2008
March
- D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Opinion That Encouraged Settlement of Employment Law Claims
- New Florida Law Requires Employers To Provide Domestic Violence Leave
- Waiver of the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege: The "Garden Variety" Damages Conundrum
- Unfair Labor Practices
2007
June
- Eleventh Circuit Provides Guidance for Employers Conducting Sexual Harassment Investigations.
- Employment Lawyer's HIPAA Guide
- Case Notes - Federal Labor & Employment Law Cases
February/March
- Speedway Superamerica vs.
Dupont
- Reducing the Need for
Sanctions
- Proposed E-Discovery Rules
- 7th Annual Labor & Employment Law
Certification Review
- General Releases in Severance
Agreements and the Settlement of
Employment Claims –
A Potential Trap Cloaked in a Hobson’s Choice
2006
July/August
- Employer §1981
Hostile Work
Environment
Liability
May
Extend
to
Independent Contractors
- Florida
Has New
Minimum Wage
Implementing
Legislation
- Misclassified
Employees:
Don’t
Forget the
Fringe Benefits!
- The
Supreme Court’s
Decision in
Ash
v. Tyson
Foods
- Commission
Orders Rerun
Election Based
on
Unlawful Pre-Election
Conduct
- Service
First, Twice
More
2005
October/November
- Blowing the Corporate Whistle:
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Not Your Gardeb-Variety
Discrimination Claim
- Guidelines For An Effective
Cross-
Examination: The Science Behind The Art
- Liability of Sponsoring School
Boards For
Charter Schools’ Hiring and Retention
Practices
- First District Court of Appeal
Reverses
Commission on Successorship Issue
May
- Section Website – A
Resource?
- Florida’s New Mediation
Confidentiality and
Privilege Act: What the Litigator Needs
to Know
- Courts Expand Employees’ Rights
and
Protections for Workers’ Compensation
Retaliation Claims
- Florida Voters Pass Minimum
Wage
Amendment
- A Thirty Year Journey in
Southern Public
Labor and Employment Law
2004
January
- The Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Tolerate
the EEOC's "All or Nothing" Approach to Concilation
- Do
Not Miss the Opportunity To Be Involved in the Section's
Success
- Committee Restructuring
- Juducial Outreach Subcommittee
UpDate
- Know Your Enemy in Employment Mediation
May
- Supreme Court Reviews Employer’s
Obligation Under the ADA to Rehire
Employee Previously Dismissed for
Violating Employer’s Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Employee Organization Must Disclose Financial Information
to its Members
- Supreme Court to Decide if States Are Immune to Damage
Actions by Individuals Under Title II of the Americans
With Disabilities Act
- Fiscal Problems and Unilateral Changes
- Voluntary Trial Resolution:
Tailor-Made for Employment Claims
November
- Firm Remembers Past Chair Bill Sizemore
- A Tribute from a Client, a Neighbor & a Friend
- Department of Labor Issues New Notice Requirements Under
COBRA
- Preventing Employee Internet Abuse
- National Labor Relations Board Sounds the Retreat: Non-Unionized
Employees No Longer Have Right to Bring a Coworker to Investigatory
Interviews
- University Boards of Trustees Are Not Successors to Florida
Board of Education
- Severance Pay Provisions in Employment Contracts
- Fee Awards to Defendants Under Florida’s Private
Whistle-Blower Law
- The U.S. Supreme Court Defines “Age” Under
the ADEA
- Chesnut II: The Back Pay Proceedings
2003
March
- Florida Supreme Court Issues Ruling
Removing Two Options for Employers to Obtain Dismissal
of Claims Under the Florida Civil Rights Act
- Military Reserve Personnel:
The Rights of Employees and Employers During Active Duty
Deployments
- Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness of Filing of Title
VII Charges
- Corporate Misdeeds and Their Impact Upon Enforceability
of Executive Employment Agreement Indemnification Provisions
- The Arbitrability of Employment Disputes: When Process
Matters
September
- W. Gary Vause: A Life of Service
- 2003 Amendments to the Florida
Civil Rights Act
- Recapping the 2002-2003 Supreme Court Term
- The Supreme Court Confirms That
Employers Can Remove Fair Labor
Standards Act Cases to Federal Court
- Restrictive E-mail Policies and the
National Labor Relations Act —
2003 Update
- Federal Unions’ “Perfect Storm”
- Ten Ingredients for a Successful Mediation Process
- Tribute to Gary Vause – A Personal Remembrance
- Dean Gary Vause – A Genuine Gentleman
- Dean Vause — Tribute from a Former Student
- Gary Vause — Legal Community Feels Loss
2002
February
- The Eleventh Circuit Rules that Price Waterhouse Was
Not Overruled by the 1991 Civil Rights Act in Title VII
Retaliation Claims and 1983 Claims
- High Court Hears Oral Argument in ADA Case
- In Defining the Term "Similarity Situated," Eleventh
Circuit Forges Two Divergent Roads
- Those Tasks Aren't Important - The Supreme Court Limits
Application of The ADA
- Contraception Conundrum
- Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants by an Assignee or
Successor under Florida Law
- What America Means To Me
- Significant Changes Ahead for Career Service Appeals
- The Eleventh Circuit Restricts Use of Evidence of Comparators
- EEOC Compliance Manual Chapter 3 and the Courts - Part
1: Employee Benefits and the ADA - EEOC Scores in the Eleventh
Circuit
2001
June
- Service First: State Career Service System Reform
- Expanding the Scope of Arbitration Agreements: The Supreme
Court's Decision in Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams
- Medical Inquiries and Examinations Under The Americans
with Disabilities Act: The EEOC's New Enforcement Guidance
- OSHA Ergonomics Standards Repealed
- Law School May Create More Marilyn Holifields
September
- PGA Tour, Inc.v. Martin: Benevolent Compassion or Legally
Required Accommodation?
