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Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its FY 2019 enforcement and litigation data. As in past years, retaliation continues to be the most frequently filed charge, being alleged in over half of the charges filed.
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Today's "email fail" comes to us from a group of physicians in Tennessee. (Babb v. Maryville Anesthesiologists , 6th Cir., No. 19-05148, 11/6/19). Paula Babb is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist ("CRNA") who had practiced anesthesiology for over a decade. In June 2015, Babb began working as a CRNA at Maryville Anesthesiologists, P.C. Babb also had ...
Misclassification of Employees As Independent Contractors Does Not Violate NLRA, Says NLRB
The current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is the gift that keeps on giving to employers. Today, the NLRB issued a decision in which it held that an employer's misclassification of its employees as independent contractors does not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Velox Express, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 61 (8/29/19). This case drew the att...