Discrimination, Employer Liability Issues, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Washington Employment Law Updates

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 6/24/2025

A series of employment-related bills have become law and will go into effect in the coming months and years. These new bills contain some significant changes that will likely affect most Washington employers. Understanding...more

Littler Lightbulb: September Appellate Roundup

Littler on 10/11/2024

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month. Fourth Circuit Rejects ADA Claim of Employee Who Tested Positive for Illegal Drugs...more

Littler Lightbulb: August Appellate Roundup

Littler on 9/6/2024

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month. Fifth Circuit Vacates DOL Tip Credit Rule...more

Avoid the Naughty List: Eighth Circuit Insight into Handling Requests for Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/22/2022

We can’t pass up the opportunity to encourage you to stay off the naughty list by telling you about this Eighth Circuit case offering guidance on working with your employees who request ADA accommodations. In Joseph Mobley v....more

ABCs of Employment Law: Employment at will

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/16/2022

So misunderstood! NOTE FROM ROBIN: Earlier this year, I began a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. The first installment covered discrimination in general, and the second...more

Asking Applicants For Vax Status? Not So Fast, Employers.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/8/2021

I'm not sure the ADA will let you do that. There has been a lot in the news lately about job applicants who include their COVID-19 vaccination status on their resumes, employers who ask applicants for that information, and...more

The Insidious Deception That Is "Employment At Will"

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/28/2021

Employers, don't get played. "This is an employment-at-will state, and I can fire you for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all." Oh, yeah?... ...more

Well-Intentioned Employers May Get Tripped Up By Their Paid Leave Policies

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 5/25/2018

It has becoming increasingly common for employers to offer paid leave to new parents even though the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not require an employer to pay an employee who is taking this leave....more

6th Circuit holds layoff didn’t violate employee’s FMLA rights

Butler Snow LLP on 5/3/2018

From: Tennessee Employment Law Letter | 04/01/2018 - Employees who have taken or who are currently taking leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) aren’t necessarily protected from being selected for...more

The ADA Is Not a Medical Leave Entitlement, Seventh Circuit Declares

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/22/2017

Today’s employers must run their businesses within the competitive environment in which they operate while affording employees an ever-increasing array of leaves. Yet, running a business without a full complement of employees...more

EEOC Sues Connections CSP For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/18/2017

Human Services Provider Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charges - WILMINGTON, Del. - Connections CSP, Inc., one of Delaware's largest non-profit organizations that provides health care,...more

EEOC Sues Capstone Logistics For Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/18/2017

Human Services Provider Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charges - WILMINGTON, Del. - Connections CSP, Inc., one of Delaware's largest non-profit organizations that provides health care,...more

Different but Equivalent: Fourth Circuit Clarifies Parameters of Leave Under Family and Medical Leave Act

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 7/3/2017

On May 16, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which governs cases pending in North Carolina, issued an opinion that reveals the parameters within which an employer may fill an employee’s position...more

A Pregnant Pause: Using ADR to Resolve Pregnancy-Related Workplace Issues

JAMS on 6/3/2015

A recent case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court, Young v. UPS (issued March 25, 2015), caught the attention of many women and employers as well. In Young, the Court interpreted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), in...more

“Reporting for Duty”: Employers May Face Extended Obligations to Reemploy Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder under...

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 3/4/2015

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301–4335, not only prohibits discrimination against employees and potential employees based on their military service, it also...more

Discrimination › Employer Liability Issues › Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Washington Employment Law Updates

Littler Lightbulb: September Appellate Roundup

Littler Lightbulb: August Appellate Roundup

Avoid the Naughty List: Eighth Circuit Insight into Handling Requests for Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA

ABCs of Employment Law: Employment at will

Asking Applicants For Vax Status? Not So Fast, Employers.

The Insidious Deception That Is "Employment At Will"

Well-Intentioned Employers May Get Tripped Up By Their Paid Leave Policies

6th Circuit holds layoff didn’t violate employee’s FMLA rights

The ADA Is Not a Medical Leave Entitlement, Seventh Circuit Declares

EEOC Sues Connections CSP For Disability Discrimination

EEOC Sues Capstone Logistics For Disability Discrimination

Different but Equivalent: Fourth Circuit Clarifies Parameters of Leave Under Family and Medical Leave Act

A Pregnant Pause: Using ADR to Resolve Pregnancy-Related Workplace Issues

“Reporting for Duty”: Employers May Face Extended Obligations to Reemploy Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder under...

Developments in Pregnancy Discrimination Law: UPS, EEOC, and I

Trends in New Jersey Employment Law - December 2014

2014 Employment and Labor Law Final Exam

New Bill Expands Illinois Human Rights Act's Pregnancy Protections

New Year Means New Laws for Public Employers in California

Fenwick Employment Brief - November 2013

Discrimination › Employer Liability Issues › Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

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