Wiley Reber Friday Update – Special Thanksgiving Edition!!
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Transgender Plaintiff’s ADA Claims are Reinstated; Supreme Court Refuses to Take Case
During Minnesota’s somewhat busy summer of new legislation, a number of significant cases took place impacting the world of employment and labor law. In the case of Williams v. Kincaid, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the appeal, …
Disciplining for Poor Performance; Did Employer Take All Necessary Steps?
Dealing with poor performance is always a difficult proposition. If you fail to remove an employee during their probationary period, you are endorsing them, and essentially stating you find them competent to perform the duties of their position. After they …
Employee Orders Headlights for Non-Existent Vehicle on City’s Dime, Pays the Price
A fun pastime for labor relations professionals is sitting around and discussing some of the silly things employees do. Sometimes a case doesn’t have to be complex for us to talk about it; sometimes it just has to be entertaining. …
Part III: The Scope of Harassment Investigations and Liability Standards
If you’ve missed the first two installments of our review of the EEOC’s proposed guidance on harassment and hostile work environment investigations, you can find them in our blog. For the final segment, we’ll discuss the scope of conduct in …
EEOC Harassment Enforcement Guidance, Part II: Harassment Resulting in Discrimination
Last week, we began our three part series on the EEOC’s recently released guidance on investigating harassment in the workplace with a discussion of the different forms of discriminatory harassment and causation. This week, we’ll be discussing the guidance with …
EEOC’s New Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace: A Three-Part Series
With all of the changes in employment laws over the past year, a lot of our focus has been on getting you up to date on those in order to stay in compliance. However, a big focus of our practice …
Board Returns to “Totality of Circumstances” Test in Cases of Alleged Concerted Activity
With the re-re-introduction of the PERB for the resolution of Minnesota unfair labor practice claims, and dearth of caselaw in Minnesota surrounding concerted activity, we can expect the PERB to look at precedent of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) …
Implementing a Class and Comp Study? Arbitrator Says the Contract Still Applies
Over the past decade, classification and compensation studies (“class and comp”) studies have risen in popularity with public employers to ensure that wages stay competitive and employers are able to attract candidates with the wages they are currently offering. In …
Minnesota PERB Update
As most of you know, the Minnesota Public Employment Relations Board, or PERB, was back in business, effective July 1, 2023. With all of the new changes to PELRA and rights for public employees, many of you may be wondering …