On June 25th , 2019, the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission (“Commission”) announced a formal response to the Kentucky Court of Appeals’ holding in Nichols v. Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission that determined employers must have attorney representation during appeal hearings and proceedings. ...
As we recently reported, the Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act (the “Act”) takes effect on June 27, 2019. The Act, which applies to Kentucky employers with more than 15 employees, requires reasonable accommodations, including, but not limited to, the need to express breast milk, for employees with limitations related to ...
By Brian Thomas and Whitney Glover
Imagine you’re a hiring manager. Candidates Chris, Jordan, and Nykesha apply for a job as an executive vice-president with your company. You learn from the resumes that one of the candidates is Harvard graduate with 18 year’s work experience. Another is a single parent who, despite a difficult background ...
Effective June 27, 2019, Kentucky employers will need to provide additional accommodations to their pregnant workers who have limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition. The “Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act” applies to employers with 15 or more employees within Kentucky.
These new protections include ...
By Matt Williams and Bobby Whitmer, Wyatt Summer Associate
Overview
Historically, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(“Federal Circuit”) has held that International Trade Commission (“ITC”) rulings on patent infringement issues do not have a preclusive effect on future district court proceedings. The Federal ...
By Noah Lewis, Wyatt Summer Associate
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held that the Title VII charge-filing requirement is not a jurisdictional prerequisite, but a procedural prerequisite. In the June 3, 2019 decision, in the case of Fort Bend Cty., Texas v. Davis, 2019 WL 2331306 (2019), the Supreme ...
If you read the headlines on Monday, you might have thought for a brief moment that it marked the end of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Employers may have initially been filled with glee, only to realize that elimination of the EEOC would lead to an increase in lawsuits. But, it’s a new dawn, the dust has settled and it’s ...