Insights for Management
By: Camille A. Olson and Lawrence Z. Lorber
In what has become one of the most highly anticipated employment law cases of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014 October Term, today the Court heard oral argument in Young v. United Parcel Service over whether “light duty” work assignments must be provided to employees for non-work related conditions if the light duty…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Debates Reach of Pregnancy Law
By Giselle Donado and Sara Eber
Continuing the trend of courts closely scrutinizing the classification of workers in discrete industries, the Supreme Court of Nevada recently reversed summary judgment in favor of a gentlemen’s club and found that the Club’s performers were employees entitled to be compensated at a minimum wage.
In Terry et al. v. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club,…
Continue Reading You Can’t Do That In The Champagne Room! The Supreme Court of Nevada Decides Workplace Rules And Restrictions Render Exotic Dancers Employees Owed Minimum Wages
By: Giselle Donado, Kevin A. Fritz, and Jason J. Englund
An Illinois state law directed at preventing the misclassification of construction employees as independent contractors remains intact after the US Supreme Court declined to consider a roofing company’s challenge to the 2008 law.
Illinois Employee Classification Act
The Illinois Employee Classification Act imposes substantial penalties for the misclassification…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Passes on Review of Illinois Employee Classification Act, Leaving Statute Intact as “Constructed”
