SCOTUS RULES ON TITLE VII ADMINISTRATIVE EXHAUSTION REQUIREMENT

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Jun 7, 2019 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT

Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously resolved the split among lower courts regarding whether Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement is a jurisdictional bar to filing a lawsuit in court.  Under Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement, an employee must first exhaust administrative remedies by filing a discrimination claim with the EEOC before filing a […]

EEO-1 PAY DATA UPDATE

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | May 16, 2019 | BLOG, EMPLOYMENT

In light of the recent court decision overturning the Trump Administration’s stay of EEO-1 pay-data collection provisions, the EEOC has confirmed that it will also collect EEO-1 Component 2 pay data for calendar years 2017 and 2018, by September 30, 2019.  Employers should be prepared to submit their Component 2 data for both 2017 and […]

SF 507 PASSED BY IOWA HOUSE

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Apr 11, 2019 | BLOG, IOWA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

On April 9, 2019 the Iowa House passed bill SF 507; the bill was previously passed by the Iowa Senate. The bill modifies Iowa Code 85.61(7) to add a new section (c) which provides that personal injuries due to idiopathic or unexplained falls from level surface onto the same level surface do not arise out […]

NEBRASKA GENERAL CONTRACTORS SHOULD TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THAT SUBCONTRACTORS HAVE VALID WC POLICIES BEFORE PROCEEDING TO WORK WITH THE SAME

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Apr 3, 2019 | BLOG, NEBRASKA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

The Nebraska Supreme Court recently reminded general contractors of the obligation it has over subcontractor employees. Appealing an award of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court,  the defendant in Martinez v. CMR Construction & Roofing of Texas, 302 Neb. 618 (Mar 22, 2019) alleged it was not a statutory employer under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-116 […]