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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Reasonable Time to Heal Doctrine Reversed
On January 29, 1999, a special panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals issued its decision that the Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (formerly Michigan Handicappers' Civil Rights Act) does not require an employer to allow a disabled ...
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Reassigning Disabled Employees
State and federal courts remain split over whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employees to offer disabled workers light duty or alternative jobs to satisfy their employers) ADA duty of "reasonable accommodation." One issue ...
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Recent California Supreme Court Ruling on the Scope of the FEHA
On December 9, 1999, the California Supreme Court issued an important decision regarding the scope of California's anti-discrimination, harassment and retaliation statute--the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("the FEHA"). In the Court held that ...
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Recent Change to Employment-At-Will Doctrine
In Toussaint v Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, 408 Mich 579 (1980), the Michigan Supreme Court was in the vanguard of a nationwide experiment in which courts, under varying theories, extended job security to nonunionized employees. Toussaint ...
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Recent Decisions Add to Employers’ “To Do” Lists
New decisions seem to keep popping up everywhere, adding to the complexity of managing employees. Two recent ones deserve some special attention: Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White, decided on June 22, 2006, by the Supreme Court ...
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Recent Decisions in Vizcaino v. Microsoft Corp. Redefine the Term “Employee”
Back to Top Last summer, Microsoft's famous "temp" problem appeared headed toward a conclusion. The trial judge overseeing the class-action had issued a ruling that reduced the number of "misclassified" workers who could claim retroactive ...
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Recent Developments in Compensation & Benefits Law
Effective January 1, 1998, small employers in California that provide health insurance coverage to their employees under an insured plan will be required to provide continuation group health coverage, essentially identical to that required under ...
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Recent Developments in Lending Discrimination Law
In the last few years, there has been an increase in the filing of lending discrimination cases by unsuccessful loan applicants. Some courts have established a very low threshold of proof that the applicant must muster to avoid summary judgment and ...
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Recent Developments of Interest in Employment Law in California
The following information is intended as a general discussion. It is not to be relied upon as legal advice in any particular matter. If you have questions regarding a particular matter, please call my office to make an appointment. Overtime Law: In ...
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Recent Developments On Contingent Worker Benefits
In a decision that will give stock purchase rights retroactively to thousands of workers, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed contingent workers (independent contractors and temporary agency employees) their third straight victory in the ...
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