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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Special Appellate Panel Hears Oral Arguments in Employment Arbitration Controversy
A special panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals convened on June 1 to hear oral arguments in a proceeding to resolve the conflict between two opposing views involving mandatory arbitration of civil rights claims. The special panel was appointed in ...
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Special Legal Considerations for Real Estate Brokers
Transactions involving the sale of real estate have certain considerations regarding the earning of sales commissions by real estate brokers. These should all be considered during the typical course of events that real estate brokers involve ...
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Splitting Commissions With Out-of-State Brokers
Is it permissible under The Texas Real Estate License Act (the "Act") to pay a portion of a commission to a broker licensed in another state? Assume the following: 7You are a Texas real estate broker licensed under the Act. 7A broker licensed in ...
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Staring at Co-worker and Soured Romance May Rise to Level of Sexual Harassment
A California appeals court ruled that unwelcome staring by a male employee at a female co-worker may constitute unlawful harassment. The woman complained that the man had repeatedly asked her out and made sexually suggestive comments. In response ...
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States Now May Provide Unemployment Compensation To New Parents
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted a new interpretation of the existing federal unemployment compensation law so that states can now provide unemployment compensation to parents who take approved leave or who "otherwise leave employment ...
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Steering Clear of the Runaway Jury
Over the last few years, courts have made it clear that they will allow employment-related disputes to be submitted to arbitration where the employer and employee have agreed to do so. As a result, many employers have hopped on board the arbitration ...
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Stipulations May be Binding on Parties
After suffering substantial injuries in a motor vehicle accident on April 7, 1995, the claimant filed a Form 18 notice of accident with the Commission. The denied claim proceeded to a hearing where the employer and carrier stipulated that an ...
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Substance Abuse: Symptoms and Intervention
If substance abuse could be contributing to an employee's deteriorating performance, ignoring the situation won't help. It may be the employee who has an alcohol or drug problem or it may be a family member. No matter who has a problem, it will ...
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Supervisors May Be Held Individually Liable For Retaliation
The First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal has ruled that an individual supervisor may be held liable for retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act ("FEHA"). Plaintiff Richard Walrath sued his former ...
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Supreme Court Changes Liability on Drawbar Cases
On February 27, 1996, the United States Supreme Court handed down a major decision affecting all railroad employees who are injured while adjusting misaligned drawbars. In Norfolk and Western Railway Co. v. Hiles, the Supreme Court has limited the ...
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