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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Recent Developments under the Family and Medical Leave Act
Since its inception in August of 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has provided employers and human resource professionals with a myriad of new requirements governing the management of their workforce. To illustrate the complex nature of ...
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Recent Employment Law Developments
This newsletter addresses employment law developments in two areas: (1) employer liability for providing a "negative reference" to a former employee's prospective employer, and (2) the potential for continuing liability by an employer under the ...
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Recent Harassment Case Illustrates Importance of Corrective Action and Consistency in the Enforcement of Harassment Policies
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Austin v. Norfolk Southern Corp., 158 Fed. Appx. 374 (3d Cir. 2005) recently issued a decision finding that in certain situations, an employer's efforts to eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace may be ...
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Recent Labor And Employment Cases in Texas
, 955 S.W.2d 267 (Tex., July 9, 1997): The court held that a workers' compensation carrier was not liable for bad faith in denying a surviving spouse's claim for benefits where the denial was based upon its interpretation of a Texas Workers ...
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Recent New Jersey Supreme Court Decision Dramatically Alters the Procedure and Effect of Lump-Sum Settlements in the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation Community
On August 2, 1999, The New Jersey Supreme Court handed down a watershed decision addressing lump-sum settlements in denied cases, the first interpretation by the Court of Section 20 since the Legislature amended the New Jersey Workers' Compensation ...
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Recent Texas Insurance Cases
The Texas Supreme Court was on vacation for most of August; however, the Court issued five opinions on August 24, 2000, all dealing with issues of interest to those in the insurance industry. The most significant opinion issued by the Court this ...
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Recent Wage Hour Decision Sends Wake Up Call For California Employers
In a case of major significance for California employers, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Ramirez v. Yosemite Water Company, Inc., 1999 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6065 (June 17, 1999). At issue before the Supreme Court was the question ...
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Recently Enacted Statute Gives Employer Favorable Presumption Against Claims Of Negligence
Section 768.096, Florida Statutes, recently enacted by the Florida legislature, provides employers faced with claims of negligent hiring with a presumption that it acted properly if it performs a background investigation of a prospective employee ...
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Recently Issued Guidance on the Automatic Rollover of Mandatory Qualified Retirement Plan Distributions
The Department of Labor recently issued final "safe harbor" regulations relating to the automatic rollover of certain mandatory distributions from qualified retirement plans that contain a "cash out" feature. A "cash out" feature provides for an ...
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Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.: What Impact Will It Have? Maybe None
For the tenth time in approximately twenty years, the Supreme Court has attempted to clearly articulate the burden shifting analysis used in employment discrimination cases. On June 12, 2000, the United States Supreme Court issued the decision of ...
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