News
[11/14]
Reports: RBS to cut 3,000 jobs globally
[11/14]
Brazil's Sao Paulo state loses 10,000 jobs
[11/14]
60 Alitalia flights canceled
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Articles
Smoking in the Workplace
by Attorney Amy DelPo
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I've just received a warning from my employer, and I suspect I will be fired soon. What should I do?
If you find yourself on the receiving end of a disciplinary notice you consider to be unfair, there are several steps you should take to avoid losing your job.
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Case Summaries
[11/19]
Poche v. Texas Air Corps, Inc.
In a Fair Labor Standards Act claim alleging that plaintiff was entitled to overtime wages, and also alleging numerous state-law claims, remand of case to state court is reversed where 28 U.S.C. section 1441(c) does not permit a district court to remand federal claims conferring removal jurisdiction, even where those claims are part of a case predominated by state law.
[11/19]
Bregin v. Liquidebt Sys., Inc
In a suit alleging retaliatory discharge and tortious interference with employment, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not identify any illegal acts which he was asked to commit, for which a retaliation claim could be brought; 2) state law did not provide a whistleblower exception to the employment-at-will doctrine; and 3) plaintiff did not make out a claim for tortious interference.
[11/18]
Phillips v. Mathews
In a suit alleging interference and retaliation by a state-government employer in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff had given proper notice to her employer that she required FMLA leave, but this disputed fact was not material since plaintiff did not produce sufficient evidence to demonstrate that her termination was related to her FMLA leave; and 2) plaintiff had exercised rights under FMLA sufficient to subsequently bring a retaliation claim when she was terminated, but defendant demonstrated that she had been terminated for non-FMLA reasons.
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