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Upon termination on an employment relationship, many employees are presented with an opportunity to receive severance packages from their former employers. As employment attorneys, we regularly encounter severance agreements in which the terminated employee has...
All the women in Iowa, flee now. Quit your jobs and move to Cleveland, Ohio to avoid sexual discrimination, harassment and pig bosses. That is what most commentators are saying in response t0o Nelson v. James H. Knight DDS, P.C., where the Iowa Supreme Court,...
Can the law protect employees from being terminated if that employees boss or someone else in your office finds you to be “too attractive” or “irresistible”? According to the Iowa Supreme Court, the answer is No. In fact, the Iowa Supreme Court recently held in Nelson...
To eat that extra piece of pie or not? That is not a regular question for employment attorneys. But, now our employment discrimination lawyers can respond. Have the extra slice of pie and make it ala mode. Your employer cannot discriminate or fire you for being fat...
Aon Corp. settled a class action wage and hour lawsuit for $10.5 million. In the Complaint, the plaintiffs averred that Aon misclassified employees as exempt from overtime and meal and rest break requirements, including employees who held the titles like account...
Donating your time to a retirement home? Candy striping at a hospital? You may be protected from discrimination and retaliation like any other employee. In a recent case in the Northern District of Illinois, the Court faced an interesting question as to whether a...
Many employees choose to file complaints of harassment and/or discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) after being subjected to illegal employment practices in the workplace. More often than not, and EEOC investigation results in the...
Our employment attorneys are frequently asked if the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers individuals with a drug addiction. An employee currently using illegal drugs is not covered by the ADA. But, if the employee has kicked the habit or the company only...
For employment lawyers, it is no secret that the Supreme Court loves alternative methods to dispute resolution, such as arbitration. In the recently handed-down, five-page opinion, in Nitro-Lift Technologies, LLC v. Howard, the Supreme Court affirmed its preference...
Let’s start our scenario with the fact that the employee has been fired – it does not matter if it is based on race discrimination, gender discrimination, national origin discrimination, religious discrimination, disability discrimination, or retaliation for taking...