Jan 29, 2018 | Employment Law
On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that it was adopting a new test for determining whether an intern qualified as an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Such a determination affects how employers may offer and utilize...
Nov 28, 2017 | Employment Law
On November 16, 2017, U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon, of the Western District of Pennsylvania, issued an order finding that a Pennsylvania Health Clinic is liable for $55,000 in back pay, compensatory damages, and punitive damages to a former employee who alleged...
Oct 26, 2017 | Employment Law
On October 18, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion upholding a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to a medical practice in Florida that had been sued by a former employee who claimed she was discriminated against based on her pregnancy....
Jun 21, 2017 | Employment Law
On June 8, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision holding that a Florida hospital did not jointly employ a physician who was placed at the hospital by a medical staffing company. Dr. Michelle Scott was employed by EmCare, Inc....
Apr 17, 2017 | Employment Law
On April 4, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an 8-3 en banc decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. of Indiana, holding that a person who alleges an experience of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation has a...
Mar 13, 2017 | Employment Law
On March 10, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, et al., holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) does not provide a cause of action for workplace...
