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Iowa Supreme Court Reverses $4.5 Million Verdict in Age and Disability Case...
In July 2017, a jury in Poweshiek County, Iowa returned a verdict against Grinnell Regional Medical Center (GRMC) for $4.5 million in an age and disability discrimination lawsuit. The Grinnell...
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Iowa Supreme Court 2018-2019 Term in Review: Labor and Employment Edition...
The Iowa Supreme Court wrapped up its latest adjudicative term on June 28, 2019, having submitted 113 cases. More remarkable for the changes it witnessed than for its labor and employment decisions,...
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Iowa Supreme Court 2018-2019 Term in Review: Labor and Employment Edition...
As employment cases go, the 2018–2019 adjudicative term (covered in Part I here) may go down as a year of missed chances. In Hawkins v. Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Patrick Smith wrote in June,...
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What Does the Future Hold for EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on the Use of...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a potentially game-changing decision earlier this month on the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on criminal background checks. The case is State of...
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Eighth Circuit Reverses $700k Verdict in Wage and Hour Case based upon...
It’s not very often an appellate court takes away a jury verdict because of the trial court’s discretionary ruling to extend a deadline. The case is Petrone v. Werner Enterprises (8th Cir. 10/10/2019)....
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NLRB Finishes 2019 with a Flourish, Correcting Some of the Excesses from the...
As many employers recall with chagrin, the National Labor Relations Board and its General Counsel were very active during the Obama administration, overturning long-established precedent, changing...
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Relying on Prior Pay in Setting New Employees’ Salary is Increasingly Risky
Many employers use job applications that ask applicants to disclose their salary or wages at prior jobs. Sometimes the question comes up in an interview. Employers have many potential motives for...
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Employers Don’t Have to be Perfect: A Termination Based Upon Mistaken Facts...
“Mistakes happen. Including in the context of employment decisions. But not every mistake amounts to actionable employment discrimination.” Smith v. Towne Properties Management Co., Inc. (6th Cir....
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One of the First COVID-19 Employment Lawsuits Filed in Iowa Alleges Wrongful...
One of the first employment lawsuits related to COVID-19 was filed in Iowa last week. A former Dallas County Jail employee alleges he was fired because he called a Department of Corrections “hotline”...
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Minnesota Supreme Court Opens the Door to an “Evolving Standard” for...
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently issued what could turn out to be a significant opinion on the legal standard governing sexual harassment cases under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA). At...
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