This week, firm attorneys Joni Thome and Matt Nolan presented at the 2020 Upper Midwest Employment Law Institute (ELI), held virtually this year amid COVID-19. ELI is the preeminent conference for employment lawyers and human resource professionals from across the...
“Caregiver discrimination” is a developing area in employment law and concerns legal protections for employees with family responsibilities. There is a growing need to protect the number of workers who are discriminated against for caregiving. This area of law is...
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Family Medical Leave Act. This year, the United States Department of Labor is making some important changes in a final rule, which workers and employers should be aware of. Effective Friday March 8, 2013 new...
Employees who accrue “sick days” provided by a Minnesota employer of 21 or more workers are able to use those days to give medical care and support to a child of any age, or a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or stepparent, on the same terms upon which the...
