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Jana Baker is a shareholder at the Dallas office of Ogletree Deakins where she assists clients in labor and employment laws

The HR Perspective - Cory Christmas, training manager at Baker Donelson, has worked in human resources for more than 15 years, and he still recalls his first role with managerial...

San Diego Firefighter Paul Lotze, 44, plans to file a religious vaccine mandate exemption but stands to lose a job that pays $100,000 with overtime

The last eighteen months have brought tumultuous change for employers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has been a great disruptor...

After United Airlines began firing unvaccinated U.S.-based workers on Tuesday, the company postponed plans to place a separate group of unvaccinated workers on leave who applied for medical and religious exemptions to the company's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.

Nineteen-Year Employee With Disabilities Denied Intermittent Leave as Reasonable Accommodation and Then Fired, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA – Treehouse Foods, Inc. /...

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Since the COVID-19 vaccines have become readily available to the public, employers have inquired about the legality of mandatory and voluntary vaccination policies as well as vaccination incentive programs to encourage employees to get vaccinated. On May 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) posted long-awaited guidance for employers explaining how the equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) laws such as the Americans with Disabiliti...

Northland College Spring Break Travel In general, the College discourages students, faculty, and staff from traveling during spring break (April 24 – May 2). Staying on campus or close to Ashland will help to limit transmission of the COVID-19 virus, increasing the chances that our community can stay safe and successfully complete the academic year. If you must travel, students should complete a COVID-19 travel request if heading beyond a 40-mile radius of Ashland. Each request is evalu...

Sunday, February 21, 2021 As we turn the page on 2020, we offer a brief look back at several significant employment decisions over the past year. At the federal level, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in  Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S.Ct. 1731 (2020), recognizing that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected by Title VII. Click here to read more on the decision. In  Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morressey-Berru, 140 S.Ct. 2049 (2020), the U.S. Sup...

Internship InternshipType: Mobile Office Architects (MOA) is seeking 2-3 dynamic interns to join our team.  One regular architecture internship, and 2 positions for a design-build internship located on Guemes Island, WA.  The regular architecture internship will be for remote work. Information for the design-build program is on our website here:  https://www.mo-arch.com/internship-opportunities Information for the regular internship is below: The intern will: Gain gen...