Employer Liability for Active Shooters in the Workplace

In America today, mass shootings are a near-daily occurrence. According to data collected by the Gun Violence Archive, during the first seven months of 2022, 371 mass shootings took place in the U.S. that involved the injury or death of four or more people, not including the shooter. As a result, concerns about business liability…

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Employers Beware: Pendulum Continues to Swing in Favor of Unions

Since President Biden took office and subsequently appointed union attorney Jennifer Abruzzo to the General Counsel role, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or “NLRB”) has issued pro-union decision after pro-union decision, several of which reversed Trump-era precedent. The trend continued this past week as the Board issued a series of consequential decisions. Two…

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Employees Say Salary Isn’t Keeping Up with Inflation

Most workers say rising cost of living makes them unhappy with their pay, causes them to seek other opportunities With inflation continuing its upward trajectory, employees say their salary isn’t keeping up with the climb, and their financial stress is increasing, to boot. New data from Remote.co, a remote-work resource, finds that the vast majority…

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Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine: Do They Get Unemployment?

An employee who is fired for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine – without showing entitlement to a legitimate religious or disability-related exemption – is likely to have a hard time collecting unemployment compensation benefits, two recent court rulings show. Though each state sets its own specific eligibility guidelines, these two rulings from Minnesota hinge…

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Federal Agencies Partner on New Anti-Discrimination Resources for Veterans

In connection with Veterans’ Day, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Veteran’s Employment and Training Service (VETS), and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division have issued an omnibus resource, “Protections Against Employment Discrimination for Service Members and Veterans,” to help veterans…

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When Is the Accommodation Duty Triggered?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed this question under the Rehabilitation Act (which applies to federal agencies, contractors and subcontractors, but applies the same standards of analysis as the Americans with Disabilities Act), stating, “The type and extent of information that an employee must provide will depend, of course, on the…

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