Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in all aspects of life and work, including in evaluating and hiring applicants. While AI can certainly be more efficient in recruiting, evaluating, and weeding through millions of resumes, this new technology can…

One of the most difficult areas of the Fair Labor Standards Act is determining whether travel time is considered work time that must be paid for. The following provides an outline of the enforcement principles used by the Wage and…

We are often confronted with the question of whether the ADA obligates an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability by placing the disabled employee in a vacant position even though there are better qualified candidates. A March…

Mediation is a process.  Most experienced lawyers get this; many litigants (even experienced ones) do not. The process can be slow and frustrating.  There’s a lot of down time to ponder what could be going on in the other room. …

Discussing pay can be a taboo topic for both employers and employees – but one that is definitely circulating the nation (and world). While employee pay and individual income are considered complex and private topics by many, the taboos against…

Over the course of our thirty years practicing employment law, there have been occasional trends which have caused our clients to periodically reassess how they approach employment disputes.  In the 1990s, an uptick in big retaliation verdicts gave pause over…