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In a 9-0 decision, the United States Supreme Court held in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Commission that a church school in Michigan was not required to pay damages to a teacher fired in a wrongful termination suit for an...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that employers cannot prevent workers from filing class actions concerning work-related employment law disputes. This ruling would make null and void any arbitration agreement that specifically prohibits groups...
There has been a problem with long delays for Indiana and other American veterans that waiting to receive their disability benefits. The average delay for receiving such benefits for such public employees now exceeds six-months.These are veterans that have been...
An Indiana based employer is being sued because it allegedly discriminated against an employee suffering from post-partum depression. In essence, what is being alleged is an employer discriminating based upon disability by refusing to provide a reasonable...
An Indiana program mandating drug testing for an Indiana job training program has both its supporters - in that it prevents individuals entering the workforce that are addicted to drugs - and its detractors that feel such requirements would result in a hostile work...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently heard a case concerning a woman allegedly terminated from her place of employment because she testified concerning sexual harassment occurring at her workplace. It was found that the employee alleged sufficient facts to...
Considerations are currently being made to make Indiana a "right-to-work" state. The definition of "right-to-work" is the ability of those employed in a union shop to be able to opt out of union membership. In the short term, it is believed that this will have little...
It is a well-known fact that resident doctors put in a long day and often get very little sleep, especially when they are on call or involved with emergency medical care. Does this then give hospitals and health care facilities the right to demand that a doctor...
Overtime compensation is always a heavily discussed topic in the field of employment law. Employers are often accused of trying to force their employees to work longer hours for lesser wages.A recent United States Supreme Court decision again addressed this specific...
A 11th Circuit decision extends a U.S. Supreme Court 1989 ruling protecting transgender individuals from discrimination at the workplace. Significantly, the decision was unanimously decided and is part of a growing trend where courts are expanding upon the rights...