Over 2,500 COVID-19–related employment lawsuits were filed in the United States in 2020. Ogletree Deakins’ Interactive COVID-19 Litigation Tracker highlights the industries impacted, locations, and types of claims in these...more
2/10/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Business Interruption ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
OSHA ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Wrongful Termination
We previously reported on COVID-19–related employment lawsuits that we tracked from late March 2020 through early May 2020. Since then, the number of lawsuits has steadily risen as employers have resumed operations after...more
9/29/2020
/ Age Discrimination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Health and Safety ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Safety
For the last several months, employers have been forced to learn how COVID-19 spreads, how to maintain or resume safe work environments, and how to navigate a complex web of new and existing laws and regulations implicated by...more
In Jones v. Johnson, No. 18-2252 (January 9, 2020), the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered the discoverability of comparator information in a case involving an allegation that an employer failed to promote an employee....more
1/20/2020
/ Appeals ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
FRCP 26(b)(1) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Job Promotions ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Proportionality ,
Public Employers ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Scope of Discovery Requests ,
Wage and Hour
In the recently issued decision in McDaniel v. Wilkie, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio considered whether telecommuting constitutes a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities...more