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The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear a case next term that will determine who is a “supervisor” when dealing with Title VII harassment cases.  Like questions of who is an “employee” or “employer,” …

What should an employer do when an employee breaks an important company rule for an incredibly compelling reason?  It’s management’s worst nightmare. Tomas Lopez, a rookie lifeguard patrolling Hallandale Beach in Florida, was fired  for …

Do you have a malicious monkey in your workplace?  Employers can be liable for discrimination when they act on recommendations based on a subordinate’s discriminatory animus.  This is called the “cat’s paw” theory of discrimination.  …

It’s summer, and that means many employees may begin to wear more casual and sometimes more revealing clothing.  Here are a few tips to keep your workplace professional and comfortable: Decide whether your dress code …

A bill that would have eased the ability to win gender-based pay disparity lawsuits failed in the Senate this month.  The Paycheck Fairness Act would have placed the burden on employers to prove that pay …

Although sexual harassment is the kind of harassment we hear about most, the Connecticut Supreme Court recently affirmed that the state antidiscrimination statute applies to harassment based on other protected statuses, even though it appears …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that pharmaceutical sales representatives are not entitled to overtime pay.  According to the 6-3 decision in Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., the representatives fall within the Fair Labor Standards …

As we predicted last month, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is continuing its focus on social media policies in the wake of recent obstacles to the agency’s attempts to expand its role among union-free …

The pharmaceutical industry has been put under the microscope recently in several wage-and-hour cases dealing with the classification of sales representatives.  Traditionally, the industry had classified these employees as exempt from the overtime and minimum …

The National Labor Relations Board is not having much luck in court lately.  Less than a month after a federal court blocked implementation of the NLRB’s mandatory workplace posting rule, Judge James E. Boasberg (an …