Here is an article about an interesting case filed recently in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. A counselor for a mental health agency alleges he was fired because of testimony he gave on the witness stand in a domestic violence case. A copy of the lawsuit complaint can be… Read More
Posts Categorized In: Employment Agreements and Termination
Defamation Liability During Workplace Investigations
The Ohio Employer’s Law Blog reports today about an interesting case from the Ohio Supreme Court. The case concerns alleged defamatory statements in an internal investigation report about a police chief. The police chief sued for defamation after the report was made public. The Ohio Supreme Court decided that there was sufficient evidence to submit… Read More
Court: Overtime Pay Required Even Where the Employee Was Not Authorized to Work Overtime
A recent decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals demonstrates that an employer can be liable for overtime pay even if employees have been forbidden to work overtime. The case is Chao v. Gotham Registry, Inc. and can be read here. The court examined whether an employer must pay overtime work where it has… Read More
A Few Words About Non-Compete Agreements in Washington
Here is an interesting article in today’s Chicago Tribune about the proliferation of non-compete agreements. I thought this was a good opportunity to say a few words here about non-compete agreements. As the article observes, more and more employers are using non-compete agreements for more and more employees, but the article also notes that such… Read More
Washington Supreme Court Rejects Claims Based on Delayed Payment of Wages
The plaintiffs in this wage and hour class action challenged a practice whereby overtime earned during one month would be paid at the end the following month. In this case, corrections officers in Thurston County would submit time sheets for overtime at the end of the month and the wages were paid on the last… Read More
Busy Term for the U.S. Supreme Court on Employment Law Issues
In addition to the MetLife case reported below, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear several employment law issues this term. Look for more information as these rulings are handed down. Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and CBOCS West Inc. v. Humphries The court will address the scope of protections against retaliation under… Read More