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Nicholas Fortuna, November 12, 2013. Last week the Supreme Court curiously took oral argument on the meaning of clothes. Under a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) the time spent...
EEOC Sued For Loss Of Worker Productivity As A Result Of Unannounced Widespread Workplace Interviews
Nicholas Fortuna, November 11, 2013. Case New Holland, Inc. (CNH) sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claiming it stole employee work time and violated the Fifth Amendment’s taking clause. The...
Nicholas Fortuna, November 8, 2013. Chai Feldblum, the Commissioner of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), advised employers to maintain very clear job descriptions of what they expect accomplished to avoid running afoul...
Nicholas Fortuna, October 18, 2013. This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the scope of the President’s power to make recess appointments under the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution...
Nicholas Fortuna, October 3, 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court of the United States will decide if severance payments made to terminated employees are taxable under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). The...
Nicholas Fortuna, September 30, 2013. The barricade erected by the Supreme Court in 2011, when it threw out a class action sex discrimination lawsuit brought by female employees against Wal-Mart, is proving...
Megan Muoio, July 2, 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued an important decision regarding Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers and their agents from discriminating against workers...