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Kathleen Maylin; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2013, previously published on February 7, 2013 Is the special salary continuation benefit payable only to public safety officers under California’s workers’ compensation law subject to the 104-week limit on payments for a temporary disability? The California Court of Appeal concluded that it is and has annulled an order directing...
| | A Valentine’s Day Reminder for Employers
Marjorie Kaye; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2013, previously published on February 7, 2013 Valentine’s Day, February 14th, brings out the fun and flirty side of some employees. They may express themselves in e-mails, jokes and overtures to co-workers. Their intentions usually are innocent, but, as we all have learned, the thought may not mitigate the deed. Professions of innocence...
| | Inquiry to Determine Employee’s Religious Objection to Mandatory Vaccination Gains EEOC Counsel’s Support
Bradford T. Hammock, Joseph J. Lynett; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 7, 2013, previously published on February 5, 2013 Employers may seek additional information regarding an employee’s religious beliefs where the employee seeks to be excused from participating in a mandatory influenza vaccination program for religious reasons, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Legal...
| | Employer Not Estopped from Denying Medical Leave, California Court Rules
Jamerson C. Allen; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 6, 2013, previously published on February 4, 2013 Ruling that an employer did not misrepresent by deed or silence that its employee’s leave had been approved, the California Court of Appeal has affirmed a judgment in favor of an employer under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and the California Family Rights Act, and has rejected the...
| | President and Gang of Eight Senators Lay Out Visions for Immigration Reform
Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 6, 2013, previously published on February 4, 2013 A day after a bi-partisan Senate group outlined an immigration reform plan, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Nevada on January 29 to announce his own proposal for widespread immigration reform, noting that his proposal was in line with the principles the eight Senators proposed....
| | Chicago Enacts New Penalties for “Wage Theft”
Alison B. Crane, Neil H. Dishman; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 6, 2013, previously published on February 4, 2013 Chicago has added teeth to existing wage laws by stiffening penalties for employers engaged in “wage theft.” Wage theft is broadly defined as violating wage laws, for example, by failing to pay workers overtime or minimum wage.
| | Avoiding Liability for Work-Related Injuries to Undocumented Workers
Amy L. Peck; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 5, 2013, previously published on February 1, 2013 Employers are well aware that just one work-related accident or illness can result in medical expenses, rehabilitation services, and liability compensation. A recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision is a reminder that undocumented aliens, as well as legal workers, may bring workers’...
| | Substantially True Statements, Opinions about Person’s Work not Defamatory, Minnesota Supreme Court Rules
V. John Ella; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 5, 2013, previously published on February 1, 2013 Providing needed guidance on workplace defamation, the Minnesota Supreme Court has clarified that both “minor inaccuracies of expression” and statements of opinion that cannot be proven true or false are not defamatory as a matter of Minnesota common law. McKee v. Laurion, No. A11-1154...
| | Eighth Circuit Affirms Severance Repayment by Executive Who Breached Non-disclosure Obligations
John A. Snyder; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 4, 2013, previously published on January 31, 2013 Announcing new requirements for federal district courts in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals when instructing juries on “adverse inferences” they may draw when a litigant has destroyed evidence relevant to the case, the U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis has largely upheld a jury...
| | Rarely Performed Job Function Nevertheless ‘Essential’ under ADA, Federal Appeals Court Rules
Francis P. Alvarez, Joseph J. Lynett; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2013, previously published on January 30, 2013 The rarity with which a particular job function is performed does not render it non-essential under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, has held in an unpublished decision. Wardia v. Department of Juvenile Justice, No. 12-5337 (6th...
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