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Editor's note: Amalie Tuffin, Frances-Ann Criffield and Ashley Pittman are attorneys at Hutchison PLLC. RALEIGH - Governor Roy Cooper signed into law changes to
Translation United States: Alaska Supreme Court Lowers Employers' Burden Of Proof For Exemptions Under Alaska Wage And Hour Act 14 July 2021 Davis Wright Tremaine To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed its long-standing precedent relating to exemptions under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act by lowering the burden of proof employers must meet to establish the ...
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Alaska employers received some welcome news from the Alaska Supreme Court that should help level the playing field when they must defend claims from employees under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act. Employers have the burden to prove that their employees are exempt from overtime compensation under one of the exemptions established by law, such as the so-called white collar exemptions for those working in a bona fide executive, professional and administrative capacity. If employers cannot prove ...
what motivated them to do what they did, such as whether to reject an applicant or discipline or discharge an employee. That can be a tall order. Employment-at-will in North Carolina lawfully consider when making such decisions. In fact, despite the vast array of criteria made verboten by federal and state laws, regulations, and judicial decisions too numerous to count, employers are typically free to hire and fire whom they wish, as indicated in part by the long-standing doctrine of "employment at will" that persists throughout the United States. In North Carolina, for example, that doctrin...
Monday, March 15, 2021 "And the sign said, 'Long-haired freaky people … need not apply.'" – Signs, Five Man Electrical Band, Good-byes and Butterflies (1970) Arbitrary judgments are as old as humanity itself. Law evolved in part to try to spare us all from some of them and provide order and predictability in their place. That evolution, and occasional revolution, eventually gave rise to notions of "due process," which in the United States presume that citizens know, or have an opportunity to know, what their laws require so that they may govern their conduct accordingly an...