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Appeals Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers
February 8th, 2022
Appeals Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers On February 8, 2022, the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans, LA ruled to maintain a block of the mandate that federal employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate was anno…
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Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Large Private Business, allows for Health Care
January 13th, 2022
Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Large Private Business, allows for Health Care On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden Administration from enforcing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate that would…
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Supreme Court Upholds Broad Interpretation of Ministerial Exception
July 15th, 2020
In the consolidated cases Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrisey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses prevent the adjudication of employment discrimination claims brought by an emp…
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Supreme Court Issues Ruling to Protect L.G.B.T.Q. Employees
June 22nd, 2020
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a 6-to-3 ruling that held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to discrimination against gay and transgender workers. 42 U.S.C. §2000e-2(a)(1) makes it “unlawful … for an employer to f…
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New Overtime Rules to go into Effect January 1, 2020
January 8th, 2020
On January 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule, finalized in September 2019, is to go into effect. The Rule raised the earnings required to be considered an exempt employee, and therefore unable to earn overtime pay, from $455…
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States Seek to Expand Leave
December 15th, 2019
The Family Medical Leave Act requires qualified employers to offer up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year to eligible employees who need time off for medical care for themselves or a family member. However, many states have sought to implement more…
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