Overview Plaintiff Matthew Christiansen filed suit against his employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 alleging that he was subjected to various forms of workplace discrimination due to his failure to conform to gender stereotypes. T… Read More

In Quigley v. Meritus Health, Inc., in the Federal District Court in Maryland, an employer successfully defeated an ex-employee’s claim for FMLA interference. The Facts Plaintiff Margaret Quigley worked as an ultrasound technician at Meritus Medica… Read More

On the same day that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued the Salinas opinion in our previous post, the Court also issued the following opinion further clarifying and applying the new test. In Hall, et al. v. Albrecht, et… Read More

In Salinas, et al. v. Commercial Interiors, Inc., No. 15-1915 (4th Cir. Jan. 25, 2017), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a new test for determining a “joint employer” under the FLSA. FACTS J.I. General Contractors,… Read More

Yesterday, the Washington, D.C., City Council passed groundbreaking legislation that would create one of the most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the United States. The Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (Bill 21-415), woul… Read More

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. This past November, the USCIS published a revised I-9 that employ… Read More

On November 22, 2016, just days prior to President Obama’s initiative seeking to expand overtime wage protections to 4.2 million workers was set to take effect, Texas District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III issued a nationwide injunction blocking the ov… Read More

Recently, in Morriss v. BNSF Ry. Co., U.S., No. 16-233, cert. denied Oct. 3, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a rejected job applicant’s claim that morbid obesity should be covered as an impairment under the Americans with Disabi… Read More