Employment Newsletters
January/February 2012 Employment Law Briefing
January 2012
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. is pleased to present the January/February 2012 issue of Employment Law Briefing. In it we discuss:
- The four conditions employers must meet before they may lawfully request that their employees take a polygraph test;
- Whether a performance improvement plan could be considered an adverse employment action, and the basis for an age discrimination case;
- Whether recent completion of a drug rehab program necessarily qualifies an employee for protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act; and
- Whether someone who is extended a job offer, only to see it withdrawn when it’s discovered she’s commenced a lawsuit against her former employer, is protected as an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
November/December 2011 Employment Law Briefing
November 2011
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. is pleased to present the November/December 2011 issue of Employment Law Briefing. In it we discuss:
- The implications of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling against the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart;
- We explain how the final EEOC regulations broaden the legal meaning of the word “disability”; and
- We examine one case that illustrates the dangers of an employer mishandling the critical details of FMLA leave.
September/October 2011 Employment Law Briefing
September 2011
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. is pleased to present the September/October 2011 issue of Employment Law Briefing. In it we discuss:
- Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act covers high school coaches and similar volunteers;
- Why failing to exercise objectivity in a job review could leave the employer vulnerable in a lawsuit;
- How the customer is not “always right” when it comes to employee discrimination and harassment at the hands of customers; and
- Whether the termination of a pregnant but newly hired worker for frequent absences is a “constructive discharge” in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
