About 1000 pages of discussions covering non-competes, FLSA, discrimination, FMLA/ADA, etc. from the current ABA Labor and Employment Law Section meeting in Philadelphia are available, free, here. Navigate to the linked page, and look for additional materials on the sidebar tabs for Volumes I and II.
H/T: Connecticut Employment Law.
The Court of Appeals held this morning that the EEOC may not prosecute Title VII claims on behalf of several of ex-Governor Hickel’s policymaking assistants, Margaret Ward and Lydia Jones (now deceased). The Court (Noonan and Wallace) held that the 1991 Government Employee Rights Act was ineffective to waive the State’s sovereign immunity because it lacked a factual […]
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (”ENDA,” H.R. 3685), which bans employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. This bill has bipartisan support, and was passed by the House on a vote of 235-184. Rep. Don Young was among the Nays.
This is the first passage by either House of […]
” . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. . . .”
14th Amendment, U. S. Constitution
Public employee due process claims involve two primary issues. The first is whether the public employee has been deprived of liberty or property within the meaning of the […]
It’s a disappointment
The Bar Association has introduced Casemaker, a new legal database free to individual Bar members (but costing the Bar Association ca. $30k/year). It’s available here (you’ll need your Log-in and Password).
The Employment Law Section reviewed Casemaker’s features yesterday, with the assistance of Law Librarian Catherine Lemann. Casemaker didn’t make a good initial impression on […]
