DOL Issues Final Rule On Same Sex Spouses under the FMLA In 2012, the United States Supreme Court, in United States v Windsor, struck as unconstitutional, Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), which sought to define the words “marriage” and “spouse” as...
Did the Eleventh Circuit Make It Even More Difficult to Defend FLSA Claims? As reported in a previous elert, the number of lawsuits alleging wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) continues to increase, largely due to the fact that these...
Because The Handbook Says So: Employers May be Equitably Estopped from Arguing Employees are Ineligible for FMLA Leave Late last month, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals – which encompasses the states of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee – found that there was...
ACA is Real Now. Are You Ready? The Affordable Care Act was signed into law way back in 2010. By design, it provided time for employers, insurers, and others to adjust to its new mechanisms. But as the complexity of the law became more apparent, the government...
Should Employers Implement a Kiss-and-Tell Policy? In light of the amount of time spent at work and the close relationships that invariably develop between co-workers, workplace romances seem inevitable. While some will survive through “sickness and in health,” others...
Non-Compete Agreements for Entry-Level Employees? We have long advised our clients that, to ensure the enforceability of restrictive covenants they require their employees to sign, the provisions should be tailored to protect the companies’ legitimate business...
