by Erin Berry | Jun 8, 2022 | Employment Law, Featured
In January 2022, the Wyoming Supreme Court reversed a district court ruling granting a preliminary injunction that enjoined a former employee of Western Wyoming Beverages (“WWB”) from working for a competitor. Malave v. Western Wyo. Bevs., Inc., 2022 WY 14, 503 P.3d...
by Tyson Woodford | Jun 18, 2020 | Employment Law, Featured
On June 15, 2020 the Supreme Court of the United States published a landmark decision finding that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay, lesbian, and transgender employees from discrimination. The case, Bostock v. Clayton County, 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3252, considered...
by Hirst Applegate, LLP | 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 Applegate, LLP | 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 Applegate, LLP | 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 Applegate, LLP | 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,...
