It isn’t too often we get employment law cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, so when they talk about something as significant as Title VII, we take notice. The Court recently reviewed the Eighth Circuit decision in Muldrow …
Once children are all grown up, it can be difficult for them to find time to do things together with their parents. Often, work and family obligations keep them apart for weeks or months at a time. However, in today’s …
No one really looks forward to an Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) inspection. They can be intrusive, and lead to both warnings and fines that no one wants to deal with. They give OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers …
One thing many citizens don’t realize is that if you want to make a claim that someone violated your First Amendment rights to free speech, there must be a state actor involved. In the case of McNeally v. HomeTown Bank, …
People sometimes forget how effective last change agreements can be in employment situations: they provide the employee with an extra opportunity to save their career; they make employee representatives look good; and they give the employee little recourse if they …
The purpose of workplace accommodations is to assist employees in the performance of essential functions of their positions. If an employee is unable to perform those functions, with or without a reasonable accommodation, then the employee should not be able …
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If an employment practice exists that an employer finds unfavorable, it will usually do its best at the bargaining table to give notice to the employee group that the practice is no longer in effect. Sometimes this is referred to …
Employers spent A LOT of time preparing for the new Earned Sick and Safe Time (“ESST”) law, which went into effect January 1, 2024. As with most new laws, the legislature has learned that there were some holes in the …
In Minnesota, you can always count on a few things every year: mosquitos, snow (oops), the Vikings being completely useless, and the Minnesota Public Employer Labor Relations Association (“MPELRA”) Winter Conference being a fantastic time! This year, we have an …
