On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Aug 5, 2020 | Covid-19, Employment, Employment Law
On August 3, 2020, federal agencies that process charges of discrimination resumed issuing right-to-sue notices that were held in abeyance due to COVID-19. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which investigates claims of workplace discrimination, and...
by jonruis | Jun 17, 2020 | Employment
On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court handed down what is aptly described as a landmark equal rights decision. The Court announced that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does indeed prohibit discrimination on the basis of an employee’s sexual...
by jonruis | Jun 15, 2020 | Employment
In early June 2020, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion affirming the “the severe-or-pervasive standard” for analyzing a claim of sexual harassment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, but also ruled in that case that the employee presented sufficient...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Oct 11, 2019 | Employment, Firm News
In the recent case of Firefighters Union Local 4725 v. City of Brainerd, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that despite a provision in the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA) that allows public employers to restructure their operations without an obligation...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Jun 25, 2019 | Employment, Firm News
Minnesota’s just passed perhaps the greatest change to Minnesota wage and hour law in recent years. The law greatly expands employee protections, creates additional administrative requirements for employers, and imposes criminal penalties for employers that...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Jun 13, 2019 | Employment, Firm News
Beginning on August 1, 2019, Minnesota will join many other states and begin enforcement of a new law that requires hands free operation of a mobile device while driving a motor vehicle. The law recognizes the public safety issue and the fact that technology has...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Mar 12, 2019 | Employment, Firm News
No, this is not an old article from 2016. But it does revisit a hot topic from just over two years ago that had the business community clambering. As most employers recall, a little over two years ago owners, managers, and human resource personnel were bracing for the...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Feb 13, 2019 | Employment, Firm News
Minnesota is on the verge of changing the definition of sexual harassment in a way that will lead to more stringent legal responsibility and affect what action the business community needs to take to prevent it from occurring in the workplace. On February 7, 2019 the...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Nov 21, 2018 | Employment, Firm News
State and local government employers, especially those with less than 20 employees, should take note of the following decision by the Supreme Court. On November 6, 2018, in the case of Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido, the Supreme Court unanimously held that state...
On behalf of Quinlivan & Hughes, P.A. | Nov 15, 2017 | Employment, Firm News
Employers are required to make a variety of accommodations for pregnant and nursing mothers as well as parental leave. The Quinlivan & Hughes Employment Group provided an overview of the laws and recent changes this week at the firm’s latest Breakfast...
