The muse for today’s post is whoever drafts the press releases for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Last night, I read this one about a $70,000 settlement that the EEOC reached with a Colorado employer to resolve a lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC alleged…
By Metsfan84, CC BY 3.0, Link Every July 1 since 2011, the New York Mets have paid Bobby Bonilla $1,193,248.20. That seems like a pretty reasonable annual payment for a six-time All-Star. Except, here’s the thing. Mr. Bonilla is 59 years old and hasn’t played for the Mets in over…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission doesn’t think so. It’s suing a residential home service and repair company for violating federal law when it allegedly required employees to participate in religious prayer sessions as a condition of employment and retaliated against employees who opposed the unlawful practice. Before I detail…
Yesterday, we covered whether the Family and Medical Leave Act allows women who have an abortion to obtain leave for a serious health condition. Today, we’ll talk about the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit employers from taking adverse employment…
The ink was barely dry on the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization when the U.S. Department of Labor released a statement in which the agency confirmed that it would continue “empowering women using every tool” available. The DOL supports reproductive freedom. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of…
Over the weekend, I read this Reddit post. It’s from an individual who says the company will require employees to attend a pro-life celebration today following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Many of the 1,300 comments focus on the wage-and-hour implications of…
I’ve litigated many battles between companies over trade secrets and non-competition and non-solicitation agreements. The tie that binds them all is that these cases are expensive to prosecute and defend. When these cases advance to court, most are about one thing: getting an injunction to stop a former employee from…
People sometimes ask me, “Eric, where do you get all your blog content from?” Often, like today, other blogs inspire me. So, with a big tip of the cap to Evan Brown and his post here at Evan.law, let’s talk about what you can’t do if you suspect that a…
Some of you are clutching your pearls and mouthing, “God, I hope so.” Glass half full, I may be about to save you a call to your company’s employment lawyer. Glass half empty, you may be pretty screwed if the statute of limitations hasn’t already run on the potential Americans…
Does the spike in remote work arrangements over the past few years mean the end of wacky sexual harassment cases? Yeah, right! Although, in fairness, the unique facts of this case long pre-date the pandemic. This one involves a female plaintiff, a professor at a university, who claimed that the…