Labor & Employment Blog

In 2015, charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging employer violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) reached a new high and increased 6% from the previous year. The EEOC’s analysis of these charges revealed that many arose out of an employer’s refusal to…

The EEOC is not the only federal agency charged with investigating and prosecuting employment discrimination in private-sector workplaces. The Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”) is charged with investigating and prosecuting citizenship discrimination and document abuse for employers with four or more employees, as well as national origin…

Online, app-based companies such as Uber and Lyft recently attempted to settle class-action lawsuits brought by drivers who contend they were misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees. Uber recently reached a proposed $100 million dollar settlement with drivers who worked in California and Massachusetts which keeps drivers classified as…

Up until recently, Florida businesses had to rely on state laws to obtain remedies, including injunctive relief, when an employee or competitor misappropriated trade secrets. This changed on May 11, 2016, when President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”), which creates a federal civil…

The day before the final rules extending overtime protections to 4.2 million workers were released, the White House provided its state-by-state and demographic breakdowns of the workers that as of December 1, 2016, will no longer qualify as exempt employees. It is not surprising that Florida was identified as one…