Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up
- TOP STORY—D. Kan.: Hospital manager with Crohn’s disease, fired after refusing to take leave when not medically necessary, advances ADA, FMLA claims
- STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES—AALL virtual conference session outlines inclusion and diversity efforts in workplace, legal profession
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Connecticut legalizes recreational marijuana, will allow employers to continue prohibiting recreational marijuana use
- EXPERT INSIGHTS—Opening Pandora's Box: Oregon Court Of Appeals holds that ‘any person’ can be held liable under Oregon's aiding and abetting statute
- COVERAGE, LIABILITY—Or. Ct. App.: Heavy machine seller’s customer list properly held not a trade secret
- DISCRIMINATION—RACE—S.D. Ind.: Assistant manager who claimed he was “targeted for discrimination” because he was a “large, tattooed white” man will not get trial
- EVIDENCE, DISCOVERY—E.D. Mich.: In-house counsel must testify as to comments made to HR director about observed age discrimination
- LABOR—UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES—NLRB: Employer conduct didn’t constitute refusal to meet at reasonable times to negotiate
- RETALIATION—D. Ariz.: Public works director fired after filing EEOC charge of age bias heads towards trial
- AGENCY NEWS—Sexual harassment investigation prompts Chef Batali, partner, management company to agree to pay $600K to 20 workers
- EEOC NEWS—Employer will pay $175K to settle sexual harassment allegations that include male coworker exposing himself
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION—Legislation reintroduced to help level the retirement playing field for women
- INDUSTRY NEWS, TRENDS—Give independent contractors access to employee benefits to attract top talent, Mercer says
- LABOR NEWS—Frito-Lay strike ends with forced hours capped at 60 per week
- OSHA NEWS—After 6 deaths from liquid nitrogen leak at poultry plant, companies face $998K in penalties
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