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.

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Employment Laws Articles

Employers Must Enforce Policies Uniformly

Having well-written employment policies is a good thing, but it is only half the battle. If they are not enforced, they are like tools rusting away, unused in the garage. Worse, if they are enforced unevenly among employees, they can become tools of ...
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Employers Must Provide Procedure for Harassment Complaints

Plaintiff brought a Title VII race and gender discrimination claim against the defendant, alleging disparate treatment in terms of work assignments and also a hostile work environment. Plaintiff alleged that her co-workers were responsible for ...
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Employers Should Keep An Eye on the “Breastfeeding Mother-Friendly Employer Bill”

In our February 2003 flash report, we discussed legislative bills introduced in the 2003 legislative session that would have significant impact on employers. Since distribution of that flash report, a new bill has been introduced and is making a ...
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Employment At Will In Georgia

It happens more often than people like to think. The boss calls an employee into her office for a meeting. During the meeting, she informs the employee that he's fired. The employee is given no explanation. His protests that he is doing good work ...
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Employment Benefits for the Traumatic Brain-Injured

When a person with a traumatic brain injury is unable to work, he or she may be entitled to certain benefits (compensation) that will ease the financial pressure during the rehabilitation process. Some benefits (such as worker's compensation and ...
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Employment Contract Primer

In the past five years, more top level executives are demanding an employment agreement before taking a position with a new company or staying with their existing employer. When asked why, these executives and professionals invariably reply that ...
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Employment Contracts and Severance Agreements: The Devil is in the Details

The Arizona Court of Appeals recently decided Swanson v. The Image Bank, Inc., a case that illustrates the importance of getting the details right when dealing with employment documents. Mary Swanson worked at The Image Bank ("TIB") under a written ...
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Employment Contracts: When Do You Have One?

Oregon law has long followed the general rule that an employer may terminate an employee "at will." This means that, subject to specific exceptions provided by law, or limitations imposed by an employment contract, an employer generally does not ...
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Employment Law Alert: Worker Economic Opportunity Act Permits Employers to Exclude from Regular Rate of Pay Value and Income from Employee Stock Options Pursuant to Certain Plans

On May 18, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, P.L. 106-202 (the "Act"). The Act amends the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") to clarify the circumstances under which value and income derived from employee ...
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Employment Law Alert

Disability did not have to be the "sole cause" of an adverse employment action in order for a Plaintiff to recover. In a recent decision (McNealy v. Ocala Star-Banner Corp.), the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 11 th Circuit, whose jurisdiction ...
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