Employer’s Law Blog

Recent Posts from Employer’s Law Blog

• The New EEOC Workplace Poster

   The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revised its workplace poster to incorporate the changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, wh... read more

• Supreme Court Decides Important Reverse Discrimination Case

   What can an employer do when contemplating an employment decision based on objective criteria such as test scores, when the results appear to favor an employee of one race and thereby disadvanta... read more

• Supreme Court Issues New Ruling Favorable to Employers

  On June 18, 2009, in Gross v.

• Age is Different – Higher Burden of Proof for Workers

  On June 18, 2009, the United States Supreme Court rejected the notion that an employee alleging age discrimination may use the so-called “mixed motive” theory to shift the burden of proof to the emplo... read…

• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Terminated Employees Must Be Paid For Unused Vacation

   On June 11, 2009, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued its long-awaited decision in Electronic Data Systems Corporation v. Attorney General, holding an employer violates ... read more