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LGBTQ Employees are Protected Under Civil Rights LawOn Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court revealed a landmark decision regarding the rights of LGBTQ employees throughout the United States by ruling that "An employer who fires an individual merely...
Paycheck Protection Program Loan & Qui Tam Lawsuits Following the Coronavirus outbreak, many employees were terminated or furloughed. However, as an incentive for small businesses to keep their employees working, the federal government enacted the Paycheck...
The Fair Labor Standards Act & Teleworking According to the Department of Labor, the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in federal,...
Harassment in the workplace is unlawful. This is true for sexual and non-sexual types of harassment. Harassment can take many forms: It may be that you feel bullied by a group of coworkers, who tease you regularly because of your race or religion. Alternatively, you...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Part 2 The second paid leave provision included under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ("FFCRA") is the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act ("Expansion Act"). The Expansion Act expands the Family and...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Part 1 On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ("FFCRA"). The FFCRA includes two paid leave provisions. One being the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act. This blog will...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. With this declaration, novel questions of employment law have been brought to the forefront. Many employers are wondering what actions are legal during this pandemic, whereas many employees...
A person's employment can be terminated for a wide range of reasons. A job termination can sometimes be justifiable under the law, even if an employer did not give the employee a reason for the termination of their job. However, there are also certain situations in...
Let us say that you were recently hired as the assistant to the strength coach in the athletics department of a small college in New England. You are the first woman to hold that position.You get along well with the coach, who hired you, but conflict between you and...
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