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In a pair of decisions announced on June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, in determining whether an individual is “disabled” under the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), the...

By decision dated June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court has clarified the legal standard a plaintiff must meet to be eligible for an award of punitive damages in a Title VII discrimination case. Kolstad v. American Dental...

On June 18, 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance setting forth standards of liability for employers for unlawful harassment by supervisors under Title VII of the Civil Rights...

In a pair of decisions announced on June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, in determining whether an individual is “disabled” under the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), the...

Most collective bargaining agreements contain grievance procedures which mandate that disputes be resolved through arbitration, and courts generally read such provisions expansively to require that virtually all workplace...

On November 3, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a union does not violate its duty of fair representation by negotiating a union security clause which requires each covered employee to be a “member in good...

New guidance is available to employers who request that departing employees sign severance agreements in an attempt to limit future age discrimination lawsuits. A recent Supreme Court decision and newly published EEOC...

On Friday, June 26, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions which provide important guidance to employers in the area of sexual harassment. These two decisions, Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and Burlington...

We examine here two aspects of labor law. The first is whether and in what circumstances certain forms of sexual harassment can constitute an interference with the exercise of an employee’s rights under Section 7 of the...

The United States Supreme Court, in a case named Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc., recently ruled that the federal law prohibiting sexual harassment applies to situations where a harasser and a harassed employee...