by Emmett Zimmerman | Aug 26, 2021 | Aaron Halstead, Amy Shapiro, Colin Good, David Zoeller, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Family Law, Firm News, Katherine Charlton, Labor Law, LTDI, Nicholas Fairweather, Social Security Disability, SSDI, Summer Murshid, Unemployment, Wage and Hour Law, William Parsons, Workers Compensation
Hawks Quindel is proud to announce that 8 of our attorneys have been named “Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers publication. Each year, Best Lawyers awards “Best Lawyer in America” to individual attorneys with the highest peer...
by Lili Behm | Sep 27, 2019 | Employment Law, Labor Law
Clarifying Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Protections Under Title VII 55 years ago this summer, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA) became law. The CRA’s importance in modern civil rights law cannot be overstated: it bans discrimination in employment, among...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Sep 13, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Employment Law, Labor Law, Michele Sumara
NLRB Overturns Firing Based on Facebook Post Federal Law Protects Employee Concerted Activities on Social Media In 2012, a former employee of Butler Medical Transport, in Maryland, posted on Facebook about the circumstances of her termination, contesting it was...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Jan 3, 2017 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Labor Law, Michele Sumara
Jimmy John’s employees at ten franchise stores in Minnesota have been trying to organize a union and improve their working conditions. One of their key demands was paid sick leave. The employer even enforced an attendance policy that assigned points towards discipline...
by Timothy Maynard | Nov 21, 2016 | Employment Law, Labor Law, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
In May 2016, the Seventh Circuit weighed in on a topic that has been at the forefront of employment and labor law in recent years: Whether employers may use arbitration agreements to strip their employees of the right to move forward on a collective, class, or...
by Barbara Zack Quindel | Sep 2, 2016 | Barbara Zack Quindel, Labor Law
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), non-supervisory private sector employees have a right to discuss their pay and other terms and conditions of employment with their fellow employees and with union organizers. A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals...
