Georgia legislators have introduced a bill, HB 1121, that provides for a new, state-level cause of action for sexual harassment against individual co-workers or supervisors and allows for the recovery of lost wages, benefits, compensatory damages, reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs and “other related expenses.” The bill has passed the Tort …
In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, many employers may be finding themselves in novel situations with regard to laying off employees, requests for leave, and requests for accommodations, among many other topics. We have compiled some of the guidance from various government entities and some overall considerations for employers …
On January 1, the U.S. Department of Labor’s new mandatory overtime rule went into effect, expanding overtime pay eligibility to up to 1.3 million workers. The new rule raises the salary threshold necessary to exempt executive, administrative, or professional employees from the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime pay requirements to $35,568. Under the …
With the 2018 mid-term elections in the books, Georgia litigators have two primary takeaways that may affect their practices going forward. First, while Georgia remained a primarily Republican state, there was a noticeable “blue wave” that represents a shift from 2014 and 2016. These outcomes were particularly apparent in North …
In Systems Corp v. Lewis, the US Supreme Court ruled, by a vote of 5-4, that in the context of a wage/hour case under the FLSA, employers can include a clause in employment contracts that require employees to arbitrate their disputes individually and to waive the right to resolve those …
A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that that job applicants cannot sue employers for disparate impact under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The Court held the disparate impact provision of the federal age discrimination law applies only to a company’s employees, …