On May 6, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied summary judgment on a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) retaliatory transfer claim. The court found that the employer’s explanation for eliminating the plaintiff’s position while she...
A reader sent me the following question.I worked for a grocery store. Can a child molester be employed by the grocery store? I reported it to the manager, and showed proof and nothing was done about it.There’s a lot going on here. What does the...
With maybe some relief for employers.This week, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board publicly released some advice memoranda that indicate better times for employers and possibly tougher times for unions and workers in the gig economy. (And...
On May 2, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex v. Superior Court, which applies a new test to determine if a worker is an employee or independent contractor, applies retroactively. Vazquez v....
On Monday May 6, 2019, a Florida federal judge denied a strip club’s bid for sanctions against an exotic dancer and her lawyer who filed a so-called “cookie-cutter” Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit, depriving the strip club of the chance to recoup.The next day, on...
