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Immigration - General
On January 30, 2014, House Speaker John A. Boehner (Ohio) announced at a GOP retreat in Maryland the House Republicans’ six standards for immigration reform. The message in the preamble made clear that House Republicans would not support comprehensive immigration reform but favored a step-by-step ap
FMLA - General
The Seventh Circuit recently decided that a former employee's travel with her terminally ill mother to Las Vegas could be considered protected "family care" leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In Ballard v. Chicago Park District, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's den
HR - General
On January 27, 2014, in Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. v. Hoeper, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a former pilot’s $1.4 million defamation judgment against Air Wisconsin Airlines. The high court held that airlines are protected from defamation claims if they make a materially true statement to the T
FMLA - Serious Health Conditions
I just returned from Disney World, a trip that had me chasing my kids (ages 8, 6 and 4) for days on end. So, I'm tired. And I ache. My feet ache. My back aches from my four year old riding on my shoulders. My head aches from thinking about my back. Even my aches have aches.
HR - General
A measure that would prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their unemployment status was introduced in both the House and Senate on January 29, 2014. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Hank Johnson (D-GA), and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) co-sponsored the Fair Employmen
Benefits - ACA
On New Year’s Eve 2013, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor—who acts as the “Circuit Justice” to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit —temporarily enjoined the imposition of a federal mandate that certain religious employers either (1) provide insurance coverage including birth control t
HR - General
Amid the usual litany of aspirational goals and objectives laid out during Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama termed 2014 “a year of action” and announced his willingness to bypass Congress and take steps to raise the minimum wage without legislation. Specifically, the President s
FLSA - Hours Worked
On Monday, January 27, 2014, in unanimously affirming the Seventh Circuit’s judgment in favor of U.S. Steel Corporation in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., the Supreme Court forged a middle ground on the meaning of the term “changing clothes” in section 3(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FL
ADA - Disability Defined
In late January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in Summers v. Altarum Institute Corp., No. 13-1645 (4th Cir. Jan. 23, 2014), that "a sufficiently severe temporary impairment may constitute a disability." This opinion is the first published federal appellate court opinion to ap
Labor Law - Union Organizing
While the overall percentage of union membership in the U.S. workforce remained unchanged at 11.3% in 2013, there was a slight increase in the number of unionized workers in the private sector for the first time since 2009, according to the new Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report. On the
Benefits - ERISA
On January 10, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s determination that an employer properly denied a former employee’s request for benefits because he violated the noncompete portion of his Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plan.
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the form that federal contractors, including healthcare providers the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) considers contractors based on their TRICARE participation, will be required to use to solicit information from applican
Affirmative Action - OFCCP
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released the revised self-identification form that government contractors are expected to use to comply with the new affirmative action regulations issued on September 24, 2013 for individuals with disabilities. The new regulations, effe
Federal Gov't - EEOC
Over the years, Littler has provided periodic reports on significant cases, regulatory developments and other activities involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or "the Commission"). While such guidance is intended to update employers on significant EEOC developments as they aris
OSHA - Record Keeping
On February 1of each year, employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Rules1 must post the official summary of all injuries and illnesses occurring in the previous year. Employers must compile the information on the OSHA Form 300A
OSHA - General
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a web page devoted to hospital worker safety. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012, U.S. hospitals recorded 250,000 work-related injuries and illnesses, almost 60,000 of them causing empl
Minnesota - General
A Minnesota legislator introduced a bill this week that would require the immediate suspension of any licensed health professional failing to comply with a state program that monitors drug abuse and mental illness. The bill comes in the wake of numerous reports of healthcare professionals continuing
HR - Genetic Discrimination (GINA)
Just ten months after the EEOC filed its first systemic lawsuit alleging violations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) against a nursing and rehabilitation care facility, the agency settled the case for $370,000. As stated by the Commission in its press release, “Employers shoul
Benefits - ACA
The government is divided, congressional midterm elections are looming, and the President is approaching "lame duck" status. Although this political landscape may lead employers to assume that 2014 will be a quiet year on the legislative and regulatory front, the year ahead is shaping up to bring si
New Jersey - General
In 2010, the New Jersey Supreme Court created a qualified privilege for an employee taking documents to support an employment discrimination suit.1 However, this past December, in State of New Jersey v. Ivonne Saavedra,2 the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, ruled that the qualified