Articles
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
- Early Retirement Incentive Plan with “Cliff” Benefit Violates ADEA
- Decertification of Collective Action Granted in Part and Denied in Part
- Failure to Hire Claims Properly Dismissed
- Pay Discrimination Claim Rejected
- EEOC Settles ADEA Action Against 3M
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Disability Discrimination
- No Duty to Accommodate Amorphous Request; ADA Does Not Insulate Insubordination
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Equal Pay Act
- Claimants Must Demonstrate They Performed Equal Work
- Multiple Distribution Locations May Not Be Considered Same Establishment
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Federal Labor Management
- Eighth Circuit Decisions Involving Region 18 Cases
- Board Decisions Involving Region 18 Unfair Labor Practice Complaints
- Board Decisions Involving Region 18 Representation Matters
- Administrative Law Judge Decisions Involving Region 18 Unfair Labor Practice Complaints
- Regional Director Decisions Involving Representation Issues
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Federal Wage & Hour
- Eighth Circuit Examines Special Detail Exemption to the FLSA
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Summary Judgment Order in Tip-Credit Dispute
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Family Medical Leave Act
- Employee Must Suffer “Prejudice” to Assert FMLA Interference Claim
- Father Who Spent Two Weeks in Texas While His Daughter Was in Florida Hospital Was Not Entitled to FMLA Leave
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Minnesota Torts & Contracts
- Negligent Supervision and Negligent Retention Claims Against Church Not Precluded on Religious Entanglement Grounds
- No Unjust Enrichment Claim Based on Salesman’s Retention of Commissions Advances
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Public Sector
- Public Employer’s Liability for Retaliation Under the Petition Clause is Limited to Matters of Public Concern
- Eighth Circuit Rules Early Retirement Program Incentive Plan Violates ADEA
- District Court Did Not Abuse Discretion by Ordering Benefit Associations to Recoup Overpayments from Fund Beneficiaries
- Deadline for a First-Class City to Obtain Judicial Review Under the Veterans Preference Act
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State Discrimination Cases
- Marital Status Discrimination
- Prima Facie Case in Context of RIF
- Legal Standard for Aiding and Abetting Claims
- Disability Discrimination Claim against County Allowed to Proceed
- Retaliation under the MHRA – Application of Bahr Principles
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Minnesota State Laws from the 2011 Legislative Session
- Few Developments in the 2011 Session Regarding Employment Laws
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Title VII Update
- Title VII and Summary Judgment Standard
- Direct Evidence of Retaliation
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Unemployment Compensation
- Ineligibility Because of Misconduct Not Warranting Termination under Employer’s Progressive Discipline Policy
- Educational Institution Employee Ineligible for Benefits During Summer Months
- Inadvertent Conduct, Even if Negligent, Is Not Employment Misconduct
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