6/29/23
By: Christopher J. Fleissner and Daniel Parker Jett
The Ninth Circuit recently ruled that an employer’s conduct can discriminate based on sex even if that conduct equally offends both men and women, and even if it does not target any …
Category: Employment Law Blog (US)
Running a background check? – Don’t run from these disclosures
6/28/23
By: Mandy D. Hexom and Thomas Livingston
Background checks are standard procedure for many employers as part of the employee application or onboarding process. It seems obvious that the applicant or employee knows they are consenting to a background check, …
NLRB Continues To Enter New Territory By Advising That Non-Compete Agreements Violate The NLRA
6/12/23
By: Brad Adler
On the heels of the NLRB’s controversial decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023) finding generally that non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the NLRB’s General Counsel (“GC”) recently …
Texas is Latest State to Enact Crown Act
5/31/23
By: Robert Chadwick and Lynne Finley
On Saturday, May 17, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 567, a new law banning race-based hair discrimination in Texas schools, housing and workplaces. Texas thus joins twenty other states which have …
4/19/23
By Jody Cappello and Tara Sheldon
In Jones v. Walmart Store No. 2585 et al., the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut addressed the burden a plaintiff must meet to establish an adverse employment action under …
3/20/23
By: Tia Combs and Allison Spears
In Hudson v. Lincare, Inc., the Fifth Circuit provided employers with a roadmap for the proper response to claims of co-worker harassment. As discussed below, the case exemplifies how prompt and deliberate action …
3/10/23
By: Bob Chadwick and Gabriel Canto
As part of a permanent furlough in 2020, McLaren McComb, a union teaching hospital, offered 11 union employees severance agreements offering severance payments in exchange for releases of claims and the following clauses:
Clause…