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Can I be fired without just cause? In California most workers without a contract are considered "AT WILL" employee. -
I was injured in an accident. The other party's insurance company adjuster has made an offer to . -
The Alabama state law policies favoring judicial determination of "arbitrability" clearly conflict with the Eleventh Circuit's policy preferences favoring arbitration and its emphasis on the parties' presumptive assent. This conflict may be of particular interest in the construction context, in light of the numerous lawsuits brought under Alabama's harsh qualification statutes. -
This case involved the termination of Scott McCarty, a maintenance employee who contended he was fired in retaliation for having filed a workers' compensation claim. Unfortunately, the Board agreed to hear his case on the merits. This gracious gesture resulted in an unintended waiver of the timeliness defect and fostered a corresponding lawsuit which the District will now have to defend. -
Over the last few years, courts have made it clear that they will allow employment-related disputes to be submitted to arbitration where the employer and employee have agreed to do so. However, arbitration does have its downsides. One alternative to arbitration agreements is a "jury waiver agreement." -
Margellius Anunobi worked as a salaried pharmacist for Eckerd and was classified as an exempt professional employee under the Fair Labor Standard Act's (FLSA) white collar exemption. Anunobi challenged his exempt status and sued Eckerd to recover unpaid overtime compensation. -
Answers to questions frequently asked by employers and pension professionals relating to termination of defined benefit pension plans insured by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. -
Recent moves toward legal recognition of same-sex marriage in two Canadian provinces and Massachusetts, as well as the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses by the City and County of San Francisco, have confused the picture for employers trying to understand their legal obligations under California's broad new domestic partnership law. Given looming changes, this is an opportune time for employers to review their benefit plans and consider whether the definition of "spouse" needs to be clarified to reduce the potential for later disputes over its meaning. -
The California legislature and Governor Davis were very active this recall election year in passing legislation that increased the cost of employers ‚ ’ doing business in California by establishing new employee rights and levying penalties on employers. The most notable new enactment creates a private attorney general statute that will encourage employees to sue to recover civil fines and penalties for wage and hour violations. -
A goal of many M&A transactions is to create synergies by combining operations and eliminating duplicated effort. Often, such restructuring results in personnel layoffs or plant closings, implicating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), which Congress enacted in the mid-1980s to require employers to provide advance warning of certain mass layoffs and plant closings.