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
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Exclusive Remedy and Third Party Cases
All employers in the State of California are required to have Workers' Compensation insurance. Workers' compensation is designed to provide an exclusive remedy against your employer in the event of a work-related injury or illness. If your employer ...
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Executive Compensation: Getting and Keeping the Right People No Matter the Size of Your Business
The fast pace and mobility of today.s business world have not changed one key fact: It takes good people at the top to make your business successful. You need the right tools to get and keep those people. One of those tools is the compensation ...
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Executive Termination
"Nasty, brutish and short" was how the 17th century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes described civil life without the stabilizing presence of a monarchical system. Similar words can be used to describe the employment experiences of an increasing ...
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Exempt Employees May Receive Overtime Pay
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 ...
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Facts About National Origin Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964 protects individuals against employment discrimination on the basis of national origin as well as race, color, religion and sex. It is unlawful to discriminate against any employee or applicant because of ...
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Facts About Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment ...
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Failure to Follow Lockout Procedures Triggers Ohio Workplace Civil Liability
To prove an intentional workplace tort for civil employer liability in Ohio, a worker must show that the employer 1) had knowledge of a workplace hazardous task or process, 2) had knowledge that if a worker carried out the hazardous task, that ...
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Failure to Mention Sexual Nature of Harassment Fatal to Claim
In the recent case of Kunin v. Sears Roebuck & Co., the Third Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a jury finding that Sears was vicariously liable for hostile work environment sexual harassment. The plaintiff, Kunin, had been subjected to regular ...
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Fair Credit Reporting Act Amendments
An employer that uses consumer reporting agencies to get information bearing on a job applicant's or employee's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living in order ...
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Fallout from the Enron Debacle: How Should Employers Respond to the Threat of 401(k) Participant Class Actions?
The Enron bankruptcy has provoked a flurry of activity by employers, legislators, and class action lawyers. Current and former Enron employees have filed class action suits, the first of which is scheduled to begin trial in December 2003, alleging ...
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