After a recent Eleventh Circuit decision in Lewis v. Governor of Alabama 896 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2018), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a full-court review to decide the validity of a 2016 Alabama Law prohibiting cities or other local municipalities from adopting their own laws concerning minimum wages. The law was…
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On November 8, 2019, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Tesone v. Empire Marketing Strategies holding that employees who sue their employers for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) do not necessarily need to submit expert medical testimony to establish they have a disability. …
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On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor released its Final Rule, modifying the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime regulations. The Final Rule results in fewer employees being exempt, and more employees being eligible for overtime pay. As such, employers should budget to include additional expenditures in overtime for the coming year. Since 2004,…
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) both provide protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity. OFCCP’s frequently asked questions define gender identity as referring to a person’s internal sense of their own gender and that this internal sense may or may not correspond to…
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The United States Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a group of three cases challenging the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s (“Title VII”) prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex. This decision will resolve a conflict among federal circuits as to whether Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on…
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In 2016 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) adopted a controversial rule requiring employers with over 100 employees to report pay data and hours worked broken down by sex and race as part of annual EEO-1 reporting obligations. On July 2, 2019, the EEOC updated its website to provide additional information and about new pay…
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On June 11, 2019, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a new law that prohibits employers from paying less for the same work on the basis of gender or race. The new law, titled the Clarke-Figures Equal Pay Act (the “Act”), makes Alabama the 49th state to enact a state law against wage inequality, with only…
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The Motor Carrier Exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) provides a defense to many overtime claims by interstate truck drivers and others involved in the interstate shipment of goods. The exemption is not, however, limited to drivers who cross state lines. Rather, the exemption also applies to intrastate drivers as long as the…
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Attorneys from LGWM’s Birmingham office attended Cahaba Valley Health Care’s annual See More Smiles Fundraising Breakfast. LGWM’s Brittany Herring serves as a board member for Cahaba Valley Health Care. The organization provides free dental and vision services for low-income individuals in Jefferson and Shelby Counties. Taffi Stewart, Sarah Redmond and Hannah Stokes also attended the…
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In February of 2019, a team of lawyers from the ACLU filed an opening brief in a new Eleventh Circuit pregnancy bias action. This new action involves an Alabama EMT named Kimberlie Durham (“Ms. Durham”), who has sued her company for alleged pregnancy discrimination. She alleges that her employer did not assign her to a…
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