Category Archives: Employment Law Alert
Fighting Amongst Homeowners In Florida
In Florida, the prevalence of homeowners associations resulted from the development of condominiums and town house neighborhoods over the last several decades. The state legislature sought to provide some rules about what kind of rules these associations could legally impose on their members. This has not minimized the number of disputes between warring homeowners…. Read More »
Employment Law Alert
Eleventh Circuit Rules that Courts Have Discretion to Award Liquidated Damages in FLSA Retaliation Cases The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has held, in a case of first impression, that courts have the discretion to award liquidated damages in Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) retaliation lawsuits. Moore v. Appliance Direct, Inc., 708 F.3d 1233… Read More »
Employment Law Alert – Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employers
EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employers On June 24, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in Vance v. Ball State University, made it harder for employees to sue their employers for discrimination and harassment in the workplace, ruling against a catering assistant at Indiana University who claimed that she was discriminated… Read More »
