State anti-discrimination laws often provide employees with greater protections than Title VII. Employers should therefore become familiar with the...
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State Minimum Wage Increases Effective January 1, 2012
Eight states have increased their minimum wage rates effective January 1, 2012. The new minimum wage rates are as follows: Florida - $7.67 per hour...
Stop After-Work E-mails; Let Employee Personal Lives Stay Personal
It is possible the United States may soon see a day where American employers must pay their employees for the time put into responding to late-night...
Student Immunization for Private Schools
With August coming to an end, many parents and students are preoccupied with the impending start of the 2016-2017 academic year. In recent years, a...
Student Searches in Private Schools
To help ensure school safety, is important for school administrators to prevent student possession of drugs, alcohol and weapons. One method is by...
Supreme Court Interprets Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued a decision, Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., which will shape how pregnancy discrimination claims are...
Supreme Court Maintains Religious School Exemption
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court indicated in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru that employee discrimination claims against religious...
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Plans for University Admission
On Thursday, June 23, 2016, the United States Supreme Court held that, as a way to increase diversity within the student body, the University of...
Supreme Court Upholds “Cat’s Paw” Theory of Employer Liability
Consider the following situation: An employee works for a hospital, during which time he is also a member of the United States Army Reserve. The...
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