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Happy New Year. So much has happened while you spent the holidays undoubtedly velobinding and wrapping the 2012 archives of this blog for your friends and loved ones.

In Connecticut, "wrongful termination" refers to an employee being dismissed from their job for reasons that are illegal under state or federal law.

In Tennessee, wrongful termination occurs when an employee is fired for reasons that violate state or federal laws. Tennessee is an "at-will" employment state, meaning employers...

Last week the Government issued consultations until 15 January 2026 on planned reforms set out in the Employment Rights Bill to enhance workplace protections against dismissal...

In a decision that potentially expands the scope of wrongful discharge claims in Pennsylvania to encompass claims for "failure to hire," a military reservist who claims he was denied the right to "reclaim" his civilian job upon returning from a deployment in Pakistan has won the right to pursue punitive damages in a claim under Pennsylvania common law for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy while concurrently pursuing claims under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reempl

Green, an ex-postmaster, filed suit against the Postmaster General in Colorado alleging, among other things, that he was constructively discharged when the Postal Service bullied him into retirement...

On February 4, 2016, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that an employee's copying of confidential data from his company computer to a private backup service was a breach, but not a material breach of his employment agreement.

The Family and Medical Leave Act does not require all employers to grant leave to all employees.

How do you prove you complied with the FMLA's notice requirements? Two recent court decisions have complicated the answer to this question.

We invite you to review our newly-posted March 2020 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law.

In a noteworthy case involving an employed scientist's allegations of wrongful termination for reporting research misconduct, the Maryland Court of Appeals in Yuan v. Johns Hopkins University...

On July 17th, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Massachusetts employers may not terminate an employee merely because of his or her off-site use of medical marijuana.

Senior executives facing difficult workplace transitions must navigate complex questions about compensation, equity, legal exposure, and professional reputation. Understanding when to leave and how to structure a departure can protect both immediate interests and long-term career opportunities.

We live in an unfortunate time in which white nationalists and neo-Nazis are receiving a great amount of publicity.

In a singular decision that may became a model around the country, the New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that a hospital violated the law by using confidential information about a physician’s peer review conduct to terminate his employment.

Following her recent success in overturning key National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) precedents on make-whole remedies and severance agreement provisions, the NLRB's General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, has issued two memos that provide insight into the NLRB's enforcement positions and its agenda for 2023.

In what could have been a potentially ground-breaking case, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") accused a company of illegally terminating an employee for posting negative comments about her supervisor on Facebook, a social media website.

Employment termination during an employee’s leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) may constitute "interference" with that leave.