The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Michael Booth | July 11, 2018
A former part-time secretary for the Susquehanna Department of Veterans Affairs may pursue sexual harassment and discrimination claims against the county and her ex-boss, even though she never reported the former boss's alleged unwanted sexual advances toward her, a federal appeals court has ruled.
By Philip M. Berkowitz | July 11, 2018
In his Employment Issues column, Philip Berkowitz writes: On the international front, the #MeToo movement has had significant impact, both in employment and labor laws as well as in employment practices of multinational companies with highly mobile employees who travel from country to country, on short- and long-term assignments. Some of these employees, sad to say, wreak havoc.
By Delia A. Isvoranu | July 11, 2018
Properly drafted and applied time-rounding policies will obviate the need to rely on the de minimis defense.
By Christine Simmons | July 10, 2018
Former partner Kym Cushing said the stress of his position became too much, and he was in a "drunken stupor" when he deposited firm funds in his personal account.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sid Steinberg | July 10, 2018
he recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Minarsky v. Susquehanna County, No. 17-2646 (3d. Cir. July 3, 2018) explicitly references #MeToo as it relates to affirmative defenses to sexual harassment claims in the Third Circuit and may help change that dynamic—particularly as it relates to women not coming forward with complaints against their male supervisors.
By Colby Hamilton | July 9, 2018
Attorneys for each side painted starkly different versions of events in the sexual harassment suit brought by former assistant professor Enrichetta Ravina against Columbia professor Geert Bekaert and the school.
By Andrew Denney | July 9, 2018
The former personal driver for President Donald Trump, who is now chauffeured by the Secret Service, alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday that his former boss stiffed him on overtime pay and that, despite Trump's wealth, he hasn't gotten a raise in 12 years.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Tom McParland | July 6, 2018
The decision rejected DuPont's argument that the Fair Labor Standards Act allowed the company to avoid paying overtime by taking a "credit" for break-time pay and then using it to offset its obligations to compensate its employees for off-the-clock work.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | July 6, 2018
Edward Schechter claims Standard Insurance refuses to pay benefits from a "disabling cognitive impairment" that he says forced him to leave his job in 2009.
By Erin Mulvaney | July 5, 2018
"This court concludes that plaintiff failed to satisfy the commonality requirement necessary to certify the proposed class," San Francisco Judge Mary Wiss wrote.
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