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 | Proposed Law Could Require Armed Protection Officers in All Indiana Public Schools Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 4, 2013 Legislation under consideration in Indiana would require all public and charter schools to have a trained, armed “school protection officer” on the school’s premises during regular school hours. If adopted, the legislation (Ind. S.B. 1, as amended, Apr. 2, 2013) would be the first...
|  | Hospitals Servicing Federal Employees through Provider Agreement with HMO Ruled Covered by Affirmative Action Regulations Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 8, 2013, previously published on April 5, 2013 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has jurisdiction over three hospitals receiving payments from a health plan for providing medical services to U.S. government employees, a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia judge has confirmed. UPMC Braddock v. Harris, No....
|  | Statistical Sampling Could Not Establish Liability in Wage-Hour Class Action, California Court Rules Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 Class certification is unwarranted where auto center managers and assistant managers alleged they were improperly classified as exempt and denied overtime and meal and rest breaks in violation of the California Labor Code, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Affirming a trial court...
|  | Transfer to New Position Triggered Employer FMLA Liability, Court Rules, but Front Pay Too Speculative J. Gregory Grisham, Robbin W. Hutton; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on April 1, 2013 A front pay award of 10 years in the amount of more than $135,000 for a Family Medical Leave Act violation was “unduly speculative,” the federal court of appeals in St. Louis has ruled, vacating the award. The Court found the district court abused its discretion in making the award...
|  | OFCCP Issues Second Wave of Advance Scheduling Notification Letters Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2013, previously published on March 29, 2013 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has mailed Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters (“CSALs”) to individual establishments identified for upcoming compliance reviews. The March 27, 2013, mailing is the Agency’s second wave of letters — the first was sent...
|  | Ohio Law Does Not Prohibit Workplace Harassment Based on Sexual Orientation, Ohio Court Rules Scott A. Carroll, Vincent J. Tersigni; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 27, 2013 An employee’s claim of sexual orientation harassment is not viable under the Ohio Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination because of sex, the Ohio Court of Appeals has ruled. Inskeep v. Western Res. Transit Auth., 2013-Ohio-897 (Ohio Ct. App. Mar. 8, 2013).
|  | Alleged Protected Activity Unrelated to Discharge, California Court Finds, Reverses $3 Million Verdict Mark S. Askanas; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 27, 2013 Reversing a $3 million jury verdict in favor of a former human resources executive on his wrongful termination claim, the California Court of Appeal has ruled that the executive failed to establish that the employer’s decision not to continue his employment following a corporate acquisition...
|  | Third Circuit Adopts DOL’s Liberal Test for Determining Protected Whistleblower Activity under SOX Richard J. Cino, David R. Jimenez, Joseph C. Toris; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 26, 2013 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has became the first federal Circuit Court to adopt the liberal “reasonable belief” standard for determining protected activity under the whistleblower provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX” or the “Act”)....
|  | Plaintiffs Can Communicate with Defendant’s Employees in California False Claims Action, Court Rules Mark S. Askanas; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 26, 2013 California’s Rules of Professional Conduct generally prohibit an attorney, directly or indirectly, from communicating with a represented party, including the party’s employees. However, this rule did not apply to prohibit communications between two qui tam plaintiffs and the...
|  | Workers’ Comp Appropriate for On-Call Health Care Worker Injured on Way Home, Tennessee Court Finds James R. Mulroy; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 28, 2013, previously published on March 27, 2013 An on-call surgical technician injured while driving home after assisting with an emergency surgery at a hospital was eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, the Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided. Shannon v. Roane Med. Ctr., Tenn., No. E2011-02649-WC-R3-WC (Mar. 13, 2013). The...
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