by Katherine Charlton | Dec 22, 2020 | Employment Law, Katherine Charlton
Biometric Screening By Employers Can Pose Significant Threats to Workplace Privacy Employers increasingly use biometric screening as their preferred security option for employee access to workplaces. Fingerprint, handprint, facial recognition, and retina and iris...
by Katherine Charlton | Apr 10, 2020 | Employment Law, Katherine Charlton
Managing Noncompete, Nonsolicitation and Other Employment Agreement Terms After Termination In an earlier post, I addressed important legal considerations surrounding terminations and reductions of employee compensation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
by Katherine Charlton | Apr 3, 2020 | Areas, Employment Law, Katherine Charlton
Consult Employment Agreement Concerning Termination or Pay Reduction Due to COVID-19 With the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading, employers are beginning to take action to reduce their costs, including terminating employees, or unilaterally...
by Katherine Charlton | Jan 17, 2020 | Employment Discrimination, Katherine Charlton
We have explained how employees are protected from hostile work environments created by their co-workers and supervisors because of the employee’s sex, race, color, religion or national origin, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . It is far less well...
by Katherine Charlton | Sep 17, 2019 | Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Katherine Charlton
Seventh Circuit Granting Religious Organizations Significant Deference on Federal Employment Laws Many employees are protected from workplace harassment and discrimination by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Age Discrimination in Employment...