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| Review past issues of the Corporate Services newsletter. | |
| Volume III — Number 13 | June 18, 2013 |
| Volume III — Number 12 | June 4, 2013 |
| Volume III — Number 11 | May 21, 2013 |
| Volume III — Number 10 | May 7, 2013 |
| Volume III — Number 9 | April 23, 2013 |
Corporate Services, Inc. News (2013)
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| Service Technician Due Workers' Compensation for Injuries from Random Attack | |
| 04/19/2013 | A Rhode Island telecommunications worker should receive workers' compensation benefits for an attack by a stranger because the assault classifies as a "street peril" of his work, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. more |
| Supreme Court Gives the Green Light to the 'Pickoff Play' | |
| 04/18/2013 | Did the Supreme Court just hand employers a new weapon to fight collective Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuits? The lawyers are calling it "the pickoff" — meaning that if an employer can "pick off" the lead litigant in a collective wage-and-hour suit, the rest of the lawsuit becomes moot. more |
| Four Ways to Successfully Defend an Equal Pay Act Claim | |
| 04/17/2013 | The Equal Pay Act requires equal pay for equal work on jobs the performance of which require equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working conditions. Any wage discrimination on the basis of sex violates the Act. more |
| House of Representatives Passes Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act | |
| 04/15/2013 | On Friday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act (H.R. 1120) by a vote of 219-209. more |
| Can an Employee Use the 'Honest Belief Doctrine' In a Bias Case? | |
| 04/12/2013 | To defend against a claim of discrimination, an employer can argue that it fired an employee because it honestly believed that the employee did "X." And, as long as "X" is not discriminatory, the employer prevails. This is the "honest belief doctrine." more |
| Even Rarely Performed Job Functions May Be "Essential" Under the ADA | |
| 04/10/2013 | You run a delivery service using large trucks and require that drivers be qualified by the Department of Transportation. Although your facility managers are not often behind the wheel of the big rigs, you nonetheless require that they too be DOT certified. more |
| The Craziest Excuses Employees Have for Missing Work: 2013 Edition | |
| 04/08/2013 | Traffic is the most common culprit causing tardiness according to 31 percent of workers. However, it is some of the less common reasons that are the most fun... as long as that is not your employee, of course. more |
| Supreme Court Vacates Key Seventh Circuit Wage and Hour Class Certification Decision For Further Consideration | |
| 04/05/2013 | Less than one week after issuing its decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Ross v. RBS Citizens, vacated the Seventh Circuit's (Ill., et al) decision, and remanded the case for further consideration in light of Comcast (more). more |
| Supreme Court Holds Damages Must be Measurable on a Classwide Basis for Class Certification | |
| 04/04/2013 | In a significant class action decision for employers, Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the ability to establish classwide damages is essential to a favorable ruling on class certification. more |
| Some Rare Good News About Disability Accommodations | |
| 04/03/2013 | In a recent case, a jury ruled in the company's favor after a doctor said an employee with a disability cannot perform the essential functions of his job. more |
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