Experienced Strategists Dedicated To Achieving Clients’ Goals
The Fourth Circuit recently issued an opinion that highlights the importance of maintaining regular communication with an employee who is out on leave. In Thomas v. City of Annapolis, Maryland, a police officer injured his knee on the job and was offered a permanent...
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, along with other state and federal anti-discrimination laws, employers are required to take reasonable measures to prevent or address a hostile work environment. In other words, if someone is harassing your employee,...
A new trend in wage and hour litigation has emerged: employees who are required to wait in long lines to get their temperatures taken before clocking in are claiming that their wait times are compensable under state and federal wage and hour laws. Employers who...
The 6th Circuit recently ruled in favor of a professor who violated his university’s policy by refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns. The case serves as an important reminder that government employees retain their First Amendment rights and there...
"There's the assumption that once everybody went separately and you were protected in your own home, that you wouldn't see the same level of harassment," says Ellen Pao, a tech investor and leading diversity advocate in the tech field. "It turned out that actually...
In Wethje v. CACI-ISS, Inc, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland recently ruled in favor of a white employee who brought a reverse race discrimination claim. In March 2017, her African American subordinate complained that the Plaintiff over-assigned...