement as part of Yahoo's purchase of Interclick.

Gerald Maatman was interviewed February 18th on the XpertHR Podcast, "Podcast: Why Class Action Employment Cases Are on the Rise."

Gerald Maatman was quoted in an April 11 story from Westlaw Journal Employment on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says appellate courts should defer to district court decisions regarding EEOC subpoena requests...

In September 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Goodwill Industries for alleged retaliation.