ArticleSherlock: The Final Problem For EmployersThe series four finale of Sherlock cleverly illustrates the dangers of allowing the inmates to run the asylum.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleStanding Ovation For Adam Jones At FenwayLast Monday, the Orioles made headlines for more than just their 5-2 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleSupreme Court Rules That Service Advisors At Automotive Dealerships Are Exempt From Overtime And Rejects Principle That Exemptions To FLSA Should Be Construed NarrowlyOn April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro that service advisors at automotive dealerships are exempt from overtime.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleTennessee Governor May Be Open To New Protections For Employee Gun OwnershipThe Nashville Post recently reported that Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam may be open to legislative efforts to include additional protections for employee gun owners in 2014. United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleTennessee Supreme Court Throws Out Applicant's Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claim Against Prospective EmployerOn August 21, 2015, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that a job applicant does not have a cause of action under the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Act (TWCA) against a prospective employer ...United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleThe Beginning Of The End RevisitedA discussion on the employment law aspects derived from a popular tv show. United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleThe Intern: Delightful Movie—Risky Employment PracticeWell, the Golden Globes were Sunday night and all of Hollywood tuned it to celebrate the best of film and television.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
Article"The U.S. Department Of Labor's Proposed Overtime Changes: Employee Salary And Classification Considerations"Under a new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL"), millions more workers would be eligible for overtime pay unless employers pay a much higher salary threshold.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleTrade Association Challenges OFCCP's Rehabilitation Act RuleA construction trade association has sued the director of the OFCCP and the Secretary of Labor, seeking to exclude government contractors in the construction industry from the data collection and utilization review analysis requirements of the OFCCP's new rule amending the requirements for government contractors under § 503 of the Rehabilitation ActUnited StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleU.S. Department Of Labor's Proposed Amendments To Its Regulations Would Dramatically Expand The Number Of Employees Eligible For OvertimeThe proposed regulations more than double the annual salary required for an employee to be considered exempt from overtime or minimum wage under the FLSA's white collar exemptions. United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Allows CMS Vaccine Mandate To ProceedEarlier today (January 13, 2022), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the vaccine mandate applicable to healthcare providers that are Medicare or Medicaid certified may proceed.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Challenge To California's Independent Contractor LawAs background, the California Trucking Association first brought their challenge following the passage of A.B. 5, which codified an earlier state supreme court decision.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleVETS Publishes Final Rule On VEVRAA Reporting RequirementsVETS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in February 2014, setting out its proposed revisions to the rule.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleWatch Your Back, OscarLitigation Value: $250,000 in attorneys’ fees and to settle Oscar’s claims–unless his guilt and his desire not to embarrass himself or out the Senator by disclosing their affair keeps him from making a big deal out of it.United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleWill And Grace ReunitedEver since the cast of Will and Grace reunited for a mini episode encouraging all of us to vote in 2016, the Internet has been in a frenzy about the possibility of a revival 18 years after the show...United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleWill The Justice Department's Attack On Marijuana Impact New Jersey Employers?On January 4, 2018—just days after California began selling recreational marijuana and became poised to become the largest legal market for the drug in the U.S.—United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleWin Over Talent By Standing Out In Every Stage Of The Employee LifecycleIn today's hyper-competitive labor market, employees have higher expectations of their employers. This has had a profound effect on the workplace and forced companies...United StatesEmployment and HRFord Harrison LLP
ArticleEmployers Relax After Tennessee Court Rejects Anxious Employee's Failure To Accommodate ClaimOn Tuesday, October 22, 2019, a Tennessee federal judge rejected a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesFord Harrison LLP
ArticleSecond Circuit Finds DOMA UnconstitutionalOn October 18, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.United StatesFamily and MatrimonialFord Harrison LLP
ArticleHealthcare Industry Legal Alert: Nursing Home Settles Genetic Information Discrimination LawsuitOn January 13, 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the former operator of a nursing home and rehabilitation center in Corning, New York had agreed to pay $370,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the EEOC alleging violations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesFord Harrison LLP