A federal court in Indiana dismissed an employee’s claim that his employer did not have the right to request a medical examination after he tested positive for drugs and subsequently admitted that he was taking numerous prescription medications that could create a safety risk. Beal v.
The IRS has just released its 2021 annual inflation adjustments, in which it announced that the Code section 125 dollar limitation on voluntary employee salary reductions to health flexible spending arrangements (health FSAs) is staying at $2,750.
In Ganske v. Mensch, a defamation suit stemming from a “battle by Tweet,” a federal district court in New York held that the allegedly defamatory statements in the defendant’s Tweet were nonactionable statements of opinion and dismissed the case.
It may be the season for a pumpkin latte and too much candy, or finally breaking out those soft sweaters and fuzzy slippers as the weather starts to chill (even in Los Angeles). But it is also the season for new lawsuits.
We have discussed how employers are obligated to record COVID-19 cases that they have determined are work-related and are confirmed COVID-19 cases, but what happens when an employee who has contracted COVID-19 has to go to a hospital or dies?......
The defendants in the lawsuit filed by the FTC in August 2020 in a New York federal district court against two merchant cash advance providers and their chief executive officer and president for alleged unfair and deceptive conduct in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act have filed a motion to d
On 16 October, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined British Airways plc (BA) a UK record £20 million for breaching the GDPR. In this QuickStudy we look at the factors leading to the fine and how the ICO calculated the amount....
The Department of Labor (DOL) is once again attempting to clarify the seemingly age-old question of what constitutes an independent contractor. Employers have had to consistently deal with the decision of how to classify workers: as employees or independent contractors.
