H.R. Alert Archive

October 2005
Top 10 Employment Issues in the Wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Part 1
Top 10 Employment Issues in the Wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Part 2

September 2005
Employers Take Note: USERRA Complaints Can Now Be Filed Via the Internet

July 2005
Family and Medical Leave Act Coverage Cases

June 2005
The Department of Labor Issues Key Opinion Letters Regarding its Fair Pay Regulations

May 2005
A Federal Court in Eastern District of Louisiana Allows Alleged HIPAA Violation to Proceed as a Violation of State Law Under Negligence Theory Based on Privacy Violation Claim

April 2005
Summary of Obligations Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

March 2005
The Department of Labor Announces Changes to Labor Certification, Green Card Applications

February 2005
Fifth Circuit Allows Termination for Unexcused Absences When an Employee Fails to Complete Family and Medical Leave Act Medical Certification

January 2005
State Mandated Posting Requirements

December 2004
News You Can Use as the Year Winds Down

November 2004
What Are You Doing With Your E-Mail?

September/October 2004
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 - Important Changes for Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans

August 2004
Mixed-Motive Analysis Is Applicable to ADEA Claims Where Direct Evidence of Age Discrimination Is Not Established

July 2004
Employers Take Note - Are You Ready For the New COBRA Notice Rules?

June 2004
United States Supreme Court Holds Constructive Discharge an Actionable Adverse Job Action

May 2004
United States Supreme Court Holds That Four Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Section 1981 Discrimination Claim

April 2004
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Key Fifth Circuit Decision That Disparate Impact Theory Is Unavailable Under the ADEA

March 2004
EEOC Proposes Definition of Internet Job Applicant

February 2004
Supreme Court Holds That "Reverse Age Discrimination" is Not Prohibited by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

January 2004
The Department of Labor's Rules Under the Fair Labor Standards Act to Be Finalized Early This Year as Congress Drops the Bill to Block Proposed Rules

December 2003
Supreme Court Rules on Whether Company’s No Rehire Policy is Valid

November 2003
EEOC Enforces National Origin Discrimination Post 9/11

October 2003
Employment of Minors

September 2003
FMLA Waivers are Valid

August 2003
Immunity from Civil Liability for Disclosing Background Check

July 2003
New Legislation Broadening Scope of Non-Competition Agreements Signed into Law to Be Effective August 15, 2003

June 2003
U.S. Supreme Court Approves Lesser Standard for Proving Discrimination under Title VII - Circumstantial Evidence Can Suffice

May 2003
The United States Department of Labor Proposes Key Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act - "White-Collar" Exemption Rules to be Extensively Revised

April 2003
Can an Individual Supervisor or Employee Be Sued Directly for Racial Discrimination or Racial Harassment under Section 1981? Can an Individual Supervisor or Employee Be Sued for Retaliation under Section 1981? - The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Says "Yes"

March 2003
Does an Employer's Filing of a Counterclaim in an Employment-Related Action Support an Employment Retaliation Claim? - The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Says No

February 2003
EEOC Offers Guidelines on "Teleworking" as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA

January 2003
The Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds "Use It or Lose It" Vacation Policies

December 2002
Call up of Reservists

November 2002
Briones v. Genuine Parts Co., 2002 WL 31086089 (E.D. La. 2002). Does FMLA Cover Staying at Home with Healthy Children while a Sick Sibling is in the Hospital?

October 2002
Find It on the Internet!

September 2002
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Addresses Case of First Impression Involving Same-Sex Harassment

August 2002
Employers Take Note: HIPPA¹s Privacy Rule Becomes Final

July 2002
Fifth Circuit Applies Presumption of Receipt of EEOC Notice of Right to Sue to Determine Timeliness of Title VII Plaintiff¹s Complaint

June 2002
Guidance on Enforcement of Reimbursement and Subrogation Claims in Louisiana

May 2002
U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review of Fifth Circuit Decision that an Employee, Who Worked as Part of a Company¹s "Strike Team," was Not a "Seaman" within the Meaning of the FLSA¹s Overtime Exemption for Persons Employed as Seamen