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The Labor & Employment Report is your one-stop blog to learn about the latest developments in labor and employment law issues. Published by Shawe & Rosenthal LLP, Management's Workplace Lawyers, this blog informs human resource professionals, corporate counsel, business leaders, policy makers, journalists, judges, and other attorneys about critical labor and employment issues.
Labor & Employment Report
1w ago
A former in-house attorney for Lockheed Martin not only had her retaliation claims dismissed, but found herself on the hook for over $90,000 of Lockheed Martin’s attorneys’ fees after lying about her subsequent employment under oath. In Deering v. Lockheed Martin, the plaintiff sued her former employer in the U.S. District Court for the District ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
2w ago
Today, I want to send an overnight letter to FedEx Corp. In that letter, I would suggest that paying attention to the competition (that is, UPS) often makes business sense and can save a company money. Because, if FedEx had paid attention, it might have avoided a lawsuit filed against it by the Equal Employment ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
3w ago
As we await the proposed regulations to implement the forthcoming paid family and medical leave insurance (FAMLI) program in Maryland, the state Department of Labor previously issued resources for employers, including FAQs, to assist them in preparing for compliance, as we discussed in our May 2024 E-Update. And now the MDOL has updated and vastly ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
3w ago
As most employers with Maryland employees (hopefully) know, starting October 1, 2024, they are subject to new wage range posting and paystub notice obligations, as detailed in our April 10, 2024 E-lert on new Maryland employment laws. The Maryland Department of Labor promised to release guidance to help employers in complying with these new obligations, for which ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
1M ago
As an employment attorney, I am, of course, deeply interested in which personal characteristics are protected from discrimination under law, and it is fascinating to see which new characteristics are deemed to warrant such protections. In recent years, CROWN (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Acts have seen success in many states ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
1M ago
With less than three months until the 2024 presidential election, we are firmly entrenched in political silly season. Earlier this week, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union filed unfair labor practice charges against the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump – which, of course, employs workers – and Tesla, Elon Musk’s automotive company. The ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
1M ago
Employers like predictability. And it would make sense that, for an employee who previously worked remotely, well, remote work should be a reasonable accommodation. But a recent case warns employers not to jump to that conclusion so quickly. In Ali v. Regan, the employee suffered from severe allergies that could cause bleeding and itchy skin ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
2M ago
So, in my first week of work at my current law firm, I discovered I was pregnant. Obviously, the timing wasn’t great. And frankly, I was terrified to tell my new bosses that, gosh, in about 8 months, I would need parental leave. (And by the way, the only other female attorney at that time ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
2M ago
As the federal court said, “This is a case about a dental appointment in Qatar, an international romance, national security, and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. It is also a case about Title VII.” (Really, I could not come up with a better lede myself). And so begins the latest entry in our sporadic series of extreme ..read more
Labor & Employment Report
2M ago
The Olympics are coming! And there were two interesting Olympic-related articles in the New York Times yesterday involving star competitors who “withdrew” (voluntarily?) from their countries’ teams based on some bad behavior. One involved a gold-medal winning equestrienne who was filmed repeatedly whipping a horse, which she characterized as an “error in judgment.” (Um, hitting ..read more