Corporate Services, Inc. News (2023)

09/20/2023

In a recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (Louisiana) decision, the plaintiffs brought gender discrimination (equal pay) and retaliation claims after the defendants terminate...more

09/07/2023

In an August 2023 decision, an employee alleges that his employer discriminated against him based on his disability (morbid obesity) when it terminated his employment....more

08/03/2023

No one likes to do it, but for human resources (HR) personnel and managers it is part of the job: Sometimes, and despite their best efforts to make things work, they have to l...more

07/17/2023

A recent case demonstrates how an employee does not forego their freedom of speech when working for a private employer....more

06/29/2023

On August 7, 2018, an employee sent an email complaining the she feared retaliation and that she and her coworkers were the victims of harassment....more

06/06/2023

When employers decide to part ways with employees, they often choose the route of offering up a severance agreement....more

05/15/2023

Is it age bias? Or just business? In a recent decision the plaintiff spent more than two decades working as a System Technician for the defendant....more

05/11/2023

A longtime meatpacking plant worker who was terminated after sending a profane text to his plant manager was unable to convince Iowa's highest court that the real reason for h...more

04/20/2023

Making the decision to terminate employment is never easy. Whether it is for performance-related issues or conduct issues, the employee termination process can be complicated,...more

04/19/2023

Employment lawyers and human resources professionals generally understand that employees view the "it's not a good fit" explanation of their termination of employment as code ...more

04/19/2023

When Mark Fowler interviewed for a job with UPS unloading boxes, he told his interviewer that he had diabetes and requested breaks to monitor his blood sugar and eat snacks....more

04/06/2023

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has guided employers to accommodate employee use of certain prescribed medications, and excuse failed drug tests that reflec...more

03/17/2023

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (NY, et al) has rejected an employee's claim that he was unlawfully discriminated against based on religion after he refused t...more

03/14/2023

Layoffs are here and with them comes an often-overlooked threat: trade secret misappropriation....more

02/27/2023

During the past few years, employers have seen efforts to restrict the use of confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in severance agreements at both the state and fed...more