Don’t Get Bitten… Are You In Compliance With DOL's COBRA Continuation Coverage Election Notice?
8/21/18
By: Pamela Everett The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida has certified a class action suit against Marriott International, Inc. for allegations that it failed to provide required notices of eligible terminated employees’ right to continued health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). The law…
8/1/18
By: Jeremy Rogers Recently, the EEOC announced a settlement in a lawsuit brought against SLS Hotel in South Beach. The lawsuit, filed in 2017, followed an investigation into charges made by multiple Haitian former employees who had been terminated in April 2014. They worked as dishwashers in three separate restaurants located in the SLS Hotel. …
7/27/18
Employee’s Slang in Comments on Social Media Protected as Concerted Activity By: Robyn Flegal A panel of the National Labor Relations Board ordered an Iowa electric company to rehire and pay back wages to a utility pole employee who was terminated for posting on social media that the Company was a “goat bang,” which he…
Employee Fired for Tweeting Complaint About Sex Jokes
3/26/13
By: David Cole This USA Today article is another example of how social media is presenting new legal issues in the workplace. According to the story, the tech company SendGrid fired a female employee named Adria Richards because she tweeted complaints about a group of men sitting behind her at a conference making sex jokes. …