In a recent case from Illinois, a federal court denied Chicago’s Park District summary judgment giving it the right to fire an employee for accompanying her mother to Las Vegas. The employee had asked for leave to accompany her dying mother on a trip provided by a charitable organization granting last wishes to terminal...
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Long-Term Disability Insurer Not Permitted to Take Both Sides of the Issue
A recent decision out of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a disabled employee’s benefits, finding a conflict of interest by the insurer. Under federal law, a long-term disability policy obtained through employment requires the fiduciary to allow a claimant at least one administrative appeal, before filing in federal court. In many cases, the...
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Hostess Uses The Twinkie Defense to Shift Blame to Employees
I was surprised to see the run on Twinkies and Ho-Hos when Hostess announced it would shut its doors if the workers did not stop striking this very minute. Wonder Bread and Twinkies seemed to have outlasted their relevance; I’ve certainly never packed anything of the sort in my kids‘ lunchboxes, and these products aren’t...
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EEOC Issues Guide on Discrimination against Domestic Violence Victims
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a guide to employers on dealing with victims of domestic violence and similar related crimes. Dating and domestic violence can be committed by either gender, and the victims are not always women. The stereotypical target of stalking is female, however. And when employers make decisions based on sex-based...
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