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DC Circuit Restricts Scope of Lilly Ledbetter Act

March 5th, 2010
The federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last month, in Shuler v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, sharply restricting the scope of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which President Obama signed into law soon after entering office. The Fair… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: ADEA, Case Commentary, DC Circuit, Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Statute of Limitations

Republican Senator Blocking Unemployment and COBRA Benefits

February 28th, 2010
Inexplicably, Republican Senator Jim Bunning has held up a much-needed extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits. Bunning has single-handily blocked a vote on a 30-day extension by being the only senator to oppose a unanimous consent motion to vot… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: COBRA, Congress, Labor and Employment, Unemployment Benefits

Fourth Circuit Affirms Sexual Harassment Verdict

February 18th, 2010
In King v. McMillan, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a jury verdict and the court’s rulings in a sexual harassment case. The plaintiff, a former deputy in a sheriff’s office, had been sexually harassed by the sheriff over several years. A jur… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Battery, Case Commentary, Discrimination, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, Punitive Damages, Sexual Harassment, Title VII

The 4th Circuit Court Held that an Inability to Work Overtime did Not Constitute a Substantial Limitation on a Major Life Activity Under ADA

February 15th, 2010
In Boitnott v. Corning Inc., Michael Boitnott began work with Corning as a maintenance engineer in 1989. Like others at that facility, he worked rotating twelve hour shifts and alternated two weeks of day shifts with two weeks of night shifts. Boitno… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: ADA, Appeals, Case Commentary, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment

Improvements for Employer-Provided Health Insurance

February 10th, 2010
The Obama administration proposed new rules recently that should improve insurance coverage of mental health care for more those fortunate to have medical insurance through their jobs. The rules implement the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental H… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: Administrative Rulemaking, Congress, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Medical Insurance, MHPAEA

Burton, Hank, Mike, and Jonathan Recognized as North Carolina "Super Lawyers"

February 2nd, 2010
Four of Patterson Harkavy’s attorneys have been named North Carolina “Super Lawyers” for 2010 in a recent study by Law & Politics magazine. The findings are published in the February 2010 edition of the North Carolina Super Lawyers maga… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Burton Craige, Hank Patterson, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment, Leto Copeley, Medical Malpractice, Michael Okun, Personal Injuries, Recognition, Super Lawyers, Valerie Johnson, Workers' Compensation

New Report on Work-Family Conflict

January 29th, 2010
On the heels of Mike’s talk to the North Carolina Legislature’s Joint Study Committee on Work and Family Balance, the Center for American Progress has published an excellent new report, “The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict.” T… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Childcare, Family Responsibility Discrimination, FMLA, Labor and Employment, Paid Leave, Work and Family Balance

Mike Okun Speaks to NC Legislative Committee on Work and Family Balance

January 21st, 2010
Yesterday, Michael Okun spoke in front of the North Carolina Legislature’s Joint Study Committee on Work and Family Balance. Mike presented an overview of employment law, the specific laws that assist employees in caring for family members and… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: Discrimination, FMLA, Labor and Employment, Michael Okun, NC Legislature, Paid Leave, Work and Family Balance

Recent Fourth Circuit Labor and Employment Decisions

January 17th, 2010
The Fourth Circuit has published opinions in three labor and employment cases in recent weeks. The first case, Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc., concerned a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action that was brought on behalf of a class… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Collective Action, Concerted Activity, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, NLRB, Retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Union, Wage and Hour

President Signs Bill Extending COBRA and Unemployment Benefits

December 29th, 2009
On December 21, 2009, President Obama signed a Defense Appropriations Bill, which also included two-month extensions for unemployment benefits and the 65% COBRA subsidy that was in the stimulus package. Specifically, the act extended the COBRA premiu… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: COBRA, Labor and Employment, President Obama, Unemployment Benefits
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