Texas Hot Topic Employment Law Question Issue 7: Houston overtime attorney Ed Sullivan discusses the impact Dukes v. Walmart has had on the certification of FLSA collective actions
Houston employment lawyers discuss the recent decision by the Supreme Court to grant certiorari to set the rules on what it takes for a person to be a supervisor in Title VII harassment cases under the Supreme Court's decisions in Ellerth and Faragher.
Texas Hot Topic Employment Law Question Issue 6: Houston employment lawyer Ed Sullivan discusses the recent Supreme Court decision determining that certain pharmaceutical representatives where exempt from overtime under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA").
Ed Sullivan and Mark Oberti discuss the Supreme Court's decision to grant cert. in Genesis Healthcare v. Symczyk. This is of interest to anyone who follows Offers of Judgment and FLSA litigation.
Texas Hot Topic Employment Law Question Issue 5: New Seventh Circuit retaliation cases found fact questions on cases where the employee threatened violence at the workplace.Developments All Lawyers Need to Know"
Texas Hot Topic Employment Law Question 4: What are the new EEOC regulations regarding what constitues "reasonable factors other than age" in ADEA (age discrimination) cases in the wake of Smith v. City of Jackson, 544 U.S. 228 (2005)? Houston employment lawyers discuss the March 30, 2012, regulations and its impact on Texas employers.
Texas Hot Topic Employment Law Question 3: The EEOC's recent enforcement initiatives on the new ADA. Leave of absence/attendance control policies and "direct threat" cases are discussed.
Texas Hot Topic Employment Law Question 2: What is the EEOC's new guidance on the usage of arrest and conviction records by employers to screen out applicants?