Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees can sometimes sour on jobs they transfer to and, this in turn, can create practical and legal risk for employers, particularly where an employee changed jobs in connection with a disability...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: State lawmakers continue to search for ways to pave the path for their economies to reopen amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest trend in that effort: equipping businesses with a shield against legal...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Managing employees engaged in potentially protected activity can be tricky when disciplinary and other normal employment actions might be misconstrued as unlawful retaliation. A recent decision from the...more
In the world before the COVID-19 pandemic, business travel was a critical function for countless employees in a wide range of industries. Since the onset of the pandemic, and the attendant changes to otherwise normal...more
7/20/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Best Practices ,
Border Closures ,
Business Travel ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
General Duty Clause ,
Infectious Diseases ,
NLRA ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
OSHA ,
Public Health ,
Quarantine ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs in disability discrimination cases often have sympathetic facts on their side. A recent decision out of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, however, highlighted that courts...more