The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) just revised its Fact Patterns Flyer to guide employers through examples of recent prosecutions...
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Revised Memorandums of Understanding for E-Verify Users
The E-Verify Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) have been revised. The E-Verify MOU is the agreement between the employer and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
New Memorandum of Understanding Between OSC and NLRB
The Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have entered into an agreement that the...
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Employment Decisions Today
In Vance v. Ball State University et al. (USSCT 2013), the Court ruled on employer liability for harassment by a supervisor under Title VII of the...
U. S. Supreme Court Allows Third Party Retaliation Claims
Last week we reported that retaliation claims had surpassed race discrimination claims to become the most common claim filed with the EEOC. This week we...
Tenth Circuit Rejects Claims of Worker Fired After Exhausting FMLA
On November 29, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an employer did not violate FMLA by terminating an employee who failed to return to work...
Tenth Circuit: Employee Cannot Sue State under Public Services Section of ADA
In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that suits against state government entities under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), prohibiting employment...
Honest Belief Shields Employer from FMLA Claim
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that and employer who fired an employee with a back condition three weeks after he returned from...
New Law Makes Arizona State Employees At-will
On May 10, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law that will make major changes to the state’s personnel system. H.B. 2571 combines the current...
Labor Settlement to have Far-Ranging Consequences
American Medical Response (AMR), an ambulance company based in Connecticut, reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week just one day...