Legal Update: Employment Law - Harassment, Discrimination, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Workers Compensation

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2. WHAT’S UP WITH HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION? 2

3. Harassment Update • Unlawful harassment must be “severe or pervasive” • Williams v. CSX Transportation (6th Cir. 2013) • Harassment must also “alter the terms and conditions of employment” • Khamati v. Secretary Department of the Treasury (6th Cir. 2014)

4. Discrimination Update • Ohio Supreme Court Provides Public Sector Managers with an Umbrella for “Individual Supervisor Liability” Harassment Claims • Hauser v. City of Dayton Police Department (Ohio Supreme Court August, 2014)

5. Pregnancy Discrimination Update • EEOC Issues Pregnancy Discrimination Guidelines • NEW STANDARD ESTABLISHED? • Young v. UPS (U.S. Supreme Court, 3/25/2015)

6. Religious Discrimination Update • EEOC Regulations on Religious Garb and Grooming • EEOC v. Ambercrombie & Fitch (pending in the U.S. Supreme Court) • Oral arguments 2/25/2015

7. Age Discrimination Update • Is an Age Difference of 6-10 years “substantially younger” ? • Scola v. Publix Supermarkets Inc. (6th Cir. 2014) • Shifting Reasons for Adverse Employment Action Lead to Jury Trial • Pierson v. Quad/Graphics Printing Corp. (6th Cir. 2014)

8. WHAT’S UP WITH THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)? 8

9. FMLA Update • Proposed DOL Rule to Change Definition of “Spouse” Under FMLA • Clarification of S.O.L. Provided • Crugher v. Prelesnick (6th Cir. 2014)

10. FMLA Update • Employer’s “honest belief” of FMLA abuse upheld. • Tillman v. Ohio Bell Tel. Co. (6th Cir., Dec. 2013) • Missing “Terms of Art” in FMLA Policy lead to liability. • Tilley v. Kalamazoo Cty. Road Comm. (6th Cir., 2015)

11. WHAT’S UP WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)? 11

12. ADA Update • Language in Firefighter job description creates issue of fact as to “essential functions” of job. • Rorrer v. City of Stow (6th Cir., 2014)

13. ADA Update • Is telecommuting a “reasonable accommodation” for employee with IBS? • EEOC v. Ford Motor Company, Co. (6th Cir., 2014)

14. ADA Update • What does it mean to request an accommodation? • Parsons v. Auto Club Group (6th Cir. 2014) • What is an unreasonable accommodation? • Horn v. Knight Facilities Mgmt (6th Cir. 2014)

15. WHAT’S UP WITH THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA)? 15

16. FLSA Update • FLSA require compensation for changing clothes before and after a shift? • Safety Gear v. Clothes? • Flame-retardant jacket, pants and hood • Hardhat, work gloves, leggings, boots • Safety glasses • Earplugs • Respirator • Sandifer v. U.S. Steel Corp. (7th Cir., 2014)

17. FLSA Update • Is the time spent going through an anti-theft security screening considered “preliminary” or “postliminary” to an employee’s principal activity? • Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk (U.S. Supreme Court, 2014)

18. FLSA Update • Front-line supervisors challenge status as “exempt” under the FLSA executive exemption. • Bacon v. Eaton Corp. (6th Cir. 2014)

19. WHAT’S UP WITH WORKERS COMPENSATION? 19

20. Workers Compensation Update • Termination for misconduct under known employment policy constitutes “voluntary abandonment” • Robinson v. Indus. Comm. (Ohio Supreme Court, 2014) • “Dual-purpose doctrine” does not apply to eligibility for Ohio workers compensation. • Friebel v. Visiting Nurse Ass. Of Mid-Ohio (Ohio Supreme Court, 2014)

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