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

Proving a Compensable Latex Case: The Need for Expert Testimony

A Pennsylvania court required that expert testimony be offered in order to establish causal relationship in a compensable latex allergy claim. The mere offering of an Alert issued by NIOSH did not satisfy the burden of proof. Sheryl Kozlowski was ...
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Public Pension Plan Membership Tops Fifteen Million

According to statistics released by the Census Bureau and reported by BNA, in 1997 membership in state and local government employee retirement systems reached an all-time high of more than fifteen million. The following tables contain information ...
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Public Policy Disability Claim Allowed in Virginia

A man claiming he was fired because he had a disability can bring a common-law action based on the public-policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine, the Virginia Supreme Court said in a decision handed down in June. The case, Bradick v ...
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Punitive Damages

In Kolstad v. American Dental Ass'n, 119 S. Ct. 2118 (1999), the Supreme Court defined the standards for punitive damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which amended the law to allow for punitive damage awards in intentional discrimination ...
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Questions and Answers About Your Personal Injury Case

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this information is to enlighten you about personal injury law and to explain how your case will be handled by your attorney. Most of the questions that you may have about your case are answered in this section. Please ...
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Railroad Retirement Board Appeals Procedures: December 1998

Persons claiming retirement, disability or survivor as well as unemployment or sickness benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board have the right to appeal unfavorable determinations on their claim. The following questions and answers describe the ...
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Raising an Affirmative Defense to Constructive-Discharge Claims in Hostile-Work-Environment Cases

Additionally, the decision establishes the standard for proving constructive discharge and clarifies the parties' respective burdens of proof. The Court held that an employer will be precluded or not from asserting the Ellerth/Faragher affirmative ...
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Re-Opening a Worker’s Compensation Claim

Article provided by the Eley Law Firm. Please visit our Web site at www.eleylawfirm.com. Even though a worker's compensation claim may be closed, there can be circumstances that require re-opening the claim. For example, a worker's health could ...
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Real Estate Agent Is An Employee

A real estate agent was held to be an employee under the "control test" as the agent was required to comply with an elaborate set of guidelines and quality controls issued by the broker and the franchiser. The advertising had to contain the ...
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Real Estate Questions and Answers

Buying or selling a home is a major transaction. In fact, purchasing a home will probably be the largest investment you'll ever make. Because the transfer of property in New Jersey is very complicated, there are many serious problems that might crop ...
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