Employment law is constantly changing and evolving. At LeBlanc Law & Mediation, we are committed to helping our clients stay up to date on new laws, regulations, cases and discussions. Updated regularly by our employment law attorneys and mediators, our Minnesota Employment and Labor Law Blog focuses on the most interesting and pertinent labor and employment law news in Minnesota and throughout the U.S.
Two U.S. Supreme Court cases decided in the late 1990’s – (Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998) and Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 U.S. 742 (1998) – established that employers were vicariously liable for the severe and pervasive harassment of employees by
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50 years ago this week the Equal Pay Act was signed into law. The purpose of the Equal Pay Act is to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers to employees. Under the Equal Pay Act, all employers must pay equal
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As we discussed on March 18, a bill was proposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives that would void most noncompete agreements in Minnesota, including those in employment contracts. However, currently, they remain enforceable. So, what could happen to your company if you decided to hire an
Read more →Last month, administrators at Harvard University issued an apology to a number of staff members whose official school e-mail accounts were searched in the wake of a student cheating scandal, which broke last year. The investigation was searching for the dean responsible for leaking a confidential document
Read more →A bill was proposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives this month which would void most noncompete agreements in Minnesota, including those in employment contracts. While the bill does include exceptions for certain circumstances, it does not include any exception to restrict the employment opportunities of former
Read more →Employment discrimination on the basis of race has been in the news this week, as Battle v. Hurley Medical Center, out of Michigan, caught the attention of some major news organizations. The complaint alleges that Tonya Battle was a nurse in the NICU at Hurley Medical Center,
Read more →New York City is the latest in a string of places proposing legislation to protect the unemployed from employment discrimination, during a time when many are still struggling to find work in a sluggish economy. If enacted, the new law would prohibit employers from considering an applicant’s
Read more →This week, 20 years after the Family and Medical Leave Act was initially enacted, its protections were expanded for military families and airline flight crews. The final rule, handed down on Wednesday, extends the availability of FMLA leave to family members of the men and women serving
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This week, LeBlanc Law & Mediation founding partner, Joseph J. LeBlanc, became a Rule 114 qualified Minnesota family mediator. Already an experienced employment law and civil mediator, this additional qualification gives him the ability to expand his mediation practice and help more individuals and families find solutions
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An article in the New York Times this week may have employers reevaluating their social media policies. The National Labor Relations Board has handed down a number of rulings, the latest just last month, that have companies rewriting their social media rules. The rulings make many broad
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