Labor & Employment Law Update

A panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a jury verdict requiring a former Hallmark executive to repay her entire cash severance after she violated the severance agreement by using and disclosing confidential company documents. Janet Murley was Hallmark’s group vice president of marketing until her position […]

As the effective date (January 1, 2014) of significant provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts (“PPACA”) nears, federal regulatory agencies have been hard at work issuing extensive guidance to help employers and individuals comply with the new health care laws. While the new regulations and guidance are […]

EEOC v. Farmer’s Pride, Inc. illustrates why employers should be cautious in producing private employee information to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) or its state counterparts. In the context of an investigation, the EEOC often seeks and may gain access to all kinds of private information only remotely […]

In 2008, the FMLA was amended to provide employees with family members serving in the Armed Forces, National Guard, and Reserves with FMLA leave for reasons related to their family members’ military service. In 2010, the FMLA was amended again, this time by the National Defense Authorization Act for FY […]

Iowa: The Iowa Supreme Court recently held that an Iowa dentist who fired his dental assistant because he viewed her as a threat to his marriage did not unlawfully discriminate against her based on her gender. After the dentist’s wife found out that the two had been texting each other […]