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Former Employee Retaliation Employment Litigation

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Plaintiff’s Attorney Fee Recovery Slashed in Half Even After Massachusetts Trial Win: A Lesson for Employers

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A Massachusetts jury found that a Boston hospital retaliated against a former employee – but a court ruling just capped the plaintiff’s attorney fee recovery at less than half of what she sought. Why? Because the employer...more

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Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Explores “Cat’s Paw” Liability Theory in an Employment Law Whistleblower Retaliation...

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City of Hallandale Beach v. Rosemond, 4D2022-2642, 2024 WL 2836937 (Fla. 4th DCA June 5, 2024) - A former city employee filed a lawsuit against the defendant pursuant to section 112.3187(4)(a)-(b), Florida Statutes, where he...more

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Arizona Court of Appeals Reinstates Retaliatory Discharge Claim Under Fair Wages and Healthy Family Act

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The Arizona Court of Appeals recently held in Papias v. Parker Fasteners LLC, No. 1 CA-CV 22-0775 (Ariz. Ct. App. Oct. 17, 2023), that a discharged employee could proceed with his retaliation claim against his former...more

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What New York City Employers Need to Know About The First Court Rulings in Early COVID 19 Related Workplace Litigation

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Of the more than 2,300 COVID-19-related employment lawsuits we have been tracking, many have at least one thing in common: they relate to employees who had (or suspect they had) the virus in late 2019 or early 2020 – before,...more

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Emerging Trends In COVID-19 Workplace Litigation

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As of this writing, employees from across the country have filed more than 430 COVID-19-related lawsuits against their employers and former employers. Not all of these claims have focused on the Family First Coronavirus...more

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Retaliation suit shows requests for unpaid overtime can be a timekeeping trap

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Informed employers know they must pay non-exempt employee for all hours actually worked. If an employee works unapproved hours or overtime, the company must still pay for that time; however, they may discipline that worker...more

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N.C. Federal Court Allows Former Employee’s Disability Claims to Proceed to Trial

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A North Carolina federal trial court recently denied an employer’s request to dismiss a former employee’s disability discrimination and retaliation claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The case provides a...more

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Chipotle’s Employees Denied Class Certification On Employment Discrimination Claims

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 15, 2020, in Guzman v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., No. 17-CV-02606-HSG, 2020 WL 227567 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 15, 2020), Judge Haywood Gilliam of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...more

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California Prohibits Most “No Rehire” Provisions in Settlement Agreements

Employment litigation settlement agreements often include a mutually negotiated “no-rehire” provision by which the departing employee agrees not to seek employment with the company in the future. A recently enacted California...more

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Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2018

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It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more

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