This summer, the Minnesota legislature became one of the first states in the country to pass “ban the box” legislation, which Governor Dayton signed into law. Beginning on January 1, 2014, Minn. Stat. §364.021 will prevent employers from inquiring into, considering or requiring disclosure of the criminal
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Bars and restaurants can loose a significant chunk of their profits to customer walk-outs (also known as “dine and dash”) and customers forgetting to sign credit card receipts. However, in Minnesota, they can’t hold their employees financially responsible for the losses. Last month in Karl v. Uptown
Read more →You’ve read the privacy notices. You’ve limited access so that only your friends can see your Facebook posts. Can you finally post without thinking about what your boss would think? Maybe. But maybe not. In Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. a registered nurse/paramedic posted a Facebook
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Paula Deen, a successful celebrity chef, has succeeded in getting the discrimination charges against her thrown out – but not before the negative publicity severely damaged her reputation. U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. agreed with Deen that the employee filing charges had no standing
Read more →Last week, significant changes to Minnesota’s sick or injured childcare leave law took effect, expanding the protections for employees who need to care for sick or injured family members. Under the previous version of the law, workers could use their own personal sick leave to care for
Read more →After filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), most parties are offered the opportunity to try to resolve their dispute through EEOC mediation. At LeBlanc Law & Mediation, we encourage clients to give this mediation process a chance, because for many it
Read more →Back in December of 2012, the Iowa Supreme Court made national news in Nelson v. James H. Knight DDS, P.C., when it held that a termination based on being too physically attractive was not illegal sex discrimination. Last week, the Court issued a second opinion in the
Read more →Last month, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that raises the standard of proof for workers filing claims of retaliation against their employers. In the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar decision, the Court specifies that the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which lowered
Read more →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
Read more →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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