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On May 15, 2020, the Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, released the Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to broaden the definition of "whistleblower" in federal anti-retaliation law, ruling that employees who simply raise complaints with their employers are not protected by the Dodd-Frank Act despite regulations which sought to provide additional protections.

In December 2005, the Supreme Court of Washington filed its decision on Korslund v. Dyncorp Tri-Cities. In this case, the court considered the following three issues: (1) whether forced medical leave amounts to discharge; (2) under what circumstances a plaintiff may bring a claim of wrongful discharge or retaliation in violation of public policy; and (3) whether a promise of specific treatment is enforceable.

The District of Columbia Council recently repealed a law approved by voters in a June 2018 referendum that would have fundamentally changed the way tipped workers in the District are paid.

A workplace policy requiring all employees who self-identify as in need of substance abuse treatment to submit to random alcohol testing following their return to work constitutes disability discrimination on its face.

Lastly, all employers should review their Internet and/or social media policies in the context of the Triple Play decision.

A Maryland private school faced a high-profile whistleblower retaliation lawsuit after terminating its Chief Financial Officer, who claimed he was fired for reporting discrimination concerns. The case, which drew front-page media attention, threatened the institution's reputation and required a defense strategy that would uncover the truth behind conflicting narratives about performance issues versus retaliation claims.

The New York City Fair Workweek Law was initially enacted in 2017 to expand wage and hour protections for employees working at fast food businesses. On December 17, 2020...

An appeals court addressed whether an employee terminated by group decision can be similarly situated to employees who were disciplined less severely by a different group.

New York is an "at-will" employment state. This means that, absent an employment agreement for a fixed duration, an employment relationship can be terminated by the employer...

Assembly Bill 5 regulates economic activity and not speech, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held, affirming dismissal of a suit brought by freelance writers and photographers challenging the law.

In April, the Fifth Circuit of Appeals found that Carolyn Spears, formerly a tenured professor at Louisiana College (LC), had made out a prima facie case of age, sex...

On November 19, 2025, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Eight, issued a published decision in Brown v. Dave & Buster's of California...

The timing of the court's dismissal under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29—at the conclusion of DOJ's evidence and before the case reached the jury—is quite rare.

California Court of Appeal reverses a summary judgment for an employer that failed to follow its own policy regarding layoffs.

The NLRB ruled in The Guard Publishing Company, dba The Register Guard that employers may enforce a policy that prohibits employees from using employer email for non-job-related solicitations (including union organizing efforts), so long as they do so in a non-discriminatory manner.

The Fifth Circuit recently held that a disabled employee was not entitled to a job reassignment as a reasonable accommodation because the employee was not the "most qualified applicant available" for the position.

New York's proposed No Severance Ultimatums Act would impose significant new procedural requirements on employers offering severance agreements to employees...