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Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 26 May 2023
DOL issues guidance on PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Field Assistance Bulletin to its staff on how to enforce the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, which was…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 19 May 2023
EEOC updates COVID-19 guidance
This is not the most exciting employment law news, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued some updates to its technical…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 19 May 2023
Rule 1 in beating an age claim: Get your story straight.
It's a well-established principle in discrimination law that an employer can be done in by "shifting explanations" for actions taken against an…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 12 May 2023
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Quiz!
How much do you know about the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which will take effect only six short weeks from now? Take our Mother’s Day quiz…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 5 May 2023
Second-guessing the advice columns: Is this pregnancy discrimination?
Employee wrote to Miss Manners asking how much notice she needs to provide of her pregnancy and impending maternity leave, and how best to announce…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 28 Apr 2023
Employment law and Aesop
My law partner Jon Yarbrough alerted me to a recent court decision that is full of little gems for employers. I thought I'd break the decision down…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 21 Apr 2023
Religious accommodation at the Supreme Court
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Groff v. DeJoy, a case I blogged about in January. The case is about what standard of…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2023
I got fired at age 60. Must have been my age.
For those of you who think I'm too hard on employers, today is your day. There was an excellent pro-employer decision recently from the Iowa Supreme…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 7 Apr 2023
3 strikes, and this employer is OUT!
An executive recruiting firm hired a kid right out of college to work out of its Washington, D.C., office. The Managing Partner of the D.C. office…
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP | USA | 31 Mar 2023
Employees who self-destruct
If my experience is typical (and it may not be), it seems that a significant percentage of employers’ legal and Human Resources problems come from…
