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

Is Apportionment Dead?

As you know, in early 1997, we optimistically reported the case of Miller v. Congel-Palenscar, Inc. (App. Div. 3d Dept.). Succinctly, it resurrected and invigorated the issue of apportionment in workers' compensation claims which had been seriously ...
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Is It Time For Your Company’s Check-Up?

Employers routinely conduct annual, if not more frequent, audits of the financial well being of their business. Unfortunately, many employers are remiss when it comes to examining their own employment practices - an oversight that can have a ...
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Is Labor Day Misnamed?

In the past two and a half decades, organized labor has continued its declining membership as a percentage of the American workforce. Today, organized labor represents only about 10% of private sector employees and there is no indication that the ...
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Is Your HR Department Ready For The Year 2000?

No one knows how bad the Y2K "bug" will bite next January, but prudent companies are working now to minimize the impact of this problem on their businesses. Unfortunately, HR departments may be overlooked if a company focuses its Y2K efforts only on ...
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Is Your Workplace Mother Friendly? The Answer May Surprise You

The Texas legislature has recognized a mother's responsibility to both her job and her child when she returns to work and the fact that a woman's choice to breast-feed benefits the family, the employer, and society. Unknown to most mothers, not to ...
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It’s 11 AM. Do You Know Where Your Employees Are?: Effective Use Of Location-Based Technologies In The Workplace

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and Event Data Recorders (EDR) are all on the verge of becoming part of daily life -- outside the workplace. Wal-Mart, and other major corporations, including Proctor & Gamble ...
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January 1999 Civil Rights Alert

The United States Supreme Court held that under Title VII of the EEO Act, an employee who refuses the unwelcome and threatening sexual advances of a supervisor, but suffers no adverse, tangible job consequences, may recover against the employer ...
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Jones V. Clinton: A Free Pass to Harass?

After Paula Jones' sexual harassment claim was disposed of on summary judgment, several clients asked whether the alleged conduct by then-Governor Clinton -- which the court described as "boorish," "offensive" and "odious" if true -- was no longer ...
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Jones v.Clinton: Different Venue, Different Result?

Many legal commentators and analysts opined from the beginning that President Bill Clinton was fortunate that Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit was brought in Clinton's home state of Arkansas, citing the neighborhood jury pool and judicial ...
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Jury Awards Punitive Damages Against Employer for Fraud

In a declaratory judgment action filed in Passaic County, New Jersey, a jury determined that the owner of two construction companies had committed a fraud against a workers' compensation carrier by attempting to attribute employment of an injured ...
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