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 ...
With few exceptions, employers with 100 or more employees and certain government contractors are required to submit a workplace profile, broken down by race, sex, ethnicity, and job category, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) by May 31, 2019. This year, covered employers must also comply with a ...
By Glen Krebs
We have heard a lot recently about the H-1B CAP. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) just completed its lottery to select which H-1B visa applications it will review. They will soon start to return the applications and fees for those cases that were not selected in the lottery. Next year, the process will be ...
By Brian Thomas and Anthony Germany Jr.
Corporate trainer Dana Brownlee held a seminar a few years ago, where a manager in her late 50s strongly criticized several young employees on her team. She complained that Millennials are lazy and never return her phone calls. They’d rather respond by text or email. The manager was furious. She remarked ...
By Sharon Gold
The Kentucky Pregnant Workers Act (“the Act”), adopted in April, amends the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (“KCRA”), and expands protections for pregnant workers in Kentucky. The Act applies to employers who have 15 or more employees within the state in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar ...
In 2012, actress Quvenzhané Wallis made history as the youngest actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was just five years old when she appeared in the highly acclaimed film Beast of the Southern Wild. She also made history for her response to a reporter’s question on the Oscars red carpet. Quvenzhané had starred as the title character ...
Have you ever left the house only to later discover that your socks don’t match? I have!
While that kind of mismatch may be irritating, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) recent return to a practice of sending “no match” letters to employers may prove even more troublesome.
The SSA has recently brought back a practice of sending ...