The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Beasley v. O’Reilly Auto Parts, recently held that a claim for failure-to-accommodate under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) must include an adverse employment...more
8/15/2023
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Statutory Violations
Although not widespread, ordinances prohibiting discrimination based on natural hairstyles and textures are not completely foreign to Florida, and amidst a perceived rise in “anti-wokeness,” employers in the Sunshine State...more
ANNUAL REPORT ON EEOC DEVELOPMENTS: FISCAL YEAR 2021 -
An Annual Report on EEOC Charges, Litigation, Regulatory Developments
and Noteworthy Case Developments -
INTRODUCTION -
This Annual Report on EEOC...more
4/26/2022
/ Annual Reports ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
EEO-1 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Investigations ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations
On April 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Brown v. Nexus Business Solutions, LLC affirmed a district court’s decision that business development managers who solicited and sold General Motors...more
4/12/2022
/ Administrative Exemption ,
Appeals ,
Automotive Industry ,
Business Development ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
General Motors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Over-Time ,
Wage and Hour
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court’s decision that an 18% service fee charged at the upscale Miami steakhouse of celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe was not a “tip” and was...more
3/30/2022
/ Collective Actions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Over-Time ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Service Charges ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
Work does not always occur within the physical confines of a workplace. Indeed, due to the interconnectivity of today’s world, work often takes place in the digital space, where employees regularly use pictorial icons and...more
3/23/2022
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Electronic Communications ,
Emoji ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidence ,
Hostile Environment ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII