Friday, September 08, 2006
Week In Review (September 8, 2006)
Ford & Harrison and Fisher & Phillips capture this week’s honors!
Most Popular Federal Law Article
Things Don’t Always Go Better With Coke! (pdf).
On August 31, 2006, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York stunned the home care industry once again, by affirming its 2004 decision in Coke v. Long Island Care at Home. The court’s earlier decision had been vacated by the Supreme Court and remanded for further review in light of a Department of Labor ("DOL") Memorandum on the companionship exemption’s coverage of agency-employed home care workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA").
Located On: Ford & Harrison LLP
Most Popular State Law Article
“That’s Not Harassment—We Just Have A ‘Sexually Charged’ Atmosphere”.
The California Supreme Court recently unanimously held that sexual antics and sexual language by the writers for the television show “Friends” was not severe or pervasive enough to create a hostile work environment in violation of California State law.
Located On: Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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