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Labor And Employment Law, W. Melvin Haas Iii, W. Jonathan Martin Ii, Alyssa K. Peters, Patricia-Anne Upson
Labor And Employment Law, W. Melvin Haas Iii, W. Jonathan Martin Ii, Alyssa K. Peters, Patricia-Anne Upson
Mercer Law Review
This Article surveys revisions to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) and decisions interpreting Georgia law from June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017, that affect labor and employment relations for Georgia employers.
Employment Discrimination, Peter Reed Corbin, John E. Duvall
Employment Discrimination, Peter Reed Corbin, John E. Duvall
Mercer Law Review
The field of Employment Discrimination continued to be alive and well during the 2016 survey period. Although the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit continued its recent trend of issuing the vast majority of its employment discrimination cases as unpublished opinions (often per curiam opinions affirming a summary judgment for the employer), the court of appeals rendered far more published opinions during the survey period than has recently been its practice. The Eleventh Circuit issued six published Title VII opinions, and fifteen published employment discrimination opinions overall. For instance, in Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., …
Labor And Employment Law, W. Jonathan Martin Ii, F. Damon Kitchen, Gary R. Wheeler, Patricia-Anne Upson
Labor And Employment Law, W. Jonathan Martin Ii, F. Damon Kitchen, Gary R. Wheeler, Patricia-Anne Upson
Mercer Law Review
This Article surveys the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit precedent from January 1, 2016 to December 21, 2016.1 This Article will focus on case law concerning laws enforced by the United States Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board. The following is a discussion of those opinions.
Employer Beware: Changing The Landscape Of Employment Discrimination Claims At The Summary Judgment Stage, Matthew Bottoms
Employer Beware: Changing The Landscape Of Employment Discrimination Claims At The Summary Judgment Stage, Matthew Bottoms
Mercer Law Review
In Quigg v. Thomas County School District, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit changed the summary judgment framework for mixed-motive employment discrimination cases. The ruling in Quigg will affect both employers and employees and will lead to more mixed-motive discrimination claims reaching the jury, rather than being dismissed through summary judgment. The newly-adopted framework takes the burden-shifting standard out of summary judgment, and many commentators consider it a much more plaintiff-friendly framework. Under the new framework, in order to survive a motion for summary judgment on a mixed-motive discrimination claim, all the plaintiff must do …
The Uber Million Dollar Question: Are Uber Drivers Employees Or Independent Contractors?, Richard A. Bales, Christian Patrick Woo
The Uber Million Dollar Question: Are Uber Drivers Employees Or Independent Contractors?, Richard A. Bales, Christian Patrick Woo
Mercer Law Review
It was a snowy evening in Paris when 2008 LeWeb Technology Conference attendees Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp were trying to catch a taxicab. Frustrated with being stuck in the cold without a ride, the two eventually found a way back to their apartment on the outskirts of the city and started talking with a few other entrepreneurs about potential start-ups. Not surprisingly, an idea they discussed that night was a smartphone application, or app, that could pick up passengers the moment they requested a ride. Although neither Kalanick nor Camp probably knew it at the time, this simple idea …
Compliance Requires Inspection: The Failure Of Gender Equal Pay Efforts In The United States, Renalia Dubose
Compliance Requires Inspection: The Failure Of Gender Equal Pay Efforts In The United States, Renalia Dubose
Mercer Law Review
On Friday, January 29, 2016, President Barack Obama expanded a previous executive order by requiring the Department of Labor to collect wage data based on gender, race, and ethnicity from contractors with at least 100 employees doing business with the federal government. That previous executive order was the April 8, 2014 Executive Order 13665 entitled Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information and was designed to amend the September 24, 1965 Executive Order 11246 entitled Equal Employment Opportunity by President Lyndon Johnson. Executive Order 13665 was issued to require transparency concerning compensation among private entities doing business with the federal government …