New Microsoft Patent
According to the TimesOnline, Microsoft has just published a patent application for software that will allow an employer to remotely...
Lack of documentation loses case for employee
Holly Staunch was a flight attendant for Continental Airlines. One of the issues in her lawsuit was whether she had worked 1250 in the...
Harassment by jilted boyfriend is “because of sex”
Allison Forrest was a server at Chilli’s Bar and Grill in Portland, Maine. She had an “on again off again” intimate relationship with a...
Severance Agreement Cannot Waive USERRA Rights
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) protects members of the military from adverse employment...
Pregnancy Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination under the WLAD
On November 30, 2007, the Washington Supreme Court decided Hegwine v. Longview Fibre. This case stands for two important propositions....
Washington Supreme Court decides “drive time” case
In Stevens v. Brinks, the Washington Supreme Court was asked to decide if service technicians who were provided with company trucks that...
College gets “schooled” on wages and handbooks
Whitworth College was sued by Dr. Mega after he was terminated from a tenured position as a professor. At the heart of Dr. Mega’s claim...
New USERRA Case
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in its decision in Tully v. Department of Justice, provided employers with insight into the...
New Ninth Circuit Case on IRCA
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a new opinion in which it clarified a portion of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)....
Washington Supreme Court clarifies Blaney
The successful plaintiff, in an employment discrimination case, has to pay taxes on past and future wage loss (back and front pay) and...
