The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Beasley v. O’Reilly Auto Parts, recently held that a claim for failure-to-accommodate under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) must include an adverse employment...more
8/15/2023
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Statutory Violations
On April 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Brown v. Nexus Business Solutions, LLC affirmed a district court’s decision that business development managers who solicited and sold General Motors...more
4/12/2022
/ Administrative Exemption ,
Appeals ,
Automotive Industry ,
Business Development ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
General Motors ,
Labor Regulations ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Over-Time ,
Wage and Hour
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a district court’s decision that an 18% service fee charged at the upscale Miami steakhouse of celebrity chef Nusret Gökçe was not a “tip” and was...more
3/30/2022
/ Collective Actions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Labor Regulations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Over-Time ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Service Charges ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
Work does not always occur within the physical confines of a workplace. Indeed, due to the interconnectivity of today’s world, work often takes place in the digital space, where employees regularly use pictorial icons and...more
3/23/2022
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Harassment Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Electronic Communications ,
Emoji ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidence ,
Hostile Environment ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII
Foreign defendants located in countries that are signatories to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents (“Hague Convention”) must be served pursuant to the Hague Convention. The...more