- Supreme Court To Consider Medical Leave Case
- Valuing Employee Stock Options In Employment Actions
- Sexual Harassment: A Recognized Independent Tort?
- Silent Suffering Kills Sex Harassment Cases
2000
February
- Kimel v. Board of Regents - Supreme Court Continues Its
March for Federalism: ADEA Not "Appropriate" Legislation
- Whose Burden is it Anyway? The Eleventh Circuit's Evolving
Standard for "Burden-Shifting" in Employment Discrimination
Cases
- Plans Underway for the Greatest Advanced Labor Topics
Seminar of the Millennium!
- IRS Invades Damage Awards and Imposes Nightmarish Damage
and Attorney Purporting Defense Attorneys and All Litigators
Now Have Increased Duties to the IRS and Their Clients
in their Litigation/ Settlement Practices
- An ERISA Preemption Doubleheader
- OSHA Issues Ergonomics Proposal
- An Overview of Jury Duty
- Mediation in Florida: Let's Be Careful Out There!
April
- Supreme Court Limits Written Notice Requirement
in Florida's Private Sector Whistleblower Act
- Supreme Court Approves Board Certification
of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Lessening the Impact of the Babcock/Lechmore
Rule: An Employment Poster Informing Employees of Their
Rights Under the NLRA
- What is LOMAS?
- When Bringing a Florida Civil Rights Act
Claim, Let the Plaintiff Beware: Timing Is Everything
June
- The Federal Offer of Judgement Rule in Employment
Discrimination Cases
- Clinton Signs Worker Economic Opportunity
Act of 2000
- The L&EL Section Goes to Washington
- Proving Discrimination Is Only Half the Equation;
To Recover Damages and Fees, a Plaintiff Must Also Prove
Inquiry
- Florida Supreme Court Grants Review of Harassment
Suit Based on Negligence
September
- Attention Employers: Are You Violating Employees'
" Weingarten" Rights?
- United States Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission v. W&O, Inc.: The Eleventh Circuit Gives New
Guidance As to Allowable Costs Under 28 U.S.C | 1920
- Employees: Appreciable Assets/Potential Liabilities
October
- Joshua v. City of Gainesville: Did the Florida Supreme
Court Clarify the Statute of Limitations Applicable to
the Florida Civil Rights Act?
- Dot-Com Firms Invite Labor Law Complaints
- Subcontracting and the Removal of Work from a Bargaining
Unit in the Public and Private Sectors
- Voluntary Trial Resolution - A New Dispute Resolution
Process in Florida
- Ten Ways to Aggravate an Arbitrator
- Tips for Negotiation
1999
September
- Supreme Court Scales Back ADA
- Certification Update
- Tort Reform and its Impact on Labor and Employment Law
in Florida
- Other Effects of the Tort Reform Act
- The Interactive Process of Determining Reasonable Accommodations
Under the ADA
- Other Notable Supreme Court Decisions
- Application of the Florida Civil Rights Act to Extraterritorial
"Employees" in Sinclair v. De Jay Corp., Gives a "Parochial"
Statute Potentially Limitless Application
- Federal Trade Commission Opinion Curtails Sexual Harassment
Investigations
- Is the Test for "Joint Employer" Changing?
- EEOC Developments
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