Insights

Title VII prohibits discrimination against gay and transgender workers, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday, June 15, 2020. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the 6-3 majority and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. […]

What is it like going to court during the pandemic? I can tell you what it is like in federal court in Gainesville, Florida. I am a labor and employment lawyer who for thirty years has traveled the State of Florida to appear in state and federal courts and before […]

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. Old contracts are like old underwear—need I say more? Sometimes, our clients get so comfortable reusing old contracts and forms, that they do not notice the insufficient coverage until it is too late. Aside from changes to the law—and there are often real changes that implicate employment contracts—people tend […]

On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor announced its new overtime rule increasing the minimum weekly salary level from $455 to $685 (equivalent to $35,568 per year) for employees with white-collar duties (executive, administrative, or professional) who are exempt from overtime pay. The rule also lifts the total annual […]

I recently received a phone call from a client, a business owner, who did not understand why a former employee, terminated for poor performance within weeks of hire, had been awarded unemployment compensation benefits. After all, the termination occurred during the employee’s probationary period. My client was focused on the […]