Last Friday, lawyers representing two government officials petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether former a 2002 state decision to layoff only union personnel violated those employee’s constitutional rights.
Back in June 2013, you may recall that the Second Circuit ruled that such layoffs did violate the right of association. I’ve
Continuing my series of posts this week on recent Second Circuit FLSA cases, today I’ll talk about class action waivers and arbitration clauses.
If that last clause is just legalese to you, let me try to walk you through it and why employers
As I continue this week to recap some important FLSA decisions this summer by the Second Circuit, the next one will be important in the long run for employers.
Wage and hour claims have been a thorn in employers side for a while now. (My friend, Molly DiBianca of the always fabulous, Delaware Employment Law
As we wrap up summer and start returning from vacations, there are several important Second Circuit FLSA decisions decided over the last few weeks that employers need to be aware of. I’ll cover them in posts over the next few days.
Earlier this summer, the Second Circuit (which is the appeals court for the federal
On Friday, the Second Circuit issued an important decision in the long-running battle between the state unions and the government about whether layoffs of only union personnel violated the First Amendment.
I’ve previously discussed the background of this case (and my very early involvement in it) in various posts.
The Second Circuit not only reversed
I’m late / I’m late / For a very important date. / No time to say “Hello, Goodbye”. / I’m late, I’m late, I’m late. — White Rabbit, from “Alice in Wonderland” (1951)
Let’s start with the premise, as the Second Circuit does, that “In many, if not most, employment contexts, a timely arrival
A case out of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (of which, Connecticut is part of) addresses an interesting question:
When a jury finds that sexual harassment has been perpetuated by a single employee, is injunctive (non-monetary) relief required to be issued by the District Court?
The EEOC argued yes and argued that remedies such as preventing the harassing employee from returning to the workplace were appropriate.
The Second Circuit agreed in part, saying that ordinarily a termination of a lone harasser should be enough. But the court said that given the egrigious facts of this particular case, something more should’ve been done to protect the female employees from potential future harassment.
The case, EEOC v. KarenKim, Inc. (d/b/a Paul’s Big M Grocery), can be downloaded here.
There’s a lot of facts to the case, but this summary, by the Outten & Golden Employment Law Blog, captures some of the salient points:
KarenKim is a grocery store whose employees largely consist of teenage female employees. The company is owned and managed by Karen Connors. In 2001, she hired Allen Manwaring as the store manager. In 2006, Connors and Manwaring became romantically involved and had a son together.
At trial, a number of current and former employees testified about Manwaring’s sexual harassment of the female employees, which consisted of verbal and physical harassment. Some of his verbal comments included making comments of a sexual nature to employees and compliments about parts of their body. He told one employee that if he was her boyfriend, he would never “let her out of his sheets” and that “if he was 10 years younger, he would be on top of her.” He also physically harassed the women by touching and massaging them in inappropriate ways and on a daily basis. He would brush up against them to deliberately touch their breasts, put his crotch against their buttocks, breath on their necks, hug them, and squeeze their hips.
Oy.Continue Reading What Remedy Is Appropriate When a Jury Concludes Sexual Harassment Occurred?
Everyone knows that taxes are inevitable. Except perhaps one employee who won his Title VII case but complained that the employer shouldn’t have made withholdings for taxes when it paid out the judgment. The Second Circuit, in a decision released right before the Labor Day weekend, said the employer did the right thing.
You can
A new case out of the Second Circuit answers a question that has perplexed employers: How can an employer defend itself from an employment discrimination claim when the person who made the decision becomes “unavailable?”
(“Unavailable” can take many meanings such as, the witness is out of the country, but in many cases it means
As Google was quick to remind us, today would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday today.
In cooking, lots of recipies call for seasoning with salt and pepper. In fact, its so common, that you might overlook it.
For employers, the simple ingredient