We devote a substantial part of our practice these days to helping clients conduct due diligence to assess other businesses that they think they might acquire. Much of our work is focused on overseeing our subject matter...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees can sometimes sour on jobs they transfer to and, this in turn, can create practical and legal risk for employers, particularly where an employee changed jobs in connection with a disability...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: State lawmakers continue to search for ways to pave the path for their economies to reopen amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest trend in that effort: equipping businesses with a shield against legal...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Managing employees engaged in potentially protected activity can be tricky when disciplinary and other normal employment actions might be misconstrued as unlawful retaliation. A recent decision from the...more
In the world before the COVID-19 pandemic, business travel was a critical function for countless employees in a wide range of industries. Since the onset of the pandemic, and the attendant changes to otherwise normal...more
7/20/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Best Practices ,
Border Closures ,
Business Travel ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
General Duty Clause ,
Infectious Diseases ,
NLRA ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
OSHA ,
Public Health ,
Quarantine ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers face a tough challenge in trying to balance their obligations under the ADA with efforts to enforce workplace rules. A recent decision out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth...more
9/20/2018
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
But For Causation ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Failure to Accommodate ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Medical Leave ,
Protected Activity ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Resignation ,
Retaliation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs in disability discrimination cases often have sympathetic facts on their side. A recent decision out of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, however, highlighted that courts...more