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Jan 21, 2014 · The argument against public-sector agency fees is this: Since public employees work for government, everything they bargain about is political. Higher wages, better benefits, new work rules—all ...
Many of the labor and employment cases that have reached the Supreme Court involve claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in the workplace. These may arise under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits adverse employment actions based on the race, color, religion, sex, or national origin of an employee.
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Last May, the Supreme Court upheld the arbitration clauses in employment contracts that keep workers from filing class-action lawsuits, requiring employees to engage in individual arbitration instead. (Originally, Epic Systems v. Lewis involved a wage dispute.) The Court’s sharply-divided decision overturned the National Labor Relations Board’s (NL...
For years, employers have successfully defended themselves against sexual harassment claims by 1) maintaining a written anti-harassment policy and 2) pointing to an employee’s “unreasonable” failure to report harassment on a timely basis. However, in the case of Minarksy v. Susquehanna County, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that secret...
Now that medical marijuana is legal in a majority of states, a number of workplace lawsuits are making their way through the courts. Must employers waive their drug policies to accommodate medical marijuana card-holding employees? Unfortunately, there is no clear consensus right now. Some employers that have terminated or declined to hire card-hold...
Recently, retail giant IKEA was hit with an age-discrimination lawsuit—it’s fifth within one year. In Paine v. IKEA Holdings, a 48-year-old employee alleges that the company has denied him promotional and training opportunities in favor of younger workers, despite his positive performance reviews. While the case has not been settled, it represents ...
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Nov 10, 2021 · Introduction. Corporations have long posed conceptual difficulties in a variety of doctrinal contexts. From the first cases involving corporate claims for protection under the U.S. Constitution, to early recognitions of corporate criminal liability a century later, 1 the Supreme Court has an extensive history of inquiring into the nature of corporations and what that answer might tell us about ...
Jul 7, 2022 · For example, in federal court from 1979 to 2006, plaintiffs in non-employment law cases won 51% of the time. But when the employee was the plaintiff in an employment discrimination lawsuit, they ...
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Mar 21, 2019 · The Supreme Court will decide if the process is legal. 3. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. It's the first of many cases involving businesses denying service to customers based on their gender or sexual orientation to wind its way to the Supreme Court. (Justices declined to hear a similar case in 2014, leaving a ...
Although technically a state agency, it operates for the most part independently of the State, and hires outside counsel to litigate employment cases. When it comes to how the cases are litigated and settled, the UC seems to act more like a private employer than a government one, insofar as making dollars-and-sense decisions regarding the ...
