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We are pleased to send you the KZR Quarterly Report From Counsel on Labor & Employment Law for the third quarter of 2011. If you have comments, questions or suggestions about this Report, please don’t hesitate to contact us. |
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THE WAL-MART CASE: the supreme court tightens the criteria for class actions
The Court finds that a class action on behalf of 1.5 million Wal-Mart employees is too broad in scope to be maintained as a class action.
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FLORIDA COURT HOLDS THAT A HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIM CAN BE COUPLED WITH A TORT CLAIM AGAINST THE HARASSING SUPERVISOR
This decision illustrates how a plaintiff can join a state law tort claim against an alleged harassing supervisor with her harassment claim against the employer.
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“ASSOCIATION DISCRIMINATION:” WHAT OBLIGATION DOES A COMPANY HAVE TO AN EMPLOYEE WHOSE FAMILY MEMBER IS DISABLED?
This case provides a good example of “association discrimination:” what that concept protects and what it doesn’t protect.
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THE BOEING CASE: WHY IS THIS CASE CAUSING SUCH A STIR?
This is the case that prompted Republicans to introduce a bill limiting the authority of the NLRB.
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OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE NLRB
Here’s a sample of the significant changes in labor law being made by the “Obama Labor Board.”
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FIRM NEWS
Klein Zelman Rothermel congratulates Andrew Zelman, Fred C. Klein and Nancy B. Schess.
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