When is a settlement not a settlement? FLSA
When you settle a lawsuit with an employee, you are bargaining for finality. You are paying that employee to resolve all disputes between...
6th Circuit joins the battle over class-action waivers
By Jon Hyman
There has been much judicial and administrative ink spilled over the past few years over whether the National Labor Relations Act permits...
WIRTW #463 (the “so special” edition)
By Jon Hyman
This weekend is a big one for Norah. Today, she graduates from 5th grade and walks across the quad to become a middle schooler. And tomorrow...
When equal pay is not “equal” pay
By Jon Hyman
The Equal Pay Act requires that an employer pay its male and female employees equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, bu...
Federal court breaks new ground with transgender disability discrimination claim
By Jon Hyman
The ADA expressly excludes from its coverage “transvestism, transsexualism, … [and] gender identity disorders not resulting from physical...