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Jamerson C. Allen, Jerry J. Deschler, Cynthia Filla; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 15, 2013, previously published on January 11, 2013 Since both the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have reported a significant rise in religious discrimination cases in 2011 and 2012, Assembly Bill 1964, otherwise known as the California Workplace Religious Freedom Act of...
| | Iowa Supreme Court Holds Employee May be Terminated Because Her Boss Views Her as “Irresistible”
V. John Ella; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 15, 2013, previously published on January 11, 2013 The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the Iowa Civil Rights Act does not protect a dental assistant who was terminated by the owner of a dental practice for being an “irresistible attraction.” The decision in Nelson v. James H. Knight, DDS, P.C., No. 11-857 (Dec. 21, 2012), has...
| | Michigan Bars Employers from Demanding Private Social Media Information from Applicants, Employees
Marlo Johnson Roebuck; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 15, 2013, previously published on January 10, 2013 A new Michigan law signed by Governor Rick Snyder prohibits employers and prospective employers from requiring employees and applicants to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information used to access private Internet and e-mail accounts, including social media networks such as...
| | Oregon’s ‘Independently Established Business’ Requirement for Independent Contractors
Scott Oborne; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 15, 2013, previously published on January 10, 2013 Businesses constantly are challenged with correctly classifying workers as either employees or independent contractors. Of course, employers have good reason to be vigilant: misclassification can result in costly audits, assessments of back taxes, and stiff penalties. Under the Oregon independent...
| | New Jersey Proposes New Notice Requirements for Employers to Combat Gender Discrimination
Richard J. Cino, Peter Seltzer; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 14, 2013, previously published on January 11, 2013 The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce is proposing new workplace notification rules requiring employers with at least 50 employees to post conspicuously a notification informing workers of their rights to be free from gender inequity or bias in pay, compensation, benefits, or other...
| | NLRB Judge Holds Union Not Liable for ‘Threats’ Against Employees on Facebook Page
Allan M. Dabrow, Philip B. Rosen; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 11, 2013, previously published on January 9, 2013 In a ruling involving the National Labor Relations Act and employees’ or union members’ use of the popular social networking medium, “Facebook,” a National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has refused to liken threats made by union members on Facebook to...
| | Justice Department Enforcement of False Claims Act Continues Upward Trend
Nick Michael Beermann, David R. Jimenez; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 10, 2013, previously published on January 8, 2013 The Department of Justice has netted $4.9 billion in financial settlements and judgments from civil fraud cases in Fiscal Year 2012 (ending September 30, 2012), according to a recent DOJ announcement. This is the DOJ’s largest financial recovery for a single year, eclipsing the previous...
| | Employee’s Religious Accommodation Requests Must Be Reasonable, Federal Appeals Court Rules
David E. Nagle, Crystal L. Norrick; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 9, 2013, previously published on January 4, 2013 While an employee with religious restrictions that prevent him or her from performing certain job duties can request an accommodation from his or her employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the request must be reasonable. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s proposed...
| | IRS Proposes Regulations on Employer Penalty
Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 8, 2013, previously published on January 2, 2013 The Internal Revenue Service has released proposed regulations on the health care reform employer “shared responsibility” penalty provision. This is the penalty on “large” employers (those with at least 50 full-time or full-time equivalent employees) that do not provide...
| | No FLSA Claim Where Employer Provided Nursing Mother Time and Place to Express Milk
Benjamin D. Sharkey; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 8, 2013, previously published on January 4, 2013 In the first appellate case interpreting the nursing mother provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta has held that an employee’s claim failed as a matter of law because her employer provided her with breaks and a private space in which to...
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