by hirst | Apr 18, 2019 | Employment Law, Featured
Attorneys Rob Jarosh and Erin Berry recently co-authored The Current Status of Sexual Harassment in the Legal Profession, published in the April 2019 edition of the Wyoming Lawyer. The article examines the status of sexual harassment in the legal profession and the...
by hirst | Apr 15, 2019 | Employment Law, Featured
by: Amanda Good The Department of Labor has announced a proposed rule that it anticipates would make more than one million more American workers eligible for overtime pay. Certain salaried employees are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and...
by hirst | Mar 22, 2019 | Employment Law, Featured
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division recently issued an opinion confirming that an employer cannot delay designating FMLA-qualifying leave as FMLA leave and cannot designate more than 12 weeks of leave (or 26 weeks of military caregiver leave) as FMLA leave....
by hirst | Mar 11, 2019 | Employment Law, Featured
Teachers, like any other employees eligible for FMLA leave, are typically entitled to up to 12 weeks of FMLA leave in a 12-month period. Employers can choose the method for counting the 12-month period within which the 12-weeks of leave may occur (e.g., fiscal year,...
by hirst | Dec 26, 2018 | Employment Law, Featured
Attorneys Kara Ellsbury and Erin Berry recently obtained dismissal of a discrimination suit filed against a Wyoming employer. A former employee filed a complaint alleging age discrimination against the employer. Hirst Applegate filed a motion to dismiss the...
by hirst | Jun 18, 2018 | Employment Law, Featured, Legal Updates
Last summer, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reinstated its practice of issuing opinion letters – official statements of DOL policy – to employers and employees regarding application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). ...
