Blog Posts in July, 2017

What some employers may not realize is that, even when there is no direct evidence of retaliation, an employer typically has the ultimate burden of proving it did not engage in retaliation. A Third ...

Claims against the Department of Transportation (DOT) for accommodating an employee’s disability by reassigning him to a position with less opportunity for promotion might have been a violation of the ...

Panda Express, which has more than 1,800 restaurants across the country, has recently settled a claim of immigration-related discrimination brought by its employees. The company was under ...

Employers will certainly be happy with the new developments at the Department of Labor. President Trump’s appointment of a new Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, has brought about a few significant ...

The issue addressed in a recent Ninth Circuit case was whether the litigation strategies of an attorney representing an employer in an FLSA suit can serve as the basis for a retaliation claim. ...

A recent case out of New York once again highlights the illegality of English-only rules and hostile work environments based on nationality. A New York pizzeria allegedly subjected its Hispanic ...