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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Jury Issues In Workers= Compensation Cases

Texas Workers Compensation Insurance Fund v. Mandlbauer, 43 S.Ct.J. 1139, involved a second appeal from a trial court take-nothing judgment against the worker. In order to put the case to rest, once and for all, the Supreme Court rendered judgment ...
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Key Points for New Railroad Employees

If you are a new employee of a railroad, you know that you have entered a world of work that is different from most others. As a railroader, you are subject to call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You are a member of a union movement that led the ...
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Labor & Employment: May 1999

In this issue: A federal district court recently delivered a message to plaintiffs who seek to pursue sexual harassment claims under both federal and state law. In Kohler v. Inter-Tel Technologies, C98-0378 (N.D. Cal., April 13, 1999), the court ...
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Labor & Employment Update: August 1998

In this issue:A California appellate court ruled that an employee's reports of sexual harassment to an employer are privileged against libel or slander suits subsequently brought by the accused harasser. Cruey v. Gannett Co., 64 Cal.App.356 (1998 ...
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Labor & Employment Update: February 1998

In this issue: Melrose Actress Wins Over $4 Million In Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed Because Of Workers' Compensation "Stress-Free" Work Restriction Supreme Court Resolves Dispute Over Invalid Age Discrimination ...
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Labor & Employment Update: January 2000

Entitled the "Eight-Hour-Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999," AB 60 resurrects daily overtime pay provisions. The law requires overtime pay after eight hours per day and 40 hours per week in most industries, unless a ...
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Labor & Employment Update: July 1998

In this issue:Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court may have a major impact on the manner in which sexual harassment cases are decided in federal court. Both cases addressed the issue of when an employer may be held liable for the ...
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Labor & Employment Update: March 1998

In this issue:Last summer, in Marks v. Loral Corporation, 57 Cal. App. 4th 30 (1997), a California court of appeal held that employers may prefer workers with lower salaries to workers with higher ones, even if the preference disproportionately ...
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Labor & Employment Update: March 1999

In this issue:A federal jury in Maryland recently awarded $375,000 in emotional distress damages to a male helicopter paramedic employed by the state police. The jury found that Kevin Knussman was denied permission to take family leave after the ...
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Labor & Employment Update: October 1998

In this issue:In an issue of first impression, a Federal trial court has concluded that the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") extends potential liability to individual managers as well as employers. Mercer v. Bordan, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R ...
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