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LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Employment Law Legal News
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U.S. Supreme Court Finds Teacher Covered Under Ministerial Exception
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A teacher who taught a religious class, led worship and led prayer was a commissioned minister, and her employment falls within the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution's ministerial exception, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 11, reversing a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling...
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Split Supreme Court: Federal Prisoner May Not Sue Prison Employees Under Bivens
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal prisoner who alleges that he has been mistreated while behind bars has no grounds to proceed with his suit against individual employers of the prison under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics (403 U.S. 388 [1971]) because state tort law...
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High Court Hears Arguments On States' Immunity To Family, Medical Leave Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) abrogates states' immunity from suits by citizens seeking monetary relief from the states, the attorney for a former Maryland Court of Appeals employee argued Jan. 11 before the U.S. Supreme Court (Daniel Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, et...
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High Court Hears Arguments In Case Over Union Agency Fees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Jan. 10 in a case challenging what constitutes proper notice of temporary mid-year fees assessed by a union and used for political purposes and whether the appeal is moot because the union sent a notice to all members of...
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2nd Circuit: Permitting Union To Distribute Bonuses Violated Labor Relations Act
NEW YORK - An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when it allowed a union to distribute a bonus to employees prior to an election, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 6, enforcing a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and upholding the...
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