Weekly Industry News – Employment Law

Employment Law – New Tennessee law limits scope of employment discrimination, Connecticut legislature makes changes to Connecticut paid sick leave law and more.    

New Tennessee Law Limits Scope of Employment Discrimination by Louis Britt, III and J. Dylan King Published on JDSupra

Executive Summary: Tennessee has drastically changed the legal landscape of employment discrimination litigation under state law. For claims arising after July 1, 2014, plaintiffs will no longer have the ability to seek unlimited compensatory damages in discrimination lawsuits; the common law claim of retaliatory discharge has been eliminated; and restrictions have been adopted on whistleblower claims. In addition, no longer will a supervisor or agent of the employer be subject to individual liability… [ Read More ]

     

Connecticut Legislature Makes Changes to Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law by Steven Cuff Published on JDSupra

In its most recent legislative session, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a bill that enacted a number of changes to the law commonly referred to as the Connecticut Paid Sick Leave Law, which originally went into effect on January 1, 2012, and is codified at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-57r-wConnecticut Public Act No. 14-128, which was signed into law on June 6, 2014 and will go into effect on January 1, 2015, changes the mechanism for determining whether a nonmanufacturing business is exempt from providing paid sick leave… [ Read More ]

   

California Employers Catch One of Those Rare Wage and Hour Class Action Breaks From the California Supreme Court by Brandon T. Willenberg Published on National Law Review

Sometimes California employers do get a win when battling in the minefield of California’s wage and hour laws. So California employers, please pause to rejoice in this moment because you know you may not get another one for a while. In a case that has been going on for more than a decade, the California Supreme Court issued an employer-favorable opinion in Duran v. U.S. Bank National Association – a case the California Supreme Court called a “rare beast: a wage and hour class action that proceeded through trial to verdict.”… [ Read More ]

 

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