Thanks to my law partner Jill Stricklin, who has this news about the EEOC’s new pilot program. Jill is an employment litigator in Constangy’s Winston-Salem Office and was also just named to the 2015 North Carolina Business Legal Elite for employment attorneys.The EEOC...
The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requires employers to cover dependents (meaning children) until they turn 26 years old, or pay a penalty. 42 U.S.C.A. § 300gg-14. However, the ACA does not require employers to cover spouses.In response to the ACA,...
Periodically this year, we have discussed some of the fundamentals of wage and hour law, starting with a general review of the white collar exemptions. We will continue to periodically review some of the more fundamental concepts of the FLSA, including a comprehensive...
Most practitioners know that Title VII prohibits retaliation against any employee because he or she “opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice [by the statute].” Title VII does not define “oppose,” but the Supreme Court has held that it...
Some employers really, really hate to fire employees. That doesn’t mean they won’t do it – but they’ll do just about anything to avoid calling it what it is.A few months ago, I wrote about “bogus RIFs” – when an employer tries to avoid “firing” an employee by claiming...
