Robbin W. Hutton
Jackson Lewis PC
Articles
Nursing assistant's pregnancy bias claim can proceed, federal court rules
USA - January 13 2014 An employer's policy of accommodating medical restrictions arising only from work-related incidents, and not those arising from non-workplace-based...
No religious discrimination without accommodation request, Tenth Circuit rules
USA - October 31 2013 An employer's failure to hire a Muslim woman who showed up for the job interview in a headscarf (i.e., hijab) was not religious discrimination under...
Employee's request for funeral leave can trigger religious accommodation duty, federal appeals court rules
USA - August 28 2013 Two written requests from an employee for unpaid leave to attend funeral rites for his father in Africa created a genuine issue of material fact as...
Court rules employee who voluntarily resigned had no FMLA-interference claim
USA - June 11 2013 Finding that the employer did not have a duty to inquire further into an employee's resignation a day after her return from leave under the Family...
Transfer to new position triggered employer FMLA liability, court rules, but front pay too speculative
USA - April 1 2013 A front pay award of 10 years in the amount of more than $135,000 for a Family Medical Leave Act violation was "unduly speculative," the federal...
