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Six Protections if You Win a USERRA Case

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If you’ve served in the military and faced problems at work because of your service—like being denied a job, promotion, or your old position back after deployment—you may have legal rights under the Uniformed Services...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Seventh Circuit Ruling Allows Non-Disabled Workers to Seek Backpay Under ADA

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The Seventh Circuit (covering Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) recently ruled that a non-disabled employee can recover damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when his employer required a fitness-for-duty...more

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Seventh Circuit Allows Recovery of Back Pay in ADA Case Absent Proof of Disability

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In a case of first impression, on April 1, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an important decision in Nawara v. Cook County Municipality (Case Nos. 22-1393, 22-1430, 22-2395 & 22-2451), holding...more

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Think ADA Recovery Is Limited to Employees With Disabilities? The Seventh Circuit Says Think Again

On April 1, 2025, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals clarified the remedies available to nondisabled employees subjected to improper medical examinations or inquiries under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). ...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Seventh Circuit Says Non-Disabled Employee Entitled to Back Pay for Unlawful Medical Exam

The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits employers from requiring employee medical examinations absent business necessity. The ADA provides a back pay remedy for violations, but limits these damages to discrimination on...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

What lies beneath. Three wage and hour dangers you may never see coming.

On January 19, a federal district court in Arkansas paved the way for a jury to decide whether 2,000 employees were entitled to recover unpaid overtime for all weeks in which they worked more than 40 hours, while having...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

WARN Update: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Issues Decision Analyzing the Application of the WARN Act in Chapter 11

The Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”), as well as certain state statutes, require employers to provide employees with advance notice of a plant closing or a mass layoff. A company’s failure to provide...more

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