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

Prohibiting Improper Relationships Between Supervisors and Subordinates

Employers have every incentive to prohibit improper relationships between supervisors and their subordinates. The employer is automatically liable if the supervisor implements a tangible employment action once that relationship turns sour. The ...
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Property Owners’ Duties To An Independent Contractor’s Employees In Delaware

Are property owners responsible for the safety of their independent contractor's employees or the contractor's negligence? If the contractor is truly "independent," the Delaware Superior and Supreme Courts say no. In Roca v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours ...
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Proposed Federal Regulations Affect How Employees Are Paid

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed the most significant revisions to the regulations governing America's workforce since the passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ("FLSA"). Many administrations in the past thirty years, both ...
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Proposed Overtime Rules Face Uncertain Future

On March 31, 2003, the Department of Labor proposed sweeping changes to the regulations that define which "white collar" workers are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. There is little dispute ...
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Proposed Regulations Under Cobra Provide Opportunities For Employers

Although the proposed regulations described in this article are not final, the IRS states that it will accept compliance with them as good faith compliance with COBRA. While this protects employers from the IRS, courts may not give the usual ...
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Protecting Against Employee Wage Claims

Perhaps you read a recent article on the wage lawsuit against Rent-A-Center, such as the one printed in the business section of The Oregonian on January 18, 2003, or one of several similar articles that have appeared in the media in recent months ...
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Protecting Podiatric Medical Practices From Employment Lawsuits

Employees of podiatric medical practices across the nation are suing their employers. Claims include wrongful discharge, discrimination, and even assault and battery. Practices are spending more time and money in defense as the number of lawsuits ...
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Protecting the Right to Prehearing Discovery in Arbitration of International Construction Disputes

Construction disputes often turn on detailed factual points, the evidence of which may be primarily in the hands of just one party to the dispute. A claim for work not shown in the contract documents, for example, may be determined by whether the ...
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Protecting Your Organization From Expanding Workplace Harassment And Retaliation Liability

Several 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decisions emphasized that every employer MUST develop company policies on sexual and other forms of harassment. As part of the policy it should be stated that such behavior will not be tolerated, and shall serve as ...
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Protecting Your Rights Under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act

: 1. DO report any injury to your employer or other individual in a supervisory capacity. This must be done within 45 days of the accident. 2. DO keep a list of all witnesses. 3. DO consult your own doctor or go to a hospital emergency room as ...
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