The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh has spoken, and employers that once relied exclusively on McDonnell Douglas might need to rethink their litigation strategy in employment-discrimination cases.
On December 12,...more
1/3/2024
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Burden-Shifting ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
McDonnell Douglas Formula ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
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
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
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
On May 27, 2021, in Todd v. Fayette County School District, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the propriety of a school district’s decision to end a mentally ill...more
Vaccine passports—standardized credentials showing proof of vaccination—are gaining momentum in some states as a means of returning to normalcy and allowing businesses to open fully to those who prove they have been...more
4/6/2021
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Doing Business ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Florida ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
Policies and Procedures ,
State and Local Government ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations ,
Vaccine Passports ,
Workplace Safety