Employment Laws

Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

Human Resources

Employment Laws Articles

Developments in the Law of Sexual Harassment

In an environment when even the President of the United States is subject to embarrassing, time-consuming and costly lawsuits for alleged sexual indiscretions with an employee, employers must be concerned about the manner in which their personnel ...
Read More »
Did You Know!? Employers Are Obligated To Actively Inform Their Employees Concerning Rights and Obligations Under The Family and Medical Leave Act

While most covered employers recognize and understand their obligation to provide leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (the "FMLA") to eligible employees, employers commonly overlook their obligation to furnish notice to employees ...
Read More »
Dioxin Proven to Cause Cancer and Heart Disease

A major break through in understanding the effect of dioxin exposure was published in December 1995 by Dieter Flesch-Janys and others, "Exposure to Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans (PCDD/F) and Mortality in a Cohort of Workers from ...
Read More »
Disabled Employees Can Now Sue for Workplace Harassment

Employers recently received some more bad news, this time from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the federal appellate court overseeing Texas. In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit held that disabled employees can sue their ...
Read More »
Disclosure of Year 2000 Problems and Securities Liability

In this section, we discuss disclosures that may be necessary or appropriate, Officer and Director issues, and industries targeted for special Year 2000 reporting scrutiny. i. A company owes shareholders certain duties to inform them of issues ...
Read More »
Discriminated Against At Work? Know Your Rights

September 1999In New Jersey employment barring a contractual agreement is at "at will." This means an employer may terminate you at any time for any reason or no reason without notice. Fortunately, the New Jersey legislature and the federal ...
Read More »
Discrimination Claims May Survive “Reduction in Force” Defense

Employers laying off employees due to workforce reduction plans are not immune from discrimination claims. In Lytle v Malady, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that a former employee may proceed with discrimination claims even though his employer ...
Read More »
Dismissal of Employees on Extended Sick Leave

When employees take extended sick leaves, employers often have no choice but to fill their positions with permanent replacements and thereafter to inform them that they will not be reinstated to any position at the conclusion of their leaves. In ...
Read More »
Dissatisfied Employees Sue at Record Pace

Lawyers Weekly USA newspaper reported a 2004 Chubb Insurance Co. survey of private employers wherein pervasive statistics reveal unprecedented employee unrest: More than 50 percent of the executives surveyed estimated that it would cost more than ...
Read More »
District Liability for Supervisor to Employee Sexual Harassment

On June 25, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two opinions on the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace which should compel employers to take a serious look at their sexual harassment policies and procedures. Specifically, the Supreme ...
Read More »