Employment Newsletters
March/April 2011 Employment Law Briefing
March 2011
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. is pleased to present the March/April 2011 issue of Employment Law Briefing. In it we discuss:
- Whether an employer’s use of a recorded conversation violated the federal Wiretap Act;
- We show what happened when an attorney, representing a woman claiming discrimination on national-origin grounds, appealed to the jury by disparaging another national group; and
- We look at a case in which an employee sued over the need for an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, and another in which only periodic sexual harassment was alleged.
January/February 2011 Employment Law Briefing
January 2011
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. is pleased to present the January/February 2011 issue of Employment Law Briefing. In it we discuss:
- The importance of objectivity in evaluating a pregnant employee’s ability to perform her job;
- Whether directing an emotionally volatile employee to take a fitness-for-duty exam violates the Americans with Disabilities Act;
- How a court regarded an employer’s claim that an employee’s gender-based discriminatory treatment and verbal insults were just “minor annoyances;” and
- Whether a nursing home can practice racial segregation of its employees to satisfy the preferences of its residents.
September/October 2010 Employment Law Briefing
September 2010
Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. is pleased to present the September/October 2010 issue of Employment Law Briefing. In it we discuss:
- Whether an employer who fires an older person for sexual harassment might find itself accused of age discrimination;
- Whether a religious discrimination suit might result from religious beliefs conflicting with workplace safety regulations;
- Whether a medication’s side effects can trigger protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act; and
- We discuss one case affirming that organizational restructuring cannot be an excuse for racial discrimination
