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A Federal district court in California granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment on exclusive remedy grounds as to one count of plaintiff’s complaint that alleged an intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED”...

In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of Michigan affirmed a trial court’s order granting summary judgment to plaintiff’s former employer on plaintiff’s claims of retaliatory employment discrimination—including workers’...

Larson's Spotlight on Mental Injury, Termination of Employment, Substantial Certainty, and Going and Coming. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'...

Larson's Spotlight on Mental Injury, Termination of Employment, Substantial Certainty, and Going and Coming. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'...

We’ve had a robust February of snow in Northeast Ohio, which provided the first excuse of the season to pull my snowblower out of the garage. Since we moved into our house a decade ago, there was not a snow storm that it couldn’t handle. The...

Last week's post about whether certain employees in the news deserved to be fired , in addition to generating some great comments from readers, got me thinking about firings in general. I don't like to fire people. And I know what you're...

In 2011, the United States Supreme Court held in Thompson v. North American Stainless that an employer may violate Title VII by retaliating against an employee who is related to a worker engaged in conduct protected by Title VII-even if the employee himself...

It is likely that when Ohioans go the polls this November, we will have the opportunity to vote on whether to amend our state constitution to permit for the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana . Meanwhile, Cleveland.com reports that business groups...

Rutgers President Barchi was quite adamant that Mike Rice, the men's basketball coach, was not fired for cause. He stated, "The outside counsel says that could not be done...I fired him. Not for cause. I just fired him." Not terminating...

A reader left this question in the comments to my post Loss Prevention is Lying to You . Hey Donna, would you know if for example LP fired a person from a company, would other companies that person applies for be able to see everything that happened...

Of course she does. What does the Complaint say? And what can employers take away from it? In her Complaint (copy here ), the (former) school-bus driver claims that, after her shift ended, she privately messaged a student -- someone who never...

Have you ever refused to eat at fast food sandwich because the pickles were off? Not “off” as in omitted, or “off” as in taste, but “off” as in alignment, or, these pickles are arranged in a triangle and not in a square...

Today, in my employment law class, we cover the case of Weaver v. Harpster . The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that a woman could not sue her employer for sex discrimination/harassment [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion:...

I. THERE ARE MOTIVATIONS AND THEN THERE ARE MOTIVATIONS The Supreme Court of California recently addressed a challenging issue associated with employee wrongful termination actions. The Supreme Court considered the situation where an employee establishes...

Terminating an employee's employment without cause in Canada comes at a price. The various employment acts and codes set out the requirements for termination notice or pay in lieu of notice (and in Ontario and federal workplaces, severance pay in...