The President has appointed new Chairs of the EEOC and NLRB. The new Acting Chair of the EEOC is Stuart Ishimaru, the senior-ranking Democrat in the EEOC. Wilma Liebman will be the new Chair of the NLRB. A Clinton appointee, Liebman has served on the Board since 1997. More after the break.
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
New EEOC And NLRB Chairs
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Tidbits
Tuesday, January 20th, 20095th Circuit Affirms Award of Attorneys’ Fees to Employer Against the EEOC — Jotting by an Employers’ Lawyer. (The Court upheld the district court’s entry of summary judgment against the EEOC in a disability claim, and its award to the employer of its attorneys fees for time spent after the deposition of the plaintiff which made clear that he did not have a viable claim. The amount awarded was $225,000.)
Tomorrow Is “FMLA Day” – Is Your Company Ready? — Ohio Employer’s Law Blog
Top NLRB Precedents In Jeopardy Under An Obama Labor Board — Law.com
Virginia Hospital Workers Sue For Lost Wages — Richmond Times Dispatch
Tidbits
Thursday, December 4th, 2008CA — Professor boycotts mandatory sexual harassment training. University allegedly retaliates. Conflict between free speech rights and politically correct training?
PA — Class action fraud alive and well in Philly. It is not employment law, but given the plethora of employment-related class actions…..
CA — Laid-off Thelen associates file WARN Act lawsuit in federal court. The case follows a similar state court filing by a former receptionist. The Law.com article has links to copies of the complaints.
PA — Federal judge upholds arbitration award against Haliburton brought by pro se litigant. According to the article, “A federal judge has refused to overturn an arbitrator’s award in favor of a former Halliburton worker who claimed he was fired from a job in Iraq because of a sexual harassment complaint that the company never investigated.” The employee represented himself in the arbitration and in federal court.
Tidbits from this week
Friday, November 14th, 2008The Pennsylvania Labor and Employment Blog has a post on the final E-Verify Regulations here. Government contractors will be required to use E-Verify starting January 15, 2009, to verify their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States. The post contains links to the regulations and Q&A guides.
The FMLA Blog reports here that the new FMLA regulations will be published in the Federal Register on Monday. A subsequent post contains a link to the regulations. I expect there will be much blogging about the new regulations next week.
The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog has a good post reminding employers to watch out for potential legal risks in docking salaried employee’s pay to save money. The post is here. We recently posted a short “how to” guide on Avvo.com on a related topic — “How to Lose an Employee’s Exempt Status Under the FLSA.”
Retirement Plan Blog has a post on a new survey showing how employers are helping employees defray commuting costs.
Finally, the Word on Employment Law has a post commenting on a New York Times article about disability benefit fraud at the Long Island Railroad.
Have a nice weekend.
Today’s Tidbits
Friday, November 7th, 2008A couple of items on Friday afternoon:
Portsmouth, Virginia, deputy loses retaliation lawsuit in federal court. The story is here.
Asking for exact numbers makes them seem larger? Read the post here.
Religious discrimination claims on the rise. Read the post here.
Sham arbitration in California foiled by courts. Read the post here.
Have a great weekend!
Stories of interest today
Friday, October 31st, 2008After the break are links to some stories of interest in the employment law world today:
