Workers’ compensation laws have been in effect in the United States for over a century providing benefits to employees injured on the job. For many years, “on the job” meant injuries that occurred at an office, factory, store, or other...
Question: We are a private employer in the State of Minnesota and are expanding rapidly. In years past, we have received hundreds, sometimes thousands, of applications for each position advertised. In an effort to increase efficiency in the identification of...
Question: This question is not especially “quirky.” I know that last year, you described the important employment cases that the U.S. Supreme Court was going to consider in the following year. I’ve seen a lot of press recently about the...
Quirky Question #152 One of our employees complained of sexual harassment. We investigated, though admittedly not as promptly as we should have. We discovered that the harasser had engaged in some seriously problematic conduct. Our investigation also revealed that the...
Quirky Question # 127: Our company runs fast food restaurants. Recently, we received a call from a local police department, advising us that a patron had just had a wallet stolen during a visit to one of our restaurants. The...
Quirky Question # 121: Our organization is responsible for evaluating the credentials for employees at certain medical facilities. I have reason to believe that one or more of the individuals we have referred out may have been less qualified than...
Quirky Question # 38: Our company is a food retailer. We hired a convicted sex offender, who, after serving time in prison for his felony conviction, had been released. Given that he had “paid his debt to society,” we felt...
Quirky Question # 37: Our company employs a number of salespeople who spend a significant part of their time driving between customer appointments. Our sales manager keeps track of their schedules and often calls them when he knows that they...
Quirky Question # 26: We are desperately trying to hire someone for a position we have had open for far too long. Perhaps our standards have been too high because we haven’t been able to find the right candidate. I...
Quirky Question # 16: I am both disappointed and embarrassed to report that one of our employees is an outspoken White Supremacist. His views are abhorrent to me personally, as well as to nearly all of our company’s employees, both...
Jack SullivanJack is a Partner in Dorsey’s Labor & Employment group, where he focuses his practice on employment adv...
Nisha VermaNisha has delivered results for her clients with respect to all aspects of employment litigation, including com...
Aaron GoldsteinAaron is a Partner in Dorsey’s Labor & Employ...
Hannah GreenHannah is an associate in the Costa Mesa offic...
Michelle HaynesMichelle’s practical and thorough approach to l...
Susan LorencSusan is a strategic labor and employment advisor...
Nick PappasNick litigates and counsels with respect to com...
Ketul PatelKetul advises employers on the full spectru...